Animals

Wednesday, 15 October 2025
19 facts about snails
19 facts about snails
Also called gastropods
Snails are mollusks and are one of the most numerous animal species in the world. In terms of species diversity, they are second only to insects. Even ...

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Horseshoe crab
They live in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of North and Central America and near the Asian coasts in the Pacific.
Black Caiman
Black caimans can exhibit cannibalistic tendencies.
Sometimes adult black caimans eat juveniles since they are easy prey.
Hawksbill sea turtle
They are commonly found in tropical coral reefs in three of five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian.
The larger population lives in Australia and Solomon Islands–part of the Commonwealth with King Charles III as a Head of State, represented by a Governor-General.
Shoebill
Shoebills build a nest in the form of a flat mound. It is usually located on floating vegetation or grass on dry land, in a place inaccessible to predators.
The female lays 1 to 2 eggs and the incubation time lasts about 30 days. After hatching, the parents ...
Great grey shrike
It is a predatory songbird from the family Laniidae.
Earthworms
Earthworms that are not frost-tolerant die at around -2 °C.
Spring frosts can decimate earthworm populations in a very short time.
Malaysian trumpet snail
Their shells are equipped with an operculum, that closes when the snail feels threatened.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Their primary food sources are sea sponges.
They feed on selected sponges species, such as Tethya actinia, Aaptos aaptos, or Spheciospongia vesparium. Thanks to their pointed beaks, extracting sponges is easy.
Jellyfish
There is one species of jellyfish considered biologically immortal.
The Turritopsis dohrnii possess an extraordinary skill of reversing their current stage of life. Bas ...
Clownfish
Most clownfish species have orange-colored bodies with one or more white bands.
Bands usually are outlined with a black line.