Animals

Sunday, 9 August 2026
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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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 ...
European tree frog
The European tree frog is under strict species protection in Poland.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has revised the species’ endangered status severa ...
Vaquita
They are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Within six years (1990—1996), they changed from Endangered to Critically Endangered. Their current p ...
Octopus
Both octopuses and cuttlefish have the highest brain-to-body mass ratio among all invertebrates.
Hummingbirds
They feed on nectar, plant sap and small invertebrates.
Their prey is small insects that they catch in flight. They may also eat spiders, larvae, and insect ...
Pterodactyls
Pterodactylus fossils were primarily discovered in Bavaria, Germany, by Italian scientist Cosimo Collini in 1784.
Many fossils have since been uncovered throughout Europe and Africa.
Luna moth
Males emerge from cocoons a few days earlier than females.
Housefly
The eyes of flies provide a 360° field of vision.
They are brownish-reddish in color, compound and consist of about four thousand ommatidia.
Dodo bird
Realistic illustrations of the dodo bird were recorded on the ship’s log by the sailor Gelderlandt in 1601-1603.
The diary contained seven sketches of living birds. Ornithologist Alfred Newton published them in 18 ...
Wolf spider
Not all of them live in burrows.
Of course some wolf spider species dig themselves a burrow but there are many species of this spider ...