Animals

It is royal blue, with a yellow tail, and a dark blue or black palette-like pattern on its body.

After breeding ends, the nest remains and can be used by other pairs in the following years.

It has been listed under the least concerned by the IUCN Red List.

Males tend to venture into agricultural areas in search of food, which is usually abundant there.

Sloths have 18 continuously growing teeth: 10 in the jaw and 8 in the mandible.

The most famous Syrian bear was Wojtek the bear, adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II.

Females reach sexual maturity after about a year, males after 18 months.

Two modern living species can be distinguished within the Hippopotamidae family - Choeropsis liberiensis, called pygmy hippopotamus, native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, and Hippopotamus amphibius, also called common hippopotamus, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Gila monsters are solitary.

Adult forms have vestigial mouthparts, which means they cannot eat.