Animals

Thursday, 13 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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Otters
The average lifespan of an otter is 16 years.
Dik-dik
The name “Dik-dik” is an onomatopoeia.
It reflects the alarm sound made by a frightened, fleeing animal, typically female. In contrast, the ...
Great spotted woodpecker
It belongs to the woodpecker family.
The list of woodpeckers is still under discussion and is being developed. It currently includes 236 species in 36 genera. There are about 20 subspecies of the great spotted woodpecker.
Great grey shrike
Their beaks are short, black, and hooked like a bird of prey.
Saola
Saola have dark, chocolate brown fur, with distinguished white markings along their jaws, on their neck, and above their eyes.
Komodo dragon
The Dutch administration of Komodo Island, realizing the limited number of Varanus individuals in the wild, has prohibited hunting and severely limited the number of individuals taken for scientific research.
The outbreak of World War II temporarily put scientific expeditions on hold; they were resumed in th ...
Sand lizard
Despite the high number of those reptiles, the population of the sand lizard has declined.
Progressing industrialization, which deprives the lizards of their habitat, can be considered the main reason.
Wolf spider
Carolina wolf spider is the largest of all north American wolf spiders.
Adult females can reach as much as 35 mm in diameter while males barely reach 20 mm. They feed on insects and other small invertebrates.
Spiders
Digestion takes place both externally and internally. They only eat liquid food.
First, digestive juices are injected into the victim's body, which dissolves the victim's tissues, a ...
Sloth
Sloths are solitary, except for females with their young.
They are peacefully disposed to the surrounding world, and they do not need to defend themselves bec ...