Animals

Thursday, 1 October 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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Red panda
Red pandas can undergo embryonic diapause.
The gestation can last for 93 days but can be delayed up to 156 days until the conditions are suitable enough to give birth to cubs.
Housefly
Flies flap their wings about 200 times per minute during flight.
Average housefly speed is about 8 kph.
Great grey shrike
It has been listed under the least concerned by the UICN Red List.
Siberian roe deer
They have a number of natural predators.
They are the most preferred prey of Amur leopards, but they are also preyed upon by Siberian lynx, Himalayan wolf, or Siberian tiger.
Fleas
Fleas prefer high-humidity environments.
They are adjusted to temperature fluctuation of 21 to 30 degrees Celsius, and the humidity of no less than 70%.
Tiger sharks
They are listed as near threatened.
Apart from the fact that they repopulate at a very slow rate, their population systematically declin ...
Yellow spotted lizard
They are not an endangered species.
IUCN classifies those animals as LC (least concern).
Common Surinam toad
Only eggs laid on the back of the female can develop. Those that have fallen to the bottom of the water body die.
In the first few days of development, some of the eggs that have been shallowly buried in the female’s skin are also pushed out by eggs deeper in the skin.
Brittle stars
There are over 2000 discovered species distributed around the world.
Scientists estimate that there might be over 3000 species in total.
Bull snake
Bullsnake males are larger than females.
This is not common in snakes, as only about 14% of snake species have males larger than females.