Animals

Friday, 6 February 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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Wolf spider
There are about 2400 wolf spider species divided into 124 genera.
Scientific name for the family is Lycosidae.
Alpaca
Alpaca fiber is extremely fine and belongs to the group of special fibers.
It has excellent thermal insulating properties, warms much better than sheep's wool, and at the same ...
Insects
There are also insects that are oviparous.
Examples of such insects are the beetle Blaptica dubia and the fly Glossina palpalis (tse-tse).
Red panda
Despite its name, it is not related to the giant panda.
A giant panda is a species of bear. The name panda was given to the red panda first, as the giant panda was described approximately 50 years later.
Sea lamprey
Sea lampreys live in the northern hemisphere.
They live in the western and northern Atlantic, near seashores of Europe and North America, the Blac ...
Luna moth
Adult moths escape the pupal case by splitting it and pushing the top upwards.
Then it cuts its way from the cocoon with serrated chitinous spurs located on the thorax near the forewings bases. Cocoon opening typically occurs in the morning.
Great grey shrike
Their sexual dimorphism is not visible through coloration.
Both males and females look the same.
Laughing kookaburra
Laughing kookaburras are carnivorous.
Their diet consists of rodents, insects, reptiles, birds, and snakes.
Platypus
The Ornithorhynchidae family, to which the Platypus belongs, appeared in Australia about 15 million years ago.
Nowadays they live on the east coast of Australia and in Tasmania.
Common Surinam toad
The Common Surinam toad feeds on all small aquatic organisms.
It hunts primarily invertebrates, especially insects and their larvae, which it digs out of the silt with its thin fingers and rapidly places in its mouth.