Animals

Sunday, 23 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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Great grey shrike
Their beaks are short, black, and hooked like a bird of prey.
Javan leopard
It is nocturnal.
It spends the majority of its time on tree branches, both while hunting and consuming its prey.
Saola
Saola males are highly territorial.
They mark their territory with a highly scented substance produced in the maxillary gland.
Platypus
They developed special spurs on the ankles of their hind legs from which venom is secreted.
Only males possess the toxin.  Females pose no threat because their spurs disappear before the first ...
Northern pike
The process of reproduction is tied to the water temperature. When it exceeds 9 °C (48 °F), the fish are ready to reproduce.
They lay a large number of eggs since only a few representatives of this species have the opportunit ...
Leeches
The vast majority of leech species are parasites, the rest being predatory species.
Parasitic species, which are permanent external (rarely internal) parasites, feed on the blood of ve ...
Axolotl
Axolotls reach sexual maturity usually at a year old.
Turtles
Turtles' sense of smell is poorly developed.
It has not been well understood so far and is most likely used by these reptiles for navigation.
Black Caiman
It inhabits the Amazon River basin.
It can be sighted in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Salamanders
Respiration
While lizards have only one organ responsible for respiration-the lungs, salamanders rely on skin, gills or lungs (or, in some species, the combination of skin and lungs altogether).