Animals

Friday, 30 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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Otters
Except for sea otters, which give birth in the water, other otter species give birth in dens located ashore.
Grey heron
They swallow small prey whole while larger ones are torn apart.
The large prey is taken to the shore, where the heron overpowers it and eats it piece by piece, peck ...
Housefly
Flies as biological weapons were used during World War II.
The Japanese, under the leadership of Shirō Ishii, worked on entomological warfare techniques. They ...
Brazilian wandering spiders
They live in tropical and subtropical climates. They live in tropical and subtropical climates.
Their northernmost area of distribution is Costa Rica. Their range covers much of South America up to roughly the 25 °E parallel, or northern Argentina.
Brittle stars
Some species, however, are hermaphroditic or protandric.
Protandric animals produce male and female gametes at different times. Hermaphroditism is the occurr ...
Tigers
Tigers are perfect swimmers, capable of killing their prey in the meantime.
They can cross a river 6-8 kilometers wide with the current even about 30 kilometers.
Sperm whale
They do not possess a dorsal fin.
The pectoral fins are small, and the caudal fin is a powerful, horizontal fin with a span of up to six meters. When diving, the sperm whale extends its caudal fin above the surface of the water.
Gila monster
It is diurnal, with most activity taking place in the morning.
European mole cricket
The biggest threats to these insects are birds (rooks and starlings), moles, shrews, beetles and arachnids.
They used to be exterminated by humans as well, but their population has drastically decreased and they no longer pose much of a threat to crops.
Portuguese man-of-war
They have no individual movement method; they float with the current or the wind.