Animals

Sunday, 3 May 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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Adder
Adders stick out their tongue to orient themselves to their surroundings.
In doing so, they collect the scent around them and then transfer it to their mouth cavity to the so-called Jacobson’s organ, which analyzes olfactory signals.
Slow worm lizard
The duration of the pregnancy period in slow worm lizards depends on the temperature of the environment but it can be assumed that on average it lasts from 11 to 13 weeks.
6 to 26 young are born in one litter.
Bird of Paradise
Monogamists are also found among birds of paradise,  Paradisaea apoda and Lycocorax pyrrhopterus for example.
Both females and males have the same coloration, do not differ in appearance, live in permanent relationships and raise offspring together.
Hyacinth macaw
Most of the parrot's diet consists of nuts from certain palm species, such as acuri and bocaiuva palms. 
With their powerful beaks, Hyacinth Macaws can split very hard nuts, even coconuts, large Brazil nut ...
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.
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.
Tawny frogmouth
Their breeding season starts in August and lasts till December.
Both male and female participate in building nest.
Dodo bird
It is believed that dodo chicks were fed so-called bird’s milk.
In pigeons, the mucous membrane of the goiter contains glands that, a few days before the young hatc ...
Housefly
Flies are a transmission vector for over 100 pathogens.
Because they can travel up to several miles from their breeding sites, they spread various diseases ...
Kiwi bird
Because of the high death rate, the kiwi population is managed.
In unmanaged populations, their numbers decline by roughly 2% a year, mostly because of the small survival rate of kiwi chicks in the wild.