Animals

Thursday, 15 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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Common Surinam toad
The incubation period lasts about 130 days.
After this time and complete resorption of the tail, the young leave the pockets in the mother’s ski ...
Llamas
Face
Alpacas have more hairy faces than llamas.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Females chose the same place they hatched as their nesting grounds.
They dig a hole with claws on their flippers and lay an average of 140 eggs, which then they cover with sand and leaves. After the process is done, females return to the ocean, leaving eggs behind.
Komodo dragon
They live in hot and dry places in open grasslands, savannas, and tropical forests.
Active during the day, they spend nights in burrows of their own making. They hunt in the noon and s ...
Rice's whale
Rice’s whales are diurnal.
It is a common trait among all whales.
Fossa
It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUNC list.
It suffers from habitat loss since only approximately 10% of the forest cover of Madagascar is still ...
Sperm whale
The most famous, although fictional, sperm whale in pop culture is Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.
It was the primary antagonist in the novel written in 1851.
Portuguese man-of-war
They have natural predators.
The two main ones are the violet sea snail and sea slugs from the genus Glaucus. They also fell prey to loggerhead sea turtles and ocean sunfish.
Central bearded dragon
They can be found both on the ground and on tree branches, rocks, fence posts and bushes.
They can most often be observed in the morning or late evening because too high temperatures drive them to shaded places or to burrows.
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%.