Animals

Saturday, 7 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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Ocean sunfish
They do not have many enemies.
Those giants are hunted mostly by sea lions, killer whales and sharks. Juveniles may be also hunted by tunafish or common dolphinfish.
Grey heron
Herons usually look for their prey in water, but sometimes also on land.
They usually stand still and wait until the prey comes close enough. Apparently, they are most effective in hunting on moonlit, cloudless nights.
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse are not aggressive, but will bite when disturbed or threaten.
When they spot human coming towards them, they run in the opposite direction.
Zebra mussel
Their mussel is triangle-shaped, beige with dark brown stripes.
In some populations, albino forms occur, sometimes in great numbers.
Bird of Paradise
Certain species of birds of paradise prefer particular fruits.
Trumpet manucode andcrinkle-collared manucode eat mainly figs, while Lawes's parotia eat berries.
Brazilian wandering spiders
Under the name Brazilian wandering spider is a genus of spiders that live in South and Central America.
The genus currently includes nine species of spiders. 
Snails
One of the most beautiful and impressive snails are nudibranch. These are shellless snails with very colorful colors and a symmetrical body structure.
Some of them feed on cnidarians, whose toxins do not harm the snail. Instead, the eaten cnidarians a ...
Basking shark
The pectoral fins of the basking shark are very broad.
It has two dorsal fins, the first of which, shaped like an almost regular isosceles triangle, is not ...
Mallard
The young are nesters capable of swimming immediately after hatching.
They remain close to their mother, however, and begin to be independent after about 2 months. They reach sexual maturity at 14 months of age.
European wildcat
Feeds mainly on rodents, although it sometimes hunts larger prey.
Its diet includes rats, moles, hamsters, voles, forest mice, but also martens, polecats, weasels and young deer, roe deer, chamois and ground-dwelling birds.