Animals

This organ stores sepia, produced by a nearby gland. Octopuses use sepia to disorient a predator while escaping. They then spray a thick, characteristic black stain.

Cannibalism is widely observed shortly after hatching since larvae are voracious and require frequent feeding. In addition, axolotls kept in groups can bite each other's limbs and tail fins.

The first is Ramphastos toco toco, found in Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, northern and northeaste ...

The body dorsum of young specimens is uniformly gray and only after two weeks is there a concentration of dark pigment.

Its natural habitat consists of rocky deserts.

The mission began at 21:42 UTC on September 14. The step-turtles stayed aboard the ship for 6 days, ...

40% of their body is made of fat.

They hatch into fry about 10 mm long, which remain in the embryonic stage for 5 to 16 days. The leng ...