Animals

Wednesday, 12 November 2025
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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Ball python
It inhabits savannas and grasslands but can be found in open forests.
Its habitat requires a source of running water for the snake to cool down.
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.
Leeches
Pliny the Elder wrote that leeches suck blood and are helpful for "rheumatic pains and all kinds of ailments and fevers."
In June 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration approved leeches for medical use, recognizing them as a therapeutic agent.
Otters
Some otters keep the same rock their entire life.
Wolf spider
Wolf spiders originated after Cretaceous–Tertiary Extinction that killed 75% of living animals on Earth about 66 million years ago.
Most of modern subfamilies of wolf spiders appeared sometime between 41 and 32 million years ago.
Cane toad
Juvenile cane toads have dark, smooth skin.
They lack the large parotoid glands of adults, so they are usually less venomous.
Ladybugs
One ladybug can eat around 5,000 aphids throughout its life.
Grey heron
As the name suggests, their plumage is steel gray.
The neck and head are white, from the eyes to the back of the head there is a blue-black strip toppe ...
Maine coon
Their body composition makes them resistant to cold weather.
Apart from the dense, waterproof coating, and bushy, prolonged tail they can wrap around their body to hold the temperature, they have tufted paws that serve as snowshoes.
Otters
Pups born in captivity and raised by humans may grow too attached to them to be safely released into the wild.
Instead of hand-rearing pups, it is better to present one to a female, who most likely will adopt it and care for the pup herself.