Animals

Wednesday, 1 July 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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Brazilian wandering spiders
Although bananas are transported in refrigerated trucks, conditions are not so unfavorable as to kill them.
The optimal temperature for transporting bananas is 13.2 - 14 degrees Celsius, and will not cause death but only slow down vital functions.
Sloth
Sloths are solitary, except for females with their young.
They are peacefully disposed to the surrounding world, and they do not need to defend themselves bec ...
Aye-aye
A gestation period lasts for five months, after which one infant is born.
An infant does not leave the nest for a period of two months and stays with its mother for almost two years. It leaves once is ready to establish its own territory.
Arctic fox
There are two color variants of polar foxes – white and blue.
The white variant is white during winter, but it is brown on the back and light grey on the belly du ...
Quokkas
Quokkas are herbivorous.
They eat various types of vegetation, including grasses, leaves, stems, and bark. A recent study indicates they are particularly fond of flowering plants of the genus Guichenotia.
Leeches
Leeches (Hirudinea) belong to the phylum Annelida.
Annelida includes more than 500 species, which are equipped with one or two suckers. Most of them ar ...
Black Caiman
They do not show particular aggression towards humans but will attack when their territory is disturbed, especially during mating season.
There have been over 80 recorded attacks on humans, most of them fatal.
Adder
It is most common in cooler places like forest clearing, wet meadows, or forest edges.
Northern pike
The mortality of fry is affected by high iron concentration and large temperature fluctuations.
Most litters usually grow up in clear and stable waters.
Central bearded dragon
The bearded agama is a lizard from the agamaceae family.
There are about 350 species of Agamidae, divided into 50 genera.