Animals

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

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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Corn snake

Females lay from 10 to 30 eggs in a single clutch.

The eggs are not tended to by the female. The young hatch after approximately 10 weeks of incubation.

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Southern cassowary

Juvenile cassowaries do not have a helmet.

Bird's casque starts to develop after the first year of life.

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Toco toucan

Toco toucans are very important to indigenous peoples.

They believe toucans help the spirits of the dead enter the afterlife. There is also a belief that t ...

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American bullfrog

Bullfrogs are native to the eastern parts of North America.

They are referred to as bullfrogs in both the U.S. and Canada.

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Brazilian wandering spiders

Approximately four thousand people a year are bitten by the Brazilian cottonmouth.

Only 0.5 percent of those bitten suffer serious health complications from it. Mortality is even rare ...

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Platypus

Platypuses are equipped with electroreceptors, which makes them a phenomenon among modern mammals.

Thanks to them, they track their prey through changes in the electric field. The platypus can percei ...

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Leopard geckos

Leopard geckos’ mate season is during summer.

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Syrian brown bear

The fur of the Syrian bear is usually light brown, straw-colored.

The hair at the withers is longer, with a grey-brown base, and is often a different shade than the r ...

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Central bearded dragon

When they are in groups, their hierarchical structure becomes visible.

For example, in basking areas, the highest-ranking individuals occupy the highest and best-lit positions.

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Javan hawk-eagle

Javan hawk-eagles are dark-brown to chestnut in color, with a creamy stripe on their throat and randomly displayed black dots and stripes.

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28 facts about spiders

One of the first creatures to appear on land

The first ancestors of today's specimens appeared on Earth about 400 million years ago. They evolved from marine organisms of the chelicera subphylum. ...

17 facts about dolphins

Very intelligent and social mammals

They live in both oceans and rivers. They often travel in large herds, sometimes exceeding 1000 individuals. They have their language, which we have n ...

41 facts about octopus

Very intelligent animals with amazing abilities

Octopuses are cephalopods with eight arms. So far, about 300 species of octopuses have been identified. The first octopuses appeared on Earth about 32 ...

20 facts about earthworms

Very useful organisms that live in the soil

They are geographically very widespread organisms. They are found in Europe, Asia, North America, and northern parts of Africa. They inhabit all types ...

22 facts about crustacean

Armored invertebrates

They mainly inhabit aquatic environments where they live on the seafloor (a record-breaker has been found at a depth of 10.5 km) or float in the depth ...

19 facts about central bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

This interesting lizard occurs only on the Australian continent. Although its appearance may be discouraging, in fact, it is a completely harmless ani ...

19 facts about grey heron

Ardea cinerea

This large and interesting water bird appears in Central Europe during the breeding season and only in the north-west of the country can it be found a ...

16 facts about tasmanian devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

They used to inhabit the Australian continent, but for unexplained reasons, disappeared from there about three thousand years ago. Today, they can onl ...

20 facts about sperm whale

A vital element of the marine ecosystem

In the depths of the oceans, where sunlight loses its meaning, reigns one of the most majestic and enigmatic inhabitants of the seas–the spermaceti sp ...

20 facts about mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

The common mallard is the most popular game bird in Central Europe, i.e. Poland. It is very numerous and easily inhabits various environments to which ...

14 facts about Brazilian wandering spiders

They travel stowaway, and on top of that they bite

These spiders are found in forested areas of South and Central America. They actively hunt small animals, which they then paralyze with their venom. T ...

19 facts about American mink

Furry commando

The American mink is a species common in North America, where it lives in the wild. It was introduced to Europe in the 1950s and spread throughout Eur ...

13 facts about European mole cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

They get their name from the fact that they often damage crops and cause losses. At least that used to be the case, as the population of these insects ...

17 facts about spotted hyena

Laughing hyena

The spotted hyena is one of Africa’s most recognizable animals, also known as the laughing hyena. It is the largest living member of the hyena family, ...

20 facts about guinea pig

Cavia porcellus

The guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as the domestic cavy, is a medium-sized rodent native to the Andean regions of South America. Where it co ...