Animals

Monday, 6 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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Bird of Paradise
Their wings are mostly round.
In some species, they have been modified in such a way that males can use them to generate characteristic sounds.
Dodo bird
The dodo bird is an extinct flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.
It was endemic there, as was its cousin the solitary drontium (Pezophaps solitaria) from the neighbo ...
Okapi
These animals are active during the day, although they may also remain active in the early night hours.
Maine coon
The average lifespan of a Maine coon is 12 years.
Properly taken care of, they can live up to 15 years.
Hummingbirds
Females build nests and care for the chicks without the involvement of males.
Pterodactyls
Pterodactyls had four fingers.
Their wings, made of skin and muscle membrane, stretched from the fourth elongated finger.
Hummingbirds
Hummingbird nests are the size of a walnut and are made of moss, spider webs and grasses.
Luna moth
Both sexes are green with a long tail on hind wings.
Fore and hind wings have an oval spot, one per wing. Second and third generation moths have more yellowish-tinted wings.
Arabian oryx
In 1982, Oman agreed to introduce some of the bred oryx to the Central Province and sought to establish a reserve and inscribe it on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Inscription on the World Heritage List UNESCO comes with certain obligations for the requesting stat ...
Javan hawk-eagle
It has a distinguished vertical crest.
It consists of up to four 12 centimeters long feathers.