Animals

It includes 69 species of which the Tasmanian devil is the only representative of the genus Sarcophilus. It is the largest currently living carnivorous marsupial.

They kill domestic animals, mainly sheep, as well as stray cats and small dogs. They also often look in household garbage cans for food.

At first, it evolved to aid with tree climbing but later adapted to support their bamboo diet.

Amphipholis squamata, common in all parts of the British Isles is one of them.

In Poland and Russia, they are called Boża krówka, which translates to “godly little cow.” In certai ...

They cause puncturing wounds that mostly lead to severe pain, local necrosis, and delayed wound healing, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and muscle cramps.

Frog flies for example lie their own eggs among glass frog eggs. Flies’ eggs hatch faster so maggots start to consume embryos of a frog.

The longest-living specimen in captivity was Nana, living in the Shimoda Aquarium in Japan. This dolphin lived to the ripe old age of 47.