Animals

Its defense mechanism is effective against most predators, however, desert hedgehogs are not so thickly covered in spikes due to high temperatures, thus they prefer to flee from danger instead.

They are divided into five genera: erinaceus, paraechinus, mesechi nus, atelerix, and hemiechinus.

Mink breeding is prohibited in many countries, including Switzerland - although they have never been bred there, Austria, and Great Britain. 

It is primarily found in southeastern parts of the U.S. in freshwaters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

In the fight against wolves, oryxes are favored by the difficult living conditions.

Their flight requires huge amounts of oxygen, which the heart must pump at a tremendous rate. The br ...

They need to find a suitable host within seven days, otherwise, they perish.

Their pectoral fin is shorter than their first dorsal fin, and tilting allows them to use longer fin to swim efficiently.

They exchange gametes during copulation, which is called saddling. The process takes its name from t ...