Animals

Monday, 2 March 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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Hummingbirds
On average, hummingbirds beat their wings about 90 times per second. But there are exceptions.
This occurs in male ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) during courtship. These birds can flap their wings up to 200 times per second.
Platypus
Monotremes are an order of primitive oviparous mammals.
Their Latin name - Monotremata refers to the fact that their digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems share a common duct named cloaca.
Tigers
The most commonly recognized is the division into six subspecies, although some researchers suggest that there are only two–island, and continental.
A common division distinguishes the subspecies: Bengal tiger Siberian tiger Indochinese tiger Sumat ...
Axolotl
The axolotl is an amphibian of the Ambystomatidae family.
This family contains more than 30 species of amphibians: Ambystoma – 32 species, and Dicamptodon – 4 species.
Octopus
The largest representative of octopuses is the Giant Octopus.
It was first described in 1910. The largest octopus of this species ever encountered weighed 272 kil ...
Tawny frogmouth
They are often mistaken for owls.
Frogmouths are not owls, but due to their similarities to those birds and nocturnal activity many people wrongly assume so.
Adder
The puff adder usually grows up to 90 centimeters in length, but individuals are measuring more than 110 centimeters.
Okapi
They are very alert and perceptive animals, when they find themselves in an emergency they hide in thickets, where it is difficult to spot them due to their masking color.
Alligator snapping turtle
Females lay a clutch of 10 to 50 eggs on a nesting ground.
The incubation lasts for 3,5 to 5 months. Hatchling sex depends on the temperature of the developing ...
Javan leopard
It is solitary.
It forms groups only for mating purposes.