Animals

Saturday, 12 July 2025
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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European mole cricket
European mole crickets build a complex system of tunnels that they inhabit throughout the year.
Such a network can reach deeper than a meter below the surface of the ground and is composed of inte ...
Adder
It is most common in cooler places like forest clearing, wet meadows, or forest edges.
European tree frog
They can change their skin color, often doing so to adapt to their surroundings.
It takes these amphibians about 20 minutes to change color from light green to almost dark.
European pine marten
They breed in July and August.
Copulation lasts from 30 to 50 minutes and takes place either on the ground or in a tree.
Malaysian trumpet snail
The most distinguished trait of the Malaysian trumpet snail is its dark-red spotting on its shell.
Their shells are conical and elongate, usually cream, brown, or gray.
Salamanders
Reproduction and eggs
While salamanders lay their eggs without shells and deposit them in a moist environment, lizards typ ...
Octopus
In the Mediterranean and coastal areas of Asia, octopuses are a popular food.
Spiders
The excretory system of spiders is composed of iliac glands and Malpighian tubules.
They capture harmful metabolites from the hemolymph and direct them to the cloaca, from where they escape through the anus.
Black Caiman
A typical male can weigh 450 kilograms, 360 kilograms on average.
Earthworms
There are species of earthworms that reproduce utilizing parthenogenesis, that is, directly from an egg that is not fertilized by a sperm.