Animals

Saturday, 11 October 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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Hippopotamus
Nowadays, Nile hippos live only in the central and southern parts of Africa.
They are most often found in the oases, lakes and rivers of Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda, as wel ...
Toco toucan
The Toco Toucan became famous as an advertising symbol for the Guinness Brewery.
Graphic artist John Gilroy's illustration of a toucan balancing on a glass of the brewery's product was first used in an advertisement in 1935.
Cane toad
Their primary sense is vision.
When hunting, they rely on motion detection but support themselves with their sense of smell.
French Bulldog
French Bulldogs originate from England.
Bulldogs were bred in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the 19th century. Over time, some sm ...
Great spotted woodpecker
They are omnivorous, with invertebrates forming the basis of their menu.
Their diet includes beetle larvae, adult beetles, spiders, ants and caterpillars. They make up for t ...
Gila monster
Scientists believe that since it preys on small animals and eggs, it evolved to use the venom solely to scare away predators.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish boarded a space shuttle.
In 1991, in the Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA sent thousands of jellyfish into orbit in order to stud ...
Common cuckoo
Young cuckoos throw other chicks out of the nest to get enough food.
This is because a cuckoo chick is often larger than its host and could not be able to survive if other birds were fed in addition to it.
Maine coon
Their body composition makes them resistant to cold weather.
Apart from the dense, waterproof coating, and bushy, prolonged tail they can wrap around their body to hold the temperature, they have tufted paws that serve as snowshoes.
Dodo bird
We can only determine the appearance of the dodo bird from subfossils - not fully fossilized.
Subfossils are the remains of living organisms that died on the geological scale more recently, in t ...