Animals

Tuesday, 7 July 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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Great spotted woodpecker
They are medium-sized birds. Adult body length is 20 to 24 centimeters.
The wingspan is 34 to 39 centimeters and the weight varies from 70 to 98 grams.
Cabbage White butterfly
The female produces 300 to 400 eggs.
After conception, a female lays yellowish eggs singly on a leaves' underside.
Stingrays
There are around 220 species of stingrays, which are organized in 29 genera.
Great spotted woodpecker
It uses its tongue to catch insects that live under the bark of trees.
The woodpecker is equipped with a long and bristly tongue covered with sticky saliva. The bird can e ...
Wolf spider
Not all of them live in burrows.
Of course some wolf spider species dig themselves a burrow but there are many species of this spider ...
Tigers
Females reach sexual maturity within the first three to four years, males a year later.
A female gives birth to three to four cubs after an average of 104-106 days of gestation.
Bird of Paradise
Male birds of paradise also cross interspecies boundaries in their amorous conquests.
From eggs hybrids are hatched (quite a rare phenomenon in animals living in the wild). Ornithologists have counted over 20 types of such hybrids in birds of paradise.
Tigers
Tigers, like all cats, have a nictating membrane, called the third eyelid.
Adder
There may be 5 to 15 young in a litter of the puff adder.
Mating usually begins in late April or early May and birth occurs in August or September. Freshly hatched reptiles gain complete independence.
Pink river dolphin
They are listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
They tend to get killed by fishermen to reduce the competition for catfish. They also face habitat l ...