Animals

Friday, 18 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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Fossa
A fossa is an endemic mammal of Madagascar.
It resembles a dog (thanks to its muzzle), a weasel (due to its ears), a cat (due to clawed paws), and a monkey (thanks to a tail that makes up approximately half of the fossa’s length).
Glass frogs
Tadpoles hatch after 2 weeks.
They fall into water below a leaf. Equipped with strong tails and fins they handle fast-flowing waters easily. Tadpoles are omnivorous, they eat algae, moss, mosquito larvae and other little insects.
Laughing kookaburra
They are perfect hunters.
Laughing kookaburra sits completely motionless while observing its prey, and once it attacks, it carries its prey back to the perch and hits several times to kill and soften it. Then it eats it whole.
Ball python
Its name derives from curling into a ball while threatened or frightened.
Tiger sharks
Tiger sharks are the only member of the genus Galeocerdo.
Alpaca
Alpacas were domesticated 4,000-5,000 BC in the Peruvian-Bolivian Altiplano region.
The development of alpaca breeding for fiber in other continents began in 1980.
Fleas
There are 2,500 known flea species.
New species are being continuously identified.
Dolphins
Dolphins communicate both verbally and non-verbally.
They can send messages by moving their tail, swimming, or adopting certain poses. In addition, they ...
Hippopotamus
"Cocaine hippos" have already spread about 100 kilometers from their original home.
Each season, their number in the Magdalena River basin grows more and more. Since residents of Medel ...
Hawksbill sea turtle
Hawksbills live for an average of 50 to 60 years.