Animals

Wednesday, 2 September 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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Blue tang
When it is time to breed, males and females congregate.
The fertilization is external: males expel the sperm, and females the eggs.
Rice's whale
Rice’s whale was first described in 1965 by Dale Rice.
He cataloged it as a subpopulation of Bryde’s whale present in the Gulf of Mexico.
Javan hawk-eagle
It has a vibrant yellow iris.
Young Javan hawk-eagles have blue-grayish eyes that change color as they mature.
Tigers
In the wild, tigers live only in Asia.
A hundred years ago there were more than 100.000 of them, now there are about 4000.
Laughing kookaburra
Their population is stable, listed as the least-concern species on the IUCN Red List.
Coyote
The coloration of the coyote is much less varied than that of the wolf.
Its fur consists of short, soft down and long, gray, broad hairs up to 10 cm long that cover almost ...
Hummingbirds
Hummingbird nests are the size of a walnut and are made of moss, spider webs and grasses.
Turtles
Turtles are the only reptiles that are capable of long-distance migration.
Representatives of sea turtles can make migrations of thousands of kilometers, land turtles much sho ...
Dodo bird
The researchers revealed that the dodo bird had a highly developed sense of smell.
It is likely that a good sense of smell enabled the birds to find seeds buried deep in the ground. Their strongly built legs equipped with claws probably helped them do this.
Northern pike
It is a very popular fish among anglers, who appreciate it for its strength and aggressiveness.
Fishing for pike is usually done with a dead fish lure or spinning/trolling. Catching a large specim ...