Animals

It is found in all populated parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas, in the Arctic and in tropical equatorial forests, where it is widespread.

For females, it’s a mother with a daughter.

Individuals reared under laboratory conditions live even longer. Males reach sexual maturity 16 hours after hatching and females after 24 hours.

Along with the whale shark (Rhinocodon typus) and the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), it is a plankton-eating species.

Thanks to this, they can weave a new, fresh one without having to hunt when the old web is no longer ...

Melting glaciers expose narwhal to more frequent attacks from predators.

These include: diseases of the cardiovascular system thromboembolic diseases atherosclerosis arteri ...

They are known from wall paintings dating back to the 18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BC). The medical use o ...

Average specimen dimensions are between 25 to 40 mm in length, 13 to 18 mm in height and 17 to 23 mm in width.

Using special hooks placed on their limbs, they filter out plankton. Every species has its own prefe ...