Animals

Thursday, 22 October 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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Okapi
Okapi lives only in the Ituri equatorial forest in Central Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Amur leopard
Female gives birth to up to four cubs after 12 weeks of gestation.
Octopus
Most octopuses live only a few months, usually half a year.
After the offspring hatch, the octopus dies of hunger because, after the breeding period, the digestive glands of these animals are deactivated.
Pink river dolphin
Botos have two types of teeth.
Front teeth are pointed, while the ones at the back are meant to crush their prey.
Giant panda
The giant panda is a species at risk of extinction.
Its status went up from endangered in 2014 when its population surpassed 1850. This was a 17 percent increase in numbers since 2003, when China's panda population was 1,600.
Adelie penguin
In the wild, Adélie penguins live from 5 to 16 years.
Adélie penguins are hunted primarily by leopard seals. Their eggs fall prey to south polar skuas and sheathbills. Orcas may also hunt them, but they usually prefer larger catches.
Ladybugs
There are over 5,000 species of Coccinellidae worldwide.
Red panda
The name “panda” refers to the bamboo diet.
It translates from Nepalese “nigalya ponya,” which means “bamboo eater.”
Brown recluse spider
They are active from March to October.
Quokkas
There are approximately 20,000 quokkas left in the world.
Their population was decimated during a wildfire in Western Australia in 2015.