Animals

Saturday, 6 December 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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Corn snake
Corn snakes are highly praised occupants of corn fields since they viciously hunt for rodents.
Ball python
The ball python is non-venomous.
It relies on 100 to 150 sharp teeth to disable its prey.
Guinea pig
The domestic cavy is an herbivorous animal.
Guinea pigs living in the wild, due to the poor quality of their food, may be prone to coprophagia a ...
Bird of Paradise
The feathers of birds of paradise are used by indigenous people of New Guinea to decorate ritual costumes, plumes, or funeral ceremonies.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, European women eagerly decorated their hats with the colorful feathers of these birds.
Giant panda
Newborn pandas are pink, blind, and toothless.
They weigh between 90 and 130 g and immediately begin feeding on their mother's milk. This feeding c ...
European wildcat
Feeds mainly on rodents, although it sometimes hunts larger prey.
Its diet includes rats, moles, hamsters, voles, forest mice, but also martens, polecats, weasels and young deer, roe deer, chamois and ground-dwelling birds.
Stingrays
Ancient Greeks used stingray venom as an anesthetic for dental procedures.
Shoebill
They are a vulnerable species.
The global population of Shoebills was estimated at 5000-8000 individuals in 2002. Their population ...
Cabbage White butterfly
Larvae are green.
After the first stage, a yellow line running along the center of the back appears. A series of yellow spots emerge on each side, sometimes looking more like a dashed than a dotted line.
Cabbage White butterfly
Its Latin name is Pieris rapae, and it's a member of the Pieridae family.