Animals

Thursday, 12 March 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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Tiger sharks
They are listed as near threatened.
Apart from the fact that they repopulate at a very slow rate, their population systematically declin ...
Komodo dragon
It was discovered in 1910.
First, rumors of a "terrestrial crocodile" reached Lieutenant Steyn van Hensbroek from the Dutch col ...
Okapi
In 1987, the "Okapi Conservation Project" program was launched to protect these animals.
In July 2012, the headquarters of the Okapi National Park was attacked by poachers. Attackers killed workers and bodyguards of the facility as well as 14 animals.
Sea lamprey
They are medium size fish with eel-shaped bodies.
Lampreys are about 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 in) long, have olive or brown-yellow bodies. Skin is darker on the upper side of an animal.
American mink
They live near forest waters, marking the boundaries of their territory with the secretions of their perianal glands.
The size of the territory depends on the sex, males have areas of up to 440 ha, and females 8-20 ha.
French Bulldog
There are two types of French Bulldog ears.
The “rose ears”, typically folded over, are common among the English Bulldogs, and once upon a time ...
Komodo dragon
Their diet is nuanced.
It includes invertebrates, other reptiles (including smaller Komodo dragons), birds and their eggs, ...
Insects
At least 66 species of insects have gone extinct in modern times (since 1500).
Most of these extinct species inhabited oceanic islands. The factors posing the greatest threat to insects are artificial lighting, pesticides, urbanization, and the importation of invasive species.
Amur leopard
There are cases of Amur leopards hunting each other in competition for food.
Sand lizard
It is found throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia.
It lives on the British Isles, in central Europe, western Russia and northwestern China. It does not occur on the Iberian Peninsula.