Animals

Wednesday, 26 November 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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Brazilian wandering spiders
The bite of the Brazilian cottonmouth can cause priapism.
This affliction causes a prolonged and painful erection in men that is in no way caused by sexual arousal. If bitten by these spiders, symptoms can last up to five hours.
Platypus
Platypuses are equipped with electroreceptors, which makes them a phenomenon among modern mammals.
Thanks to them, they track their prey through changes in the electric field. The platypus can percei ...
Corn snake
They are commonly found in the American Southeast, from New Jersey to Florida.
Grey heron
The average lifespan of a gray heron in the wild is 5 years.
However, the record holder lived to the age of 23.
Sand lizard
Like most reptiles, their bodies are covered with scales.
They are smaller and rough on the back, while the abdomen is covered with larger and smooth ones that make it easier for the animal to move.
Tawny frogmouth
Relationships for life.
They bond in pairs for a long time and spend time close to each other sitting on the same branch. Once they establish a pair they usually stay in the same territory for long.
Housefly
Fly larvae are called maggots.
They are white, legless organisms that feed on organic material at their hatching site. After hatchi ...
Kiwi bird
Their feathers evolved into a structure resembling hair.
Housefly
Housefly eggs are about 2.5 mm in diameter.
They are most commonly laid in pig feces, where up to 15,000 larvae may hatch in one kilogram of a s ...
Guinea pig
In the Andean countries, the cavy is still used in divination, as it was in Inca times.
From the appearance of their entrails, diviners predict the prognosis of illness, and the animal's fat is used in folk medicine as a treatment for earache or to ease nervous tension.