Animals

Sunday, 28 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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Pink river dolphin
Young stay with females for up to two years, until it matures fully.
Basking shark
The basking shark is the second largest known fish in the world after the whale shark.
Along with the whale shark (Rhinocodon typus) and the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), it is a plankton-eating species.
Ocean sunfish
While in danger, they can speed up.
When being pursued, those fish can accelerate rapidly and even jump over the water surface.
Hippopotamus
Hippos have been known to historians since ancient times.
The first images of these animals were cave paintings in the mountains of the central Sahara. One of ...
Central bearded dragon
The body length of a bearded dragon can reach a maximum of 60 cm.
More than half of this length is the tail. The normal weight of adults ranges from 280 to 510 g.
American bullfrog
Bullfrogs can jump a distance of 2 meters.
Shoebill
These birds have a very specific hunting strategy.
They know the lake or other body of water where they are, so they know where the fish are at any giv ...
Maine coon
The oldest living Maine coon was Corduroy from Oregon, U.S.
He was 26 when named the oldest living cat by the Guinness World Records in 2015. Sadly, a year later, he ran away from home, and after several weeks was presumed dead at 27.
Hammerhead sharks
Hammerheads are resistant to stingrays stings.
Stingrays are among the most preferred food of most hammerheads.
Corn snake
They are carnivorous.
They primarily feed on small rodents, but also eat unguarded eggs, amphibians, and other reptiles. They bite their prey, and coil around it to subdue it, then swallow it whole, starting with the head.