Animals

Sunday, 21 June 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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Brown recluse spider
Their abdomen is uniformly colored.
Colors vary from dark brown to light cream. It is also covered with fine hairs that resemble velvet.
Siberian roe deer
They have a number of natural predators.
They are the most preferred prey of Amur leopards, but they are also preyed upon by Siberian lynx, Himalayan wolf, or Siberian tiger.
Red panda
They are mostly solitary and use two techniques to mark their territory and alert females to their presence.
They primarily use scent glands located at the base of their tails and on their feet, but can also leave piles of excrement that attract females during mating season.
Leeches
In water, leeches move in a wavy, meandering motion.
They move in a similar way to the caterpillars, with the help of suction cups - they extend their bo ...
Fossa
Their prey of choice is the aye-aye.
Fossa feeds on anything it can lay its paws on, but the most preferable are lemurs.
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks’ mating season is spring and summer.
Females return to the same nursery ground and birth offspring.
Corn snake
Their color depends on their habitat.
It all comes down to the ability to camouflage themselves.
Insects
Not all insects undergo a complete transformation.
There are three developmental stages of an incomplete transformation: egg, larva and adult (imago). ...
Snails
They appeared on Earth quite early, already in the Cambrian, although it is currently debated whether organisms from this period should be classified as snails.
These organisms had rudimentary and primitive shells. Over the next 80 million years, they slowly ev ...
European pine marten
Martens have a perfectly developed sense of sight, smell and hearing.