Animals

Saturday, 10 October 2026
27 facts about turtles
27 facts about turtles
The only vertebrates so armored
The first turtles appeared on Earth at the end of the Permian about 240 million years ago. Although the first ones had neither plastron nor carapace, ...

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Common cuckoo
In the breeding season it inhabits Eurasia from the British Isles throughout central Europe and Scandinavia, Asia except for the polar zones, the Arabian Peninsula and India.
Aye-aye
The mammary glands are located in the lower groin area.
This anatomical feature distinguishes aye-aye from other primates.
Sand lizard
Mostly they fall prey to weasels, foxes, badgers, birds, and snakes.
Of the domesticated animals, cats and chickens pose the greatest threat to them.
Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs have particularly well-developed hearing, smell, and taste.
When they eat or smell something foul, they immediately spit white foam of saliva on their spikes.
European wildcat
It is a carnivorous mammal of the cat family.
There are more than 20 subspecies of the European wildcat.
Komodo dragon
They are carnivorous.
However, it is claimed that they mostly feed on carrion, and they often attack living prey. They cha ...
Laughing kookaburra
Laughing kookaburras are carnivorous.
Their diet consists of rodents, insects, reptiles, birds, and snakes.
Wombat
The common wombat inhabits an area of Australia from the borders of Queensland and New South Wales, along with the deserts of Victoria, to the southeastern tip of Australia and into Tasmania.
Its three subspecies are: Bass Strait wombat, found on Flinders Island, in Bass Strait Islands (bet ...
Blue tang
The royal blue tang reaches sexual maturity at 9 - 12 months of age.
Bonobo
The bonobo and the common chimpanzee are two species that make up the genus Pan and are the closest living relatives of humans (Homo sapiens).
According to a study conducted by scientists at George Washington University, bonobos and common chi ...