Animals

Sunday, 12 October 2025
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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Tasmanian devil
Only about 40% of pups reach adulthood.
Young devils reach sexual maturity at 2 years of age.
Turtles
Since 1500, 7 species and 3 subspecies of turtles have become extinct.
The last extinct species is Chelonoidis abingdonii, whose last representative died on June 24, 2012. ...
Otters
Except for sea otters, which give birth in the water, other otter species give birth in dens located ashore.
Great grey shrike
It expresses serial monogamy.
Pairs bond for a specific mating season. Typically, the next-year mate is different from the one from a year before.
Butterflies
The larval form of the butterfly is the caterpillar.
Their food is most often soft parts of plants. However, there are also carnivorous and even cannibal caterpillars. The caterpillar is the only developmental stage of the insect in which it grows.
Dodo bird
The name dodo, adopted in the English-speaking world, first appeared in an account by the travel writer Thomas Herbert in 1634.
He assumed that it came from Portuguese. In this language, the word “dodo” means “stupid.”
Bull snake
In the wild, they live up to 12 years on average. Captive animals can live up to 30 years.
In the wild, they fall prey to most birds of prey, coyotes, foxes, weasels and other snakes.
Northern pike
Larger individuals may also prey on waterfowl.
There are documented cases of mute swans and great crested grebes being killed.
Narwhal
Currently, the narwhal population is estimated at around 80,000 individuals.
Formerly, they were an endangered species, due to intensive fishing. Currently, narwhal catch is unp ...
Black-headed python
They are not venomous and have strong toxin immunity.
Although they do not possess venom glands, they are immune to most toxins of other Australian reptil ...