Animals

Tuesday, 7 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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Red-necked wallaby
The red-necked wallaby is a macropod marsupial.
It is a medium-sized mammal.
Arabian oryx
There were only a few Arabian oryxes left, in zoos or in the private possession of Arab sheikhs.
In 1962, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the World Wildlife Fund, and others pro ...
Salamanders
Juveniles
Newly hatched salamander is in a larval form that needs to metamorphose before becoming an adult for ...
Otters
Giant otters can swim at a top speed of 14 kph.
Corn snake
Females lay from 10 to 30 eggs in a single clutch.
The eggs are not tended to by the female. The young hatch after approximately 10 weeks of incubation.
Horseshoe crab
They feed on clams, polychaetes, small fish and decayed organic debris.
The mouth opening is located on the underside of the body between the legs. They move the food into the mouth with chelicerae—a pair of small appendages.
Spiders
Spiders are predators.
Most of them feed only on meat, although there are species (Bagheera Kipling) whose diet consists of ...
Housefly
When conditions are optimal, the life cycle of a fly may be completed within seven to ten days after hatching.
Under less favorable conditions, it can take up to two months.
Sea otter
They play a critical role in maintaining their ecosystem.
Species that (even in small numbers) have such a large positive impact on their environment are call ...
Spotted hyena
The efficient digestive system of spotted hyenas makes them able to utilize all parts of the animal’s body, except the fur, and, according to some studies, also hooves and horns.
Thanks to their powerful teeth, they can break even thick bones. A group of 20-30 spotted hyenas can ...