Animals

Thursday, 27 August 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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Octopus
Octopuses can camouflage themselves.
Thanks to special cells in their skin, they can adjust their skin color to the environment like a chameleon. Camouflage is used by these animals both for hunting and hiding from predators.
Insects
The size of currently living insects seems "just right" to us. However, if we moved back in time about 285 million years, we might get a shock.
At that time, the Earth was inhabited by giant dragonfly-like insects, the largest of which was Mega ...
Aye-aye
Females reach sexual maturity at the age of approximately 3 to 3,5 years, while males at the age of 2,5.
Platypus
They developed special spurs on the ankles of their hind legs from which venom is secreted.
Only males possess the toxin.  Females pose no threat because their spurs disappear before the first ...
Black-headed python
Black-headed pythons are carnivorous.
They feed chiefly on other reptiles. Their preferred food are skinks, but they are also capable of e ...
Common cuckoo
The common cuckoo begins to lay eggs in early July.
During this time it is able to produce and lay 10 to 20 eggs. There are usually two days between egg ...
Hummingbirds
Hummingbird nests are the size of a walnut and are made of moss, spider webs and grasses.
American robin
It is common, that Brown-headed cowbirds lay their eggs in robin nests.
Study shows that it’s not easy to fool a robin and, in most cases, future parent get rid of unwanted eggs from its nest.
Basking shark
Basking sharks have a cigar-shaped body.
For this reason, they are often confused with the great white shark. However, they differ in the sha ...
Basking shark
Basking sharks have essentially no natural predators.
They are known to be attacked by orcas, but few predators hunt these sharks. There is some information that great white sharks feed on the carcasses of basking sharks.