Animals

Monday, 19 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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Corn snake
Corn snakes can withstand without food for up to a week.
They hunt once every few days in the wild and do not have to be fed every day in captivity.
Vaquita
Although being part of cetaceans, they do not perform water acrobatics while surfacing.
They need to resurface to breathe, since lacking gills, but would rather emerge slowly, and dive quietly after taking a breath.
Aye-aye
Aye-ayes do not have a strict mating season.
They can mate at any time of the year.
Pink river dolphin
Botos can rotate their head 180 degrees.
It is due to unfused vertebrae in their necks.
Cabbage White butterfly
Larvae are green.
After the first stage, a yellow line running along the center of the back appears. A series of yellow spots emerge on each side, sometimes looking more like a dashed than a dotted line.
Spinosaurus
While hunting, it might have use its tail to harm or stun its prey.
Hummingbirds
During the day, a hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute, while at night the rate drops to between 50 and 180 beats per minute.
Their flight requires huge amounts of oxygen, which the heart must pump at a tremendous rate. The br ...
Wombat
Wombats are muscular animals with short legs.
Fully grown, they reach 90 up to 130 cm and weigh between 22 and 40 kg. Wombats have a thick, broad ...
Dolphins
There are nearly 40 species of dolphins in the world.
Most of them live in shallow ocean waters in the tropical zone.
Turtles
Turtles currently living do not have teeth.
Instead, the insides of their mouths are overgrown with sharp horn-like protuberances used to cut, h ...