Animals

Tuesday, 28 April 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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Aye-aye
Approximately 80% of the night aye-aye spends on foraging.
Pink river dolphin
Their paddle-like flippers allow them to swim in circles.
Wolf spider
They can be found in many habitats.
Wolf spiders can be found in woodlands, meadows, gardens, shrublands and man-made structures. They are very eager to enter buildings especially in autumn, when it gets colder outside.
Hedgehogs
Contrary to folk superstitions and numerous fairy tales, hedgehogs do not eat apples.
Responsible for this myth is Pliny the Elder, a Roman philosopher, who claimed in the encyclopedic N ...
Quokkas
Quokkas are native to Western Australia.
They inhabit small islands of the Western Australia coasts, particularly Bald Island, and Rottnest Island, and the south western parts of the mainland.
Tiger sharks
It is the second largest predatory shark, surpassed only by the great white.
Common cuckoo
The common cuckoo is a migratory bird belonging to the cuckoo family.
There are four subspecies of the common cuckoo.
Axolotl
The axolotl is an amphibian of the Ambystomatidae family.
This family contains more than 30 species of amphibians: Ambystoma – 32 species, and Dicamptodon – 4 species.
Octopus
Octopuses are very intelligent.
During studies on these animals, the presence of both short and long-term memory was found.
American bullfrog
Their skin colors are typically green or greenish brown, with dark spots on the sides and on the back.