Animals

Wednesday, 12 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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Tiger sharks
Females birth up to 80 pups per litter.
However, the survival rate of youngsters varies from around 30% in the Atlantic Ocean to 62% in the Gulf.
Crustacean
The pistol shrimp is a marine terror of small fish and invertebrates. It hunts its prey in a very unusual way.
The right pincer of these animals has undergone a modification that allows them to attack their targ ...
Southern cassowary
They are frugivores.
Their diet consists of many tropical forest fruits. Over 238 species of plants have been recorded on ...
Maine coon
They are very chatty.
Apart from typical meowing, Maine coons often chirp.
Tigers
Females reach sexual maturity within the first three to four years, males a year later.
A female gives birth to three to four cubs after an average of 104-106 days of gestation.
Capybaras
Capybaras are aquatic and terrestrial animals.
This is largely dependent on the climate in which they naturally occur, characterized by transitiona ...
Common Surinam toad
The mating cycle lasts only 24 hours.
The complete development of the eggs and their transformation takes place in the skin on the female’s back. A single egg is 6-7 mm in diameter and each female lays from 40 to almost 500 eggs.
Javan hawk-eagle
It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.
It faces habitat loss and destruction, excessive poaching, and illegal pet trade.
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth Macaw prefers semi-open, somewhat wooded habitats.
It generally avoids dense, moist forests, and is most often found on their edges or along tropical r ...
Laughing kookaburra
They were first described by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Sonnerat.