Animals

Monday, 6 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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Corn snake
They are one of the most popular captive-bred reptiles.
Corn snakes are very docile and easy to care for. They do not show aggression towards humans and thus can be kept outside the terrarium.
Spinosaurus
It had a long, flat, narrow skull resembling a modern crocodilian one.
Skull was about 165 cm (5.41 ft) long with straight, sharp and unserrated cone teeth.
Black-headed python
Although this is not their natural habitat, they can also be found in trees.
They are good climbers although they do not often use this ability.
American mink
An oil called mink oil is made from the fat layer under the mink's skin.
It is a source of palmitoleic acid, which has properties similar to human sebum. For this reason, it ...
Fossa
Fossas are highly territorial.
Their territory covers an area of four square kilometers.
Wolf spider
Not all of them live in burrows.
Of course some wolf spider species dig themselves a burrow but there are many species of this spider ...
White-browed tit-warbler
Their name comes from their distinctive eyebrows.
Quokkas
Quokkas are capable of embryonic diapause.
Delayed implantation means that the embryonic blastocyst doesn’t implant in the uterus straight away ...
Amur leopard
Female gives birth to up to four cubs after 12 weeks of gestation.
Great spotted woodpecker
It uses its tongue to catch insects that live under the bark of trees.
The woodpecker is equipped with a long and bristly tongue covered with sticky saliva. The bird can e ...