Animals

Monday, 14 September 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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American flamingo
Because flamingos feed on food from salt water, they often drink seawater.
Their organisms have many mechanisms to help regulate osmosis—for example, salt glands on their beaks secreting brine, which is then removed through the nostrils.
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are not aggressive towards humans.
There are about 10 confirmed lemon shark bites.
French Bulldog
French Bulldogs cannot swim.
Their body composition prevents them from being able to swim.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
Usually there are about 10 young lizards in single clutch.
There can be much more (up to 25), but this does not happen very often. Newborn skinks are self-sufficient and leave mother after few days to live their own life.
Wolf spider
After conception female wolf spiders carry egg sacs for 20 to 40 days depending on species.
Before hatching female spiders are very aggresive, especialy when separated form egg sack which they ...
Earthworms
They are used as fishing bait or aquarium fish food.
Snails
Since 1500, 444 species of snails have become extinct.
Currently, 18 species live only in captivity and 69 are "probably extinct".
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus was a terrifying carnivorous reptile.
It might be a primarily piscivorous species, but juvenile dinosaur remains found in Spinosaur's stom ...
Common Surinam toad
The Common Surinam toad feeds on all small aquatic organisms.
It hunts primarily invertebrates, especially insects and their larvae, which it digs out of the silt with its thin fingers and rapidly places in its mouth.
Dodo bird
It is believed that dodo chicks were fed so-called bird’s milk.
In pigeons, the mucous membrane of the goiter contains glands that, a few days before the young hatc ...