Animals

Friday, 10 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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Okapi
For unexplained reasons, okapis also eat charcoal from burned trees.
Boa constrictor
They are oviparous. Pregnancy lasts 100 to 120 days and litter size varies greatly.
There can be anywhere from 10 to 65 young (25 on average), some of which are unhatched or unfertiliz ...
Wolf spider
They have rather inconspicuous appearance.
To get food, wolf spiders need to hunt and chase their victims. In order to succeed they require rat ...
Saola
They resemble antelopes, but scientists place them as a member of the tribe Bovini.
Great grey shrike
On average, the great grey shrike measures up to 26 centimeters with an 11-centimeter long tail, and weighs approximately 70 grams.
Brittle stars
They use chemoreceptors in search of food.
Common cuckoo
They reach sexual maturity at the age of two years.
At this time they give birth to their first brood. The female is polygamous.
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devils prefer burrows as shelter. They most often use those left by wombats.
Each individual has several burrows that it uses. They also pass from generation to generation so that one burrow can provide shelter for dozens of generations of devils over hundreds of years.
True seals
A seal sanctuary is a research center where seals are protected and studied.
The two most popular are the Fokarium in Hel, Poland, and Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Bull snake
They evaluate whether animal is predator or prey by its size.
If animal is too big to consume they take defensive action, otherwise they are ready to attack.