Animals

Attempts to breed narwhal in captivity ended with failure, because the animals die very quickly after being caught.

Most of the year those lizards spend alone, only in last quarter of year they bind in pairs. They are polygamous so one male can be a parent for many clutches.

If animal is too big to consume they take defensive action, otherwise they are ready to attack.

There are eight subspecies of leopards in total: African, Indian, Javan, Arabian, Amur, Indochinese, Sri Lankan, and Panthera pardus tulliana (native to Turkey and the Iranian Plateau).

They coil up, hiss, raise their tail and shake it.

While diving they can stay underwater for about 40 seconds. Between one dive and another platypuses rest above the water surface for about 20 seconds.

According to the International Shark Attack File, there are 17 recorded cases of hammerhead attacking humans unprovoked since 1580.

Bullsnakes remain active until early October. They hibernate deeply burrowed below the frost line.