Animals

Sunday, 2 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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Portuguese man-of-war
They have natural predators.
The two main ones are the violet sea snail and sea slugs from the genus Glaucus. They also fell prey to loggerhead sea turtles and ocean sunfish.
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.
Salamanders
Juveniles
Newly hatched salamander is in a larval form that needs to metamorphose before becoming an adult for ...
Bonobo
No cases of infanticide have been found in bonobos.
This phenomenon is typical of common chimpanzees, as well as other aggressive behaviors caused by the struggle for influence in the herd. In bonobos, such behaviors have not been observed.
Narwhal
A narwhal gestation period lasts about 15 months  and calves are born between June and August.
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse is often mistaken for wolf spider.
As a matter of fact, these two are not difficult to distinguish – brown recluse, apart from the violin-shaped marking, has also its legs uniformly colored.
Great spotted woodpecker
The great spotted woodpecker is native to Europe, northern Africa, and central and northern Asia.
It lives in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests as well as in man-made areas such as parks, gardens, orchards and plantations.
Insects
All insects have compound eyes, but some may have additional simple eyes.
There may be a maximum of 3 of these, and they are capable of recognizing light intensity but incapable of projecting an image.
Blue tang
It is the only member of the genus Paracanthurus of the family Acanthuridae.
The family groups tangs, unicornfish, and surgeonfish.
Pterodactyls
The primary purpose of the cranial crest has not yet been determined.
It may have served as a counterbalance to their long beaks to avoid stressing neck muscles. Paleonto ...