Animals

Monday, 13 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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Snails
Some aquatic snails can completely regenerate lost eyes.
These include freshwater ones from the Ampullariidae family and marine ones from the Strombus genus.
Giant panda
The great panda inhabits a small area in central China.
They are found in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. However, the range of these mammals has decreased significantly due to the drastic deforestation that occurred in the 20th century.
Common Surinam toad
The mating season of the Surinam toad is during the rainy season.
During mating season, females emit a peculiar scent to attract males, and males emit a voice that resembles the ticking of a clock.
Fossa
It is a female that chooses her potential mate. Or mates.
Female during the mating season awaits in a high spot on a tree for males to compete with each other ...
Earthworms
Earthworms belong to the scorpionflies.
Housefly
The thorax of a housefly is dark gray and covered with darker stripes.
The underside of the body is lighter than the top.
American flamingo
Flamingos feed their young with crop milk, which is red.
It is produced in the upper digestive tract with prolactin hormone. Its composition is similar to ma ...
Sloth
Sloths live in forests of Central America and northern regions of South America.
The oldest surviving traces of sloths date back to the Pleistocene. At the time, there lived the Meg ...
Bonobo
World Bonobo Day is celebrated on 14th February.
World Chimpanzee Day falls on 14th July.
Saola
The mating season lasts from April to June in Laos, and from February to March in Vietnam.