Animals

Wednesday, 19 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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Black-headed python
Black-headed pythons are not an endangered species.
IUCN classifies those reptiles as least concern (LC). The exact population size is not known but they are often found in their environment, which may indicate their high abundance.
Southern cassowary
Females are more brightly colored than males.
In juvenile specimens, the body color is more brownish.
Spiders
Spiders are unable to bite their prey.
Most have a mouthpart equipped with a straw-like device that allows them to drink the dissolved tissues of their prey.
Ladybugs
Adult ladybirds can exhibit cannibalism.
They can eat eggs and larvae when food is scarce.
Llamas
Utilization
Llamas because of their size are mostly used as a transport animal or raised for meat. Alpacas are m ...
Central bearded dragon
When a lizard with a lower status in the group tries to gain a place higher in the hierarchy, the higher-status individual puffs out its chin and nods its head.
If the opponent wants to give way, he makes circular movements with one of his front paws.
Platypus
Platypuses feed primarily on invertebrates that live on the bottom of bodies of water.
In rivers they find shrimp, crayfish, annelids, and insect larvae. They hunt by catching floating specimens or by digging in the bottom of the water body.
Narwhal
Narwals are communicating thanks to echolocation.
Platypus
The platypus character is used in the American cartoon Phineas and Ferb, created by The Walt Disney Company.
Perry the Platypus is one of the main characters in this television series.
Basking shark
Basking sharks feed on zooplankton.
To obtain food, they often swim below the surface with their mouths wide open. As they swim slowly, ...