Animals

Wednesday, 10 December 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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Adder
It has a distinctive zigzag pattern on its back and the arrangement of scales on its head forms a pattern resembling the letter X, Y, or V.
Toco toucan
Toco toucans are very important to indigenous peoples.
They believe toucans help the spirits of the dead enter the afterlife. There is also a belief that t ...
Octopus
Some octopuses use the phenomenon of bioluminescence to attract their prey. To do this, they use organs called photophores, which are located inside the suction cups.
European mole cricket
The biggest threats to these insects are birds (rooks and starlings), moles, shrews, beetles and arachnids.
They used to be exterminated by humans as well, but their population has drastically decreased and they no longer pose much of a threat to crops.
Shoebill
He is the sole representative of his family.
The visceral plover (Balaeniceps rex) is a species of bird in the visceral plover family (Balaenicipitidae).
Sperm whale
The sperm whale’s brain is the largest in the world, five times the size of a human brain.
It is the largest known brain of any modern or extinct animal, weighs on average about 7-8 kilograms, and has a volume of about 8000 cubic centimeters.
Gila monster
Although its bite is painful, there are no reported deaths of humans.
Luna moth
Caterpillars develop through five instars.
Depending on the temperature, each instar lasts for 4 to 10 days.
Pterodactyls
Paleontologists determined Pterodactyls were not covered in feathers.
They were reptilian in appearance, however, some evidence suggests that there might have been separate genera, at least partially covered in hair-like structures.
Butterflies
Butterflies are found virtually all over the world except Antarctica.