Animals

Thursday, 8 October 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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Octopus
While swimming, the systemic or main heart stops working.
This causes the octopus to tire quickly and therefore the organisms prefer to move along the bottom using their arms.
Arctic fox
It lives in the northern hemisphere, especially in the Arctic tundra biome.
It can be found from Alaska through the northern part of North America, in Greenland and Iceland, in the northern part of Scandinavia, and throughout north Eurasia.
Hammerhead sharks
Hammerheads are viviparous.
After a long gestation, females give birth to living, fully developed offspring. They reproduce once a year, and birth usually up to 15 pups. Great hammerheads can birth up to 40 pups per litter.
Wombat
They reach sexual maturity at 18 months of age.
The mating season lasts from April to June. After a gestation period of 20-30 days, one young is bor ...
Mallard
The young are nesters capable of swimming immediately after hatching.
They remain close to their mother, however, and begin to be independent after about 2 months. They reach sexual maturity at 14 months of age.
Arctic fox
Their sense of smell is exceptional.
They can smell carrion left by polar bears at a distance of 10 to 40 kilometers. They easily sense a ...
Arctic fox
Males are slightly bigger than females.
The length of the snout and body of males reaches an average of 55 centimeters, and 52 with females. ...
Corn snake
They are considered an invasive species in Australia.
Corn snakes found their way outside the U.S. thanks to the illegal pet trade.
Sea otter
The female gives birth to one pup that weighs 1.4 to 2.3 kg (3 to 5 lbs).
Twins are very rare, occurring in only about 2% of all births. It is even less likely that both pups will survive.
American mink
Outside the mating season, minks lead a solitary lifestyle and react with aggression towards members of their own species.
They are quiet animals that rarely make sounds.