Animals

Thursday, 4 June 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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Great spotted woodpecker
During the breeding season, the pair remains in a monogamous relationship.
Before the next breeding season arrives, they often change partners.
Basking shark
The basking shark is the second largest known fish in the world after the whale shark.
Along with the whale shark (Rhinocodon typus) and the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios), it is a plankton-eating species.
Otters
90% of sea otters live on the coast of Alaska.
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.
Luna moth
Males emerge from cocoons a few days earlier than females.
Insects
Insects breathe using tracheae, to which air is supplied through spiracles.
Tracheae are protrusions of the insects' body walls that branch into a system of tubes inside the body. At the ends of these tubes are liquid-filled tracheae through which gas exchange occurs.
Alpaca
Alpacas do not destroy pastures because they have soft pads on the underside of their hooves.
They also have a nail on the front of their foot that is constantly growing. Under natural conditions, alpacas rub their nails against hard ground.
Basking shark
In the past, basking sharks were known as sea serpents.
Because these sharks sometimes swim in large groups on the surface, occasionally one behind the othe ...
Syrian brown bear
It is the only known bear in the world to have white claws.
In the wild, these animals live for about 20-25 years.
Hammerhead sharks
Hammerhead sharks from the family Sphyrnidae.
There are two genera in the family Sphyrnidae, Sphyrna, and Eusphyra, with most hammerhead species belonging to the genus Sphyrna, and only one—the Winghead shark—to the genus Eusphyra.