Animals

Sunday, 18 January 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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Common cuckoo
The cuckoo is a bird that stays away from people and does not come into the sight of humans unless it has to.
It often hides in the treetops and bushes where it is difficult to spot.
Syrian brown bear
The Syrian bear is the smallest subspecies of the brown bear.
An adult animal weighs up to 250 kg and has a body length of approximately 101-140 cm (from nose to tail).
Fleas
An average female adult flea can lay between 40 and 50 eggs a day.
Fleas can remain dormant in pupae for months.
Goblin shark
Goblin sharks are unintentionally caught as bycatch.
They sometimes appear in fishnets and in this case are usually dried, salted and delivered to the ma ...
Hippopotamus
They obtain food mainly on land.
They spend four to five hours a day eating and can consume up to 68 kg of food at a time. They feed ...
Hawksbill sea turtle
Females chose the same place they hatched as their nesting grounds.
They dig a hole with claws on their flippers and lay an average of 140 eggs, which then they cover with sand and leaves. After the process is done, females return to the ocean, leaving eggs behind.
Hummingbirds
In most cases, female hummingbirds are larger than males.
The differences vary considerably from species to species. Birds of the Mellisugini tribe show a large difference in size between the two sexes, while such a difference is small in the Lesbiini tribe.
Asian elephant
For every Asian elephant, there are 10 African elephants.
Tiger sharks
Tiger sharks are ovoviviparous.
Eggs hatch inside the female’s body after approximately 16 months, and pups are born fully developed.
Maine coon
Their body composition causes them often be mistaken for bobcats.
There are some vital differences, however, since bobcats are spotted, and have short, smooth tails.