Animals

Thursday, 9 July 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
They are native to northern Australia.
Those snakes occupy one-third of the Australian continent, precisely, its northern part from west to east.
European mole cricket
European mole crickets build a complex system of tunnels that they inhabit throughout the year.
Such a network can reach deeper than a meter below the surface of the ground and is composed of inte ...
Hyacinth macaw
The coloration of the Hyacinth Macaw is uniform - cobalt blue.
Only around the dark brown eyes and at the base of the bill is there bare yellow skin. There is basi ...
Blue-Tongued Lizard
When posed to danger, they can shed tail to distract predator.
Skinks have an ability to regrow the tail, but size and shape may differ from the original.
Cabbage White butterfly
Larval stage of cabbage white is considered a serious pest and can do a lot of harm to agriculture.
They are very voracious and feed mainly on cabbages, kale, radish, horseradish, and broccoli. Annual damage done by caterpillars is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Pink river dolphin
It is mostly solitary but can be seen in groups of up to four individuals.
Black-headed python
They are rather docile and do not often bite.
When threatened, black-headed pythons may hiss and strike an opponent with their head. They rarely b ...
Coyote
They are considered to have the best hearing of any canid.
They need excellent hearing, especially when hunting rodents, which make very quiet sounds.
Grey heron
The gray heron is a bird from the heron family.
So far, 64 species have been described in the heron family. These are water birds, until recently considered related to storks, but genetic tests have shown that they are closer to pelicans.
European tree frog
It is found in Europe and Asia Minor.
Its range includes most of the Iberian Peninsula, and central Europe except Italy, Ukraine, the Balkans, Crete, northwestern Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.