Animals

Friday, 13 March 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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Hedgehogs
Depending on the species, hedgehogs can have between three and five thousand spikes.
Kiwi bird
Their feathers evolved into a structure resembling hair.
Okapi
They are very alert and perceptive animals, when they find themselves in an emergency they hide in thickets, where it is difficult to spot them due to their masking color.
Octopus
Most octopuses lead solitary lives, but we also encounter species that live in larger communities.
Laughing kookaburra
They were first described by the French naturalist and explorer Pierre Sonnerat.
Viper dogfish
Its skin is covered in nonoverlapping dermal denticles.
Hedgehogs
Females give birth to 3-4 young up to twice a year after 40-58 days of gestation.
Young is scarcely covered with white and brittle spikes. They are born blind, opening their eyes aft ...
Hedgehogs
One of the biggest threats to the lives of hedgehogs is automobile traffic.
Various studies suggest between 50.000 and 100.000 hedgehogs die each year on roads.
Spiders
The vast majority of spiders reproduce sexually. Semen is not introduced into the female's body through the genitals, but stored in special containers located on the pedipalps.
Only after these containers are filled with sperm does the male set out to look for a partner. Durin ...
Kiwi bird
Their natural predators are stoats, ferrets, cats, and dogs.