Animals

Tuesday, 7 April 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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Guinea pig
Guinea pigs have well-developed hearing.
With four cochlear ganglia in the inner ear, they can hear sounds as high as 33.000 Hz. Among other ...
Common Surinam toad
Only eggs laid on the back of the female can develop. Those that have fallen to the bottom of the water body die.
In the first few days of development, some of the eggs that have been shallowly buried in the female’s skin are also pushed out by eggs deeper in the skin.
Red panda
They can climb down trees head-first.
Fleas
Fleas carry various diseases.
They include murine typhus, tapeworms, mycoplasma haemofelis, and cat scratch disease. The disease is transmitted by leaving small samples of saliva on the host body.
American robin
There are seven subspecies of this bird:
the Eastern robin, the Newfoundland robin, the Southern robin, the Northwestern robin, the Western robin, the San Lucas robin, the Mexican robin.
Hyacinth macaw
The Hyacinth Macaw is the largest of the flying parrots.
Its body length is about 95-100 centimeters, almost half of which is the tail. Considering that the parrot weighs less than 2 kilograms, its wingspan of about 120 centimeters is also impressive.
Bird of Paradise
Birds of paradise make many sounds and are loud singers.
They sing to call a mate, to mark territory, or to alert in case of danger.
Central bearded dragon
They are solitary, although sometimes they can be found in groups.
They live in larger groups in places with abundant food or good sunlight, where they come to bask.
Sloth
Their body temperature varies from 86 to 95 Fahrenheit.
Sloths do not regulate their body temperature like most mammals by changing their metabolic rate but ...
Spinosaurus
Fossils of BSP 1912 VIII 19 specimen discovered in 1912 were destroyed during WWII.
During the allied bombardment of Munich in 1944, British pilots dropped bombs on a museum where the ...