Animals

Sunday, 9 November 2025
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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Adder
They are oviparous animals.
This means that the young remain in egg membranes inside the mother’s body and hatch just before, during, or immediately after laying their eggs.
Coyote
Coyotes use urine to mark their territory.
They urinate with their leg raised, marking the area and scratching the ground at the same time.
Portuguese man-of-war
They are siphonophores, which means they are, in fact, living colonies of individual zooids, working as a unit.
Quokkas
Even though quokkas are approachable and friendly, they will not hesitate to bite if feeling threatened.
Usually, the ones that get bitten are the children.
Spiders
The sizes of spiders vary significantly depending on the species.
The smallest species is Patu digua from Colombia, whose body length does not exceed 0.37 mm. The lar ...
Fleas
Fleas can jump over 30 centimeters high.
Adelie penguin
The breeding season begins in October and lasts until February.
Adélie penguins breed on the Antarctic coast. They build a stony nest, which is well defended by parents.
Portuguese man-of-war
Both the Portuguese man-of-war and the Pacific man-of-war are considered the same species.
Some recent research may suggest they are not the same species. The organisms present in the Pacific Ocean are smaller than the ones from the Atlantic.
American flamingo
The beak of the young does not curve until 11 weeks after hatching.
It allows them to become self-fed. At the same time, chicks begin to grow their first darts. Pink plumage gradually replaces the gray plumage within two to three years.
Blue-Tongued Lizard
They are not an endangered species.
IUCN lists those animals as LC (least concern).