Animals

Hierarchy in the bonobo herd is not as strongly marked as among other primates. Frans de Waal, a pri ...

Sea lampreys belong to the class of Chondrichthyes, which make up a minority of all living fish. Of the nearly 35,000 species of fish, there are about 1200 cartilaginous species only.

On sunny and calm days pikes like to stay in the water thickets near the shore, while in windy weather they are found in deeper and more distant waters.

In the wild, they can live up to 11 years if they are lucky and as long as 18 years in captivity.

They usually dive to depths of 300 to 800 meters, but sometimes it’s from 1 to 2 kilometers or even ...

In rivers they find shrimp, crayfish, annelids, and insect larvae. They hunt by catching floating specimens or by digging in the bottom of the water body.

Ideally, the humidity of their environment should not drop below 50% during the day, and 80% at night.

Their colors and patterns vary so much, it is said there are no two identical ball pythons in the wild.

Thanks to special cells in their skin, they can adjust their skin color to the environment like a chameleon. Camouflage is used by these animals both for hunting and hiding from predators.