Animals

Tuesday, 19 May 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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Spotted hyena
These animals are characterized by high intelligence.
A 2012 study shows that spotted hyenas can solve puzzles. To achieve a goal, they experiment in many ...
Corn snake
Corn snakes are solitary and both diurnal and nocturnal.
However, they spend most of the day buried underneath rocks, logs, or loose tree bark.
Turtles
They do not mate in long-term relationships, and rarely form social groups.
Usually, during mating season, males fight with each other with aggression being more common among terrestrial species.
Slow worm lizard
Females are larger than males. The female's body length can reach 50 centimeters and the male's up to 40.
Red panda
They are rusty-colored, which helps them camouflage better.
Trees in their natural habitat are typically covered with reddish moss and lichens. Their underbelly is black, which adds to their camouflage when hidden on tree tops.
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.
Arctic fox
There are five subspecies of the polar fox.
Kiwi bird
Kiwis hold cultural importance to Māori.
They form a strong spiritual association with kiwi. It has been formally recognized in the Treaty of ...
White-browed tit-warbler
It prefers dry shrublands of 2,000 to 5,000 meters.
Jellyfish
There are over 2,000 known species of jellyfish.
It is estimated, however, that there might be over 300,000 species. To establish the current number ...