Animals

Saturday, 17 January 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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Common Surinam toad
The habitat of ridgebacks is exclusively water -they never go on land.
They inhabit shallow, coastal parts of rivers, their tributaries with calm currents densely overgrow ...
Guinea pig
Male guinea pigs reach sexual maturity in 3-5 weeks, females similarly - they can be fertile as early as 4 weeks old.
A female can have five litters in a year, although six are theoretically possible. Unlike the offspr ...
Moose
Moose are not grazing animals.
They, like giraffes, carefully choose food with less fiber and a higher concentration of nutrients. ...
Ladybugs
They are beetles, not bugs.
They chew their food, while bugs’ diet is mostly liquid. Moreover, they undergo a complete metamorphosis, while bugs remain the same their entire life.
Giant panda
About half of the pandas born are twins. Of the twins born, usually only one survives to adulthood, as the mother usually chooses the stronger young to feed while the other dies of starvation.
Because of the mother's inability to store fat, her body is unable to produce enough milk to feed all of her babies. One to three young may be born during a single pregnancy.
Gila monster
Its skin is black, with a pink, orange, or yellow pattern.
Shoebill
Shoebills build a nest in the form of a flat mound. It is usually located on floating vegetation or grass on dry land, in a place inaccessible to predators.
The female lays 1 to 2 eggs and the incubation time lasts about 30 days. After hatching, the parents ...
Alligator snapping turtle
It is easily distinguished from the common snapping turtle by three spiky ridges on its carapace, and a large, heavy, triangle-shaped head.
Hawksbill sea turtle
They fell prey to sharks, large fish, octopuses, and crocodiles.
Pterodactyls
Pterodactyls had four fingers.
Their wings, made of skin and muscle membrane, stretched from the fourth elongated finger.