Animals

Friday, 29 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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Rice's whale
Because Rice’s whale resembles the Bryde’s whale, it is distinguished by its skeletal anatomy and genetics.
Hippopotamus
Their skin, about 4 centimeters thick, accounts for 25% of their body weight.
It is protected from the sun by a secreted substance that is natural sunscreen. This secretion, neit ...
Boa constrictor
They are oviparous. Pregnancy lasts 100 to 120 days and litter size varies greatly.
There can be anywhere from 10 to 65 young (25 on average), some of which are unhatched or unfertiliz ...
Tigers
Females reach sexual maturity within the first three to four years, males a year later.
A female gives birth to three to four cubs after an average of 104-106 days of gestation.
Great spotted woodpecker
They spend winters in interspecific groups.
Then they are met in the company of other woodpeckers, tits, nuthatches, treecreepers, and goldcrests.
Southern cassowary
Cassowaries are not an endangered species, the IUCN lists them as LC (least concern).
Syrian brown bear
Important habitats of this bear in Turkey are the forests of the Mediterranean belt, deciduous and coniferous forests in the Black Sea region and northeastern Turkey, and dry forests in Eastern Anatolia.
Their habitats range from 500 to 2700 m. In Iran, the bear occurs in the protected area of the Albor ...
Clownfish
There are 30 species of clownfish. Twenty-nine belong to the Amphiprion genus and one to Premnas.
Lemon shark
Its eyesight is poor, thus it relies on electroreceptors called ampullae of Lorenzini.
However, their eyes possess both rods and cones, thus they are capable of seeing shapes and colors.
Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.
The smallest species of hummingbird is the bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), which does not excee ...