Animals

Thursday, 15 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 cuckoo
The common cuckoo is a migratory bird belonging to the cuckoo family.
There are four subspecies of the common cuckoo.
Llamas
Territorialism
Llamas willingly and courageously defend their territory against intruders. Alpacas prefer to move away and hide rather than face an open confrontation.
Aye-aye
Aye-aye was classified as a lemur in the mid-1800s but later reclassified in its own group by itself.
Stingrays
Stingrays are solitary creatures.
They form groups for migrating and mating purposes.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish predate dinosaurs.
Although their fossils are a rarity, since they do not have bones, the oldest shell-like fossils date back to Neoproterozoic Era (1000—550 mya).
Butterflies
Butterflies are the second most numerous group of insects after beetles.
Northern pike
They are mostly active during the day.
A characteristic feature of these fishes is the long time they spend each day foraging and a very fast metabolism. This explains why they can grow so fast when given enough food.
Housefly
Fly larvae are called maggots.
They are white, legless organisms that feed on organic material at their hatching site. After hatchi ...
Aye-aye
Their natural predator is a fossa, a cat-like mammal endemic to Madagascar.
A fossa is the largest predatory mammal living in Madagascar.
Boa constrictor
They are solitary and group together mostly during the mating season.
They spend most of their time on the ground, although they can climb and are sometimes found in trees.