Animals

Thursday, 22 October 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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European tree frog
It is found in Europe and Asia Minor.
Its range includes most of the Iberian Peninsula, and central Europe except Italy, Ukraine, the Balkans, Crete, northwestern Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.
Pink river dolphin
There are three subspecies in the family: the Amazon river dolphin, the Bolivian river dolphin (found in the Madeira River), and the Orinoco river dolphin (found in the Orinoco basin).
There is also a debate about whether the Araguaian river dolphin (found in the Tocantins basin) shou ...
Pink river dolphin
They are not very acrobatic, contrary to other dolphins.
They would rather emerge their snout above the water's surface than jump out as dolphins do.
Aye-aye
A gestation period lasts for five months, after which one infant is born.
An infant does not leave the nest for a period of two months and stays with its mother for almost two years. It leaves once is ready to establish its own territory.
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are sexually dimorphic.
Females are slightly larger than males, but their weight does not differ.
Gila monster
The Gila monster spends approximately 95% time buried in underground burrows.
It would emerge for feeding and sunbaths.
French Bulldog
The average lifespan of a French Bulldog is 10 to 12 years.
Corn snake
Their color depends on their habitat.
It all comes down to the ability to camouflage themselves.
Spiders
Each crotch leg is composed of seven segments (starting from the body, these are: coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus).
The tarsus ends with claws, the number and length of which vary depending on the spider species. Web-weaving spiders usually have three claws, while actively hunting spiders usually have two.
Wombat
Yaminon is the rarest of wombats, currently restricted to Epping Forest in Queensland.
Its wild population is critically endangered, with approximately 315 left.