Animals

Monday, 10 November 2025
18 facts about Alpaca
18 facts about Alpaca
Highly intelligent, swift learning and gentle animals
Most of the world's alpaca population is found in South America, in the Altiplano region of Peru-Chile-Bolivia, where they are currently found only on ...

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Lemon shark
It reaches an average length of 3 meters.
The largest shark ever caught was 3,7 meters long and weighed 184 kg.
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Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crabs are animals that are most active at night.
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Quokkas
It is illegal to keep quokka as a pet.
They are a protected species.
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Arabian oryx
Oryxes are able to survive in very harsh conditions.
They can endure prolonged droughts, very high temperatures, and strong winds. They can survive droug ...
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Sea otter
Sea otters are known to use rocks as tools.
They dive for stones, select the most suitable one, and use it to crush the shells of their prey (su ...
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Octopus
Octopuses of the species Amphioctopus marginatus collect coconut shells and use them to build their hiding places.
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Platypus
Platypuses live up to 11 years in the wild and up to 17 in captivity.
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Insects
At least 66 species of insects have gone extinct in modern times (since 1500).
Most of these extinct species inhabited oceanic islands. The factors posing the greatest threat to insects are artificial lighting, pesticides, urbanization, and the importation of invasive species.
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European mole cricket
European mole crickets build a complex system of tunnels that they inhabit throughout the year.
Such a network can reach deeper than a meter below the surface of the ground and is composed of inte ...
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Great grey shrike
Their sexual dimorphism is not visible through coloration.
Both males and females look the same.
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24 facts about Coyote
24 facts about Coyote
North America's loudest wild mammal
The coyote is an indispensable figure in the mythology of North America's indigenous peoples, as well as in most Wild West ranching and cattle movies. ...
16 facts about Basking shark
16 facts about Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
The basking shark is the second largest known fish in the world after the whale shark. Its body length is impressive, reaching ten meters, and its wei ...
16 facts about toco toucan
16 facts about toco toucan
Ramphastos toco - a bird with an impressive bill
The Toco Toucan is the largest and best-known species of toucan found in the tropical forests of South America. It is one of the most popular birds in ...
15 facts about hummingbirds
15 facts about hummingbirds
The smallest and most agile birds on Earth
Hummingbirds first appeared on Earth about 22 million years ago in South America. To this day, they live exclusively in the intertropical zone of the ...
21 facts about Shoebill
21 facts about Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex - a bird with a prehistoric look
The Shoebill is a large African bird that lives in wetlands far from human settlements. Its characteristic large, massive beak, which resembles a wood ...
14 facts about Hyacinth macaw
14 facts about Hyacinth macaw
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus - The largest of the flying parrots
Extremely beautiful, appreciated by breeders around the world. It is found in areas of South America, in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, but the most numer ...
14 facts about butterflies
14 facts about butterflies
The most evolutionarily advanced of all insects
They can be very colorful or completely inconspicuous. Their size also varies greatly from species to species. There are several ways to classify them ...
17 facts about Boa constrictor
17 facts about Boa constrictor
Red-tailed boa
The best known of the boas family, non-venomous snakes that incapacitate their victims by wrapping themselves around their bodies. Although they appea ...
22 facts about Arabian oryx
22 facts about Arabian oryx
Snow-white beauty, soul of the desert, hero of the unicorn legend
Beautiful white antelope with a noble head and beautiful eyes with long, slightly curved horns. Excellently adapted to life in the desert at high temp ...
14 facts about Adelie penguin
14 facts about Adelie penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
There are 18 species of penguins on earth. Adélie penguins belong to the medium-sized ones. They are very social animals and loyal partners. They als ...
20 facts about black caiman
20 facts about black caiman
Melanosuchus niger
Endemic to Central and South America, the black caiman is the largest caiman species. It is closely related to alligators and easily distinguished fro ...
14 facts about great grey shrike
14 facts about great grey shrike
Lanius excubitor
These small birds, compared in size to a sparrow or a blackbird, enjoy the infamous reputation of being the most brutal birds in the world. They are n ...
16 facts about White-browed tit-warbler
16 facts about White-browed tit-warbler
Leptopoecile sophiae
The white-browed tit-warbler is one of the most beautiful birds. Its amazing coloration causes admiration for nature and its possibilities. It inhabit ...
17 facts about Rice's whale
17 facts about Rice's whale
The Gulf of Mexico whale
Rice’s whale was not considered a species until 2021. Even now it is commonly mistaken for Bryde’s whale, with only genetics and anatomy distinguishin ...
17 facts about viper dogfish
17 facts about viper dogfish
Viper shark
The viper dogfish is one of the rarest species of dogfish. All knowledge possessed by scientists comes from observing specimens in Japan, and thus the ...
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