Animals

Monday, 25 May 2026

The Javan leopard is one of the endemic animals of the island of Java in Indonesia. Due to habitat fragmentation, leopards are forced to breed within ...

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Horseshoe crab

Horseshoe crabs are animals that are most active at night.

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Crested gecko

It is approximately 15-25 cm (6-10 in) long, including a 10-15 cm (4-6 in) long tail.

Crested gecko is one of the smallest of Correlophus lizards, but one of the largest gecko species.

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Bonobo

It is widely believed that the bonobo’s physique is more slender than that of the common chimpanzee.

The two species do not generally differ in body size. Adult female bonobos are slightly smaller than ...

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Sperm whale

Normally, they move at a speed of 5-10 kilometers per hour.

In special situations when they feel threatened, they can accelerate up to 20 kilometers per hour.

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Octopus

Octopuses were already observed by Aristotle.

He noticed that they could change their skin color and identified their sexual organs.

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Cane toad

The largest specimen of the cane toad was 39 cm (15,4 in) long.

Its enormous size was accompanied by a huge weight of 2,65 kg (5,84 lb).

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Coyote

It has an intermediate appearance between a wolf and a jackal.

It is smaller than the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and slightly smaller than the eastern wolf (Canis lyc ...

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Housefly

The house fly is a small insect, reaching a size of 6 to 7 mm.

The wingspan is 13 to 15 mm. The female fly is larger than the male.

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Red panda

The red panda is a relatively small mammal, measuring between 51 and 64 centimeters.

The Chinese red panda weighs between 4 and 15 kg, while the Himalayan red panda is smaller, and weighs between 3 and 9.5 kg.

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Crested gecko

There are many skin color groups occurring in wilderness, including various shades of yellow, orange, brown, grey or red, that form three color morphs – pattern-less, white-fringed and tiger.

Crested geckos bred in captivity have many color morphs absent in the wild, such as the harlequin.

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Nisaetus bartelsi

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Flying reptiles

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Elephas maximus

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Sea dogs

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Amazon river dolphin

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Dory the fish

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Pacific man-of-war

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Macrochelys temminckii

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Royal python

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Cryptoprocta ferox

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Asian unicorn

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Pantherophis guttatus

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Heloderma suspectum

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Eretmochelys imbricata

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