Animals

Monday, 12 January 2026
15 facts about Javan leopard
15 facts about Javan leopard
Panthera pardus melas
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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Wombat
Wombats are a family of mammals in the Diprotodontia order, probably closely related to koalas.
Tiger sharks
Tiger shark is the fourth largest shark on Earth.
It reaches a length of over 5 meters and weighs over 900 kg.
Narwhal
A characteristic feature of narwhal is a spirally twisted horn.
It grows from the left side of the upper jaw. It can reach 3 meters in length and weigh up to ten kilograms. Female fangs are slightly shorter and smoother than male fangs.
Alpaca
In the United Kingdom, alpacas are sometimes used as pasture guards.
Although they are rarely aggressive, they are attached to flocks of free-grazing sheep, where they w ...
Octopus
Octopuses live in every ocean.
They live in different habitats depending on the species. Some octopuses live in the depths of the ocean and can be found at depths of 1000 meters. Others inhabit coral reefs or shallow tidal pools.
Tiger sharks
The average lifespan of a tiger shark is 27 years in the wild.
Hummingbirds
In most cases, female hummingbirds are larger than males.
The differences vary considerably from species to species. Birds of the Mellisugini tribe show a large difference in size between the two sexes, while such a difference is small in the Lesbiini tribe.
Northern pike
Juvenile fish have green skin and yellow stripes run along the body.
As the fish grows, the color changes to olive green and the stripes divide into smaller pieces that form a speckled pattern.
Ocean sunfish
Females are able to produce as many as 300 million eggs.
Single egg measures 1,3 mm in diameter. Fertilization occurs in water, where released eggs are fertilized by sperm.
Pterodactyls
Pterodactyls spanned from the Late Jurassic (163,5 million years ago) through the Late Cretaceous (66 million years ago).