Animals

Wednesday, 28 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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Hammerhead sharks
Hammerheads are viviparous.
After a long gestation, females give birth to living, fully developed offspring. They reproduce once a year, and birth usually up to 15 pups. Great hammerheads can birth up to 40 pups per litter.
Leeches
Leeches do not have a respiratory system.
They absorb oxygen with their entire body surface.
Turtles
Turtles' sense of smell is poorly developed.
It has not been well understood so far and is most likely used by these reptiles for navigation.
American mink
They swim and dive excellently, even at a depth of up to 6 m.
Mink fur does not get wet thanks to the layer of air that creates insulation.
Narwhal
They change color with age.
New-born narwhals are blue-gray, young blue-black, adults are spotted, and old narwhals are almost completely white.
Sloth
They have feeble sight and hearing.
Their best-developed sense is taste.
Guinea pig
In South American countries, the domestic cavy is a fattening animal, raised for culinary purposes.
These animals are not commercially reared, they are intended to be eaten during periods of various h ...
Ladybugs
Ladybugs is a name given to the Coccinellidae family by the Americans.
They are known under two main names–ladybugs in North America, and ladybirds in other English-speaki ...
Manatees
Manatees often appear in children’s literature.
Pictured as friendly and pleasant, they promote respect for the environment and nature conservation.
Fleas
Fleas carry various diseases.
They include murine typhus, tapeworms, mycoplasma haemofelis, and cat scratch disease. The disease is transmitted by leaving small samples of saliva on the host body.