Animals

Wednesday, 2 July 2025
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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Stingrays
To swim, stingrays use paired pectoral fins.
Their moves look like an underwater flight.
Stingrays
They sleep buried in the sand.
They leave their tail unburied to be able to protect themselves.
Common Surinam toad
The Common Surinam toad is an anuran amphibian belonging to the ridge-tail family.
There are five genera and 33 species within the ridgeback family.
American mink
Minks are a great threat, especially to seabirds that live in colonies, on islands several kilometers away from the mainland.
A mink can swim to an island and kill up to a hundred chicks in one night. A single individual can thus decimate a colony of several thousand birds.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Its name derives from its curved, hawk-like beaks.
Northern pike
The population of the pike has declined in recent years globally.
This is influenced by poaching, hobby fishing and inadequate fisheries policy. Factors limiting reproduction also include water pollution and a decrease in available spawning areas.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Females chose the same place they hatched as their nesting grounds.
They dig a hole with claws on their flippers and lay an average of 140 eggs, which then they cover with sand and leaves. After the process is done, females return to the ocean, leaving eggs behind.
Laughing kookaburra
Laughing kookaburras are carnivorous.
Their diet consists of rodents, insects, reptiles, birds, and snakes.
Bird of Paradise
The feathers of birds of paradise are used by indigenous people of New Guinea to decorate ritual costumes, plumes, or funeral ceremonies.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, European women eagerly decorated their hats with the colorful feathers of these birds.
European pine marten
They live a solitary life unless they raise offspring.
They are not monogamous and bond in pairs for only one mating season. If a male's territory overlaps ...