Animals

Saturday, 25 April 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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Housefly
It is probably the most widespread insect in the world.
It is found in all populated parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas, in the Arctic and in tropical equatorial forests, where it is widespread.
Viper dogfish
It is ovoviviparous.
Wombat
Wombats are a family of mammals in the Diprotodontia order, probably closely related to koalas.
Turtles
Turtles currently living do not have teeth.
Instead, the insides of their mouths are overgrown with sharp horn-like protuberances used to cut, h ...
Red-necked wallaby
Their main predators include dingoes and wedge-tailed eagles.
They are also hunted commercially for their meat and fur.
Great spotted woodpecker
The great spotted woodpecker is native to Europe, northern Africa, and central and northern Asia.
It lives in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests as well as in man-made areas such as parks, gardens, orchards and plantations.
Goblin shark
Because of their protruding jaws, many encountered specimens were classified as different species.
Mallard
It is a medium-sized water bird. Males are larger and heavier than females.
Body length ranges from 50 to 65 cm and wingspan is 81 to 98 cm. The weight of adults is between 0.7 and 1.6 kg.
Sperm whale
Sperm whales are the deepest-diving marine mammals.
They usually dive to depths of 300 to 800 meters, but sometimes it’s from 1 to 2 kilometers or even ...
Snails
Most snails are herbivorous, but there are also carnivorous and carrion-eating species.
Terrestrial animals feed mainly on plants, although there are predators among them. Predatory land snails hunt other slowly moving organisms, so they prey on other snails or earthworms.