Animals

Thursday, 17 September 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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Common cuckoo
Cuckoos chicks hatch in 11 to 13 days.
The newly hatched birds are aggressive and push apart, causing other eggs or even hatched chicks to be thrown from the nest and die on the ground.
American bullfrog
Bullfrogs are solitary, apart from the mating season when they gather at breeding ponds.
Javan hawk-eagle
The breeding usually happens every two years.
The young typically stay with their parents for a year after fledging.
Hedgehogs
Despite their ability to fend off most predators, hedgehogs are defenseless against badgers.
Badgers’ long and durable claws are not prone to injury while in contact with hedgehogs’ spikes. The hedgehog population in habitats domiciled by badgers is typically very small.
Tigers
Tigers have many color varieties–white, black, and even blue.
The blue tiger is called the Maltese tiger and is probably a variety of the Bengal tiger. All white ...
Okapi
Okapi forest is a mammalian member of Giraffidae family and the only representative of the genus Okapia.
Goblin shark
Goblin shark was discovered in 1898 in Japanese waters.
It was described by American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan, who recognized it not only as a new species but also as a new family and genus.
Moose
Moose (Alces) is a genus of mammal from the deer family (Cervidae).
The deer family, also called hoofed ruminant mammals, includes animals with bony, full antlers. Antl ...
European mole cricket
The biggest threats to these insects are birds (rooks and starlings), moles, shrews, beetles and arachnids.
They used to be exterminated by humans as well, but their population has drastically decreased and they no longer pose much of a threat to crops.
Maine coon
They love jumping into water tanks.
This feature certainly distinguishes them from other domestic cats, and it is all thanks to their water-resistant fur.