Animals

Tuesday, 27 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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Blue tang
Fertilized eggs, that measure up to 0,8 millimeters, hatch within 24 to 26 hours.
Juveniles are called larvae and occupy the coral habitat until they mature. Maturity is not measured ...
Toco toucan
It is found over a large area of central and eastern South America.
It inhabits semi-open areas of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay a ...
Brazilian wandering spiders
They are also known as banana spiders.
They are often found on plantations, where they hide in the hollows of banana tree leaves. With the ...
Asian elephant
Asian elephants are gray, with pinkish patches on their trunks, around their ears and forehead.
Red panda
They are listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
They suffer from habitat loss, climate change, and excessive poaching. Currently, their population in the wild is estimated at no more than 10,000 individuals.
Crustacean
The largest crustacean is the Japanese spider crab. The span of its legs can reach 3.7 meters, the cephalothorax is 40 centimeters long and the weight of an adult is about 19 kilograms.
Their body is mostly red with white spots, which allows them to camouflage perfectly against the bac ...
Horseshoe crab
Despite their appearance, they are more related to spiders, ticks and scorpions than to crabs.
Insects
The blood system of insects is open.
This means they have no veins, but hemolymph (which functions as blood) is forced by arteries into t ...
Stingrays
Stingrays are related to sharks.
Both sharks and stingrays belong to the Elasmobranchii subclass of Chondrichthyes.
European mole cricket
During the breeding season, which takes place in late spring, the female lays between 100 and 350 eggs.
They are stored in a specially prepared underground chamber and watched over by the female. To raise ...