Animals

Friday, 20 February 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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Tiger sharks
Tiger sharks are the only member of the genus Galeocerdo.
Otters
Otters have a loose patch of skin under their armpits that they use as storage for rocks and food.
Stingrays
To swim, stingrays use paired pectoral fins.
Their moves look like an underwater flight.
Spotted hyena
The head of the spotted hyena is broad and flat, with a blunt snout and a broad nose.
This hyena has one of the strongest skulls among predators. The jaws are strong and, due to their co ...
Pink river dolphin
Botos have two types of teeth.
Front teeth are pointed, while the ones at the back are meant to crush their prey.
Guinea pig
Guinea pigs have well-developed hearing.
With four cochlear ganglia in the inner ear, they can hear sounds as high as 33.000 Hz. Among other ...
Salamanders
Respiration
While lizards have only one organ responsible for respiration-the lungs, salamanders rely on skin, gills or lungs (or, in some species, the combination of skin and lungs altogether).
Luna moth
Adult moths escape the pupal case by splitting it and pushing the top upwards.
Then it cuts its way from the cocoon with serrated chitinous spurs located on the thorax near the forewings bases. Cocoon opening typically occurs in the morning.
Laughing kookaburra
Chicks are ready to fledge within 33 – 39 days.
However, they still rely on their family pack for food and protection.
Turtles
The largest turtle known so far was Archelon ischyros.
The body length of this marine giant was as long as 4.5 m and its weight was about 2.2 t. It lived a ...