Animals

Friday, 18 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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Horseshoe crab
Bacterial tests made from their blood are used on the International Space Station to check for the presence of unwanted microorganisms.
True seals
Their bodies are very streamlined and allow them to swim quickly and agilely.
They usually swim at about 10 km/h but can accelerate to about 30 km/h in a threatening situation or ...
Jellyfish
They are composed of 98% of water.
Jellyfish washed ashore will evaporate in several hours.
Dik-dik
Dik-diks are most likely to inhabit dry, shrubby scrublands and savannas.
They seek habitats with lots of plants and shrubs. Dik-diks can live on an open plain where the gras ...
Sea lamprey
Lampreys belong to a family of ancient fish that existed before the dinosaurs' time.
The first jawless fish appeared on Earth during the Silurian period between 443.8 and 419.2 million years ago.
Portuguese man-of-war
The number of their population is currently unknown.
Great spotted woodpecker
They store cones in places called "forges."
Forges are places in cracks in the bark or forks in branches. There they store the cones, which they then pluck to feed on the seeds hidden in them.
Komodo dragon
In 1926, an American naturalist and filmmaker William Douglas Burden visited Komodo Island in search of the Komodo dragon.
Along with his first wife, Catherine, Burden set out to find the dragon from Komodo, which was label ...
Fleas
In the Middle Ages, fleas were associated with Black Death.
They carried a bacterium called Yersinia pestis, which they transferred onto humans once the populat ...
Brazilian wandering spiders
The bite of the Brazilian cottonmouth can cause priapism.
This affliction causes a prolonged and painful erection in men that is in no way caused by sexual arousal. If bitten by these spiders, symptoms can last up to five hours.