Animals

Monday, 27 July 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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Okapi
The name okapi comes from the language of the local African tribe Mbuba from the word o'api.
Central bearded dragon
Bearded agamas are omnivorous, although their diet changes with age.
Young animals eat meat more often, and when they grow up, they choose more plant food. They feed on beetles, mealworms, spiders, and moths, and most often choose vegetables and flowers from plants.
Octopus
While swimming, the systemic or main heart stops working.
This causes the octopus to tire quickly and therefore the organisms prefer to move along the bottom using their arms.
Adder
Adults feed on insects, lizard frogs, small mammals, and bird chicks.
Young adders mostly eat insects, snails, earthworms, young amphibians and reptiles. The viper attacks its prey by injecting its venom and then eats the dead one.
Arabian oryx
Unlike other oryx species, Arabian oryxes are characterised by marked aggressiveness of adult males toward humans.
At Riyadh Zoo, three adult males are kept indoors and are only allowed outdoors during the mating se ...
Mallard
They produce one brood a year, the female lays 8 to 13 eggs.
They are light cream and measure 58 x 32 mm. They are laid every other day and the female begins to ...
True seals
Ringed seals are the smallest of all species.
They inhabit the polar zones in the Arctic Sea, the coasts of Greenland, and Spitsbergen. An isolate ...
Luna moth
Females lay 200 to 400 eggs.
They are placed singly or in small groups on the underside of leaves of trees. It takes about a week for eggs to hatch.
Earthworms
Earthworms that are not frost-tolerant die at around -2 °C.
Spring frosts can decimate earthworm populations in a very short time.
Sand lizard
Sand lizard prefers lowland areas such as meadows, gardens and open spaces where it can bask in the sun.