Animals

Friday, 20 February 2026
15 facts about fleas
15 facts about fleas
External parasites
Fleas are one of the most hated insects by pet owners. Once they find their way onto a dog or a cat, they are very hard to remove. Reproducing at a ve ...

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Clownfish
The average lifespan of clownfish is about 10 to 13 years in the wild.
But there are species living substantially longer like Amphiprion percula, which can live in captivity up to 30 years.
Bonobo
Bonobo herds are loosely connected.
They live in large groups of 40 to 120 individuals, which often divide into smaller subgroups of 6 t ...
Turtles
The science that deals with turtles is chelonology.
Asian elephant
Only some male Asian elephants develop large tusks, the majority of females and some males have tushes—smaller, approximately 5 centimeters long tusks.
Tushes are brittle and have a tendency to break. Many males do not have tusks at all.
Tasmanian devil
Males are larger than females.
The male's body length is about 90 cm and weighs 8 kg, while females average 81 cm and weigh 6 kg.
Hummingbirds
They are the only birds that can fly backwards.
They owe this to the special design of their wings, which also allows hummingbirds to stop their flight at any time and hover in place.
Tiger sharks
Its coat comprises dark, vertical stripes and spots, resembling a tiger’s pattern.
It is where its name derives from. As the tiger grows, the pattern fades.
Horseshoe crab
The blood of the horseshoe crab shows a very interesting feature that is used in the biomedical industry.
Due to the environment in which these animals live, which is full of Gram-negative bacteria, their i ...
European wildcat
Feeds mainly on rodents, although it sometimes hunts larger prey.
Its diet includes rats, moles, hamsters, voles, forest mice, but also martens, polecats, weasels and young deer, roe deer, chamois and ground-dwelling birds.
Komodo dragon
Their diet is nuanced.
It includes invertebrates, other reptiles (including smaller Komodo dragons), birds and their eggs, ...