Animals

Saturday, 6 June 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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Otters
In southern Bangladesh, otters help humans in fishing.
They chase fish into the fishing nests and get a few fish to eat as a reward. This practice was once ...
Aye-aye
Approximately 80% of the night aye-aye spends on foraging.
Malaysian trumpet snail
Females can give birth to 70 young at a time.
Hedgehogs
They can climb and swim.
Their spikes possess air chambers that support swimming and ensure better buoyancy, allowing them to ...
Yellow spotted lizard
Yellow spotted lizards give birth in June and July.
Typically, five to eight young are born in a single litter.
Crested gecko
Unlike most lizards, crested geckos do not have eyelids.
They have to moisten their eyes by licking them. It is also a remedy for debris.
Pink river dolphin
It is the main attraction of the Amazon River, despite not being the only dolphin species available in the Amazon.
Vaquita
Their signature trait is a black spot around their mouths and eyes.
Axolotl
Axolotls spawning season is in February.
Females can lay up to thousand eggs that hatch within two or three weeks. "Parents" do not tend to their offspring.
Tasmanian devil
Although there are no cases of Tasmanian devils attacking humans, they are capable of attacking animals larger than themselves.
When attacking, they scratch and bite their prey. They can attack up to 3.5 times larger prey and are known to hunt wombats weighing up to 30 kg.