Animals

Thursday, 8 October 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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Hedgehogs
Their back and sides are covered with spikes.
Spikes are transformed hair, sturdily attached to their bodies. They are neither poisonous nor particularly stingy.
Hammerhead sharks
Most of the hammerhead species are at risk of extinction, either endangered or critically endangered.
In some parts of the world, their fins are considered a delicacy. Moreover, despite prohibiting in v ...
Arabian oryx
All Arabian oryxes alive today are descended from just 1,970 animals.
Sea otter
The greatest threat to sea otters is human activity. Although it is illegal today, sea otters were once hunted in large numbers for their pelts. Massive fur hunting began in the 18th century.
The species was saved by the enforcement of a Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seal ...
Komodo dragon
To protect the Komodo dragon, a Komodo National Park was established in 1980.
The Wae Wuul Reserve in the west of Flores and the Wolo Tado Reserve in the north of the island have ...
Tawny frogmouth
Tawny frogmouths life span in wild is approximately 10 years.
Portuguese man-of-war
Both the Portuguese man-of-war and the Pacific man-of-war are considered the same species.
Some recent research may suggest they are not the same species. The organisms present in the Pacific Ocean are smaller than the ones from the Atlantic.
Hummingbirds
There are only two pigments in hummingbird feathers - black and brown.
They owe their colorful appearance to their feathers' ability to split light into primary colors.
Basking shark
Basking sharks have essentially no natural predators.
They are known to be attacked by orcas, but few predators hunt these sharks. There is some information that great white sharks feed on the carcasses of basking sharks.
Ocean sunfish
They are being mistaken for sharks.
Because ocean sunfish often swim near the water's surface, their dorsal fin protrudes above the wate ...