Animals

Sunday, 15 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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Aye-aye
Aye-aye was classified as a lemur in the mid-1800s but later reclassified in its own group by itself.
American robin
They tend to build their nests in dense bushes or in a fork of a tree.
American robins are not shy, so they can even construct a nest near human buildings. Their nests are made of twigs, grass, mud, feathers and anything soft they can find (paper, fabric etc.).
Wolf spider
They are solitary creatures.
Wolf spiders live a lonely life and are seen with other representative of their species only during mating season which occur in mid-summer.
White-browed tit-warbler
It prefers dry shrublands of 2,000 to 5,000 meters.
Jellyfish
The smallest known jellyfish come from genera Eleutheria and Staurocladia.
They typically measure up to 0,5 millimeters in diameter.
Platypus
Platypuses spend about 12 hours a day foraging for food.
While diving they can stay underwater for about 40 seconds. Between one dive and another platypuses rest above the water surface for about 20 seconds.
Leopard geckos
Leopard geckos eat their shedded skin to rid the area of scent markers.
American bullfrog
They display sexual dimorphism.
Females are larger and heavier than males. Moreover, female eardrums, called tympana, are roughly the same size as their eyes, while male eardrums are larger than their eyes.
Hammerhead sharks
Hammerheads are viviparous.
After a long gestation, females give birth to living, fully developed offspring. They reproduce once a year, and birth usually up to 15 pups. Great hammerheads can birth up to 40 pups per litter.
Narwhal
The narwhal's closest cousin is Beluga whale.