Animals

Monday, 9 November 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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Alpaca
Alpacas have the splitted upper lip characteristic of camelids and continuously growing teeth that must be trimmed.
Alpacas that feed on silica-rich plants partially wear down their teeth.
Capybaras
Capybaras are very popular on social media.
Videos featuring these animals can be found on platforms such as Instagram, but they are making a re ...
Platypus
Platypuses live up to 11 years in the wild and up to 17 in captivity.
Vaquita
They were discovered in 1958 when three vaquita skulls were washed ashore.
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.
Sea otter
When swimming, they can reach speeds of up to 9 km/h. They are very good swimmers but do not venture into open water.
 They are typically found up to 1 km (0.62 mi) from shore, where they can find cover among barrier reefs, rocks, and kelp forests.
American robin
Longest living American robin in the wild was 14 but average lifespan of those birds is 2.
Southern cassowary
Cassowaries are not an endangered species, the IUCN lists them as LC (least concern).
Vaquita
In Spanish vaquita means “little cow.”
Pink river dolphin
It has a long, pointed beak, which aids in hunting in narrow spaces.