Animals

Wednesday, 25 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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European mole cricket
The biggest threats to these insects are birds (rooks and starlings), moles, shrews, beetles and arachnids.
They used to be exterminated by humans as well, but their population has drastically decreased and they no longer pose much of a threat to crops.
Ball python
It is also referred to as the royal python.
It is believed that ball pythons were worn by ancient royals as jewelry.
Housefly
Each leg ends in a pair of claws and pulvilli.
The pulvilli is an adhesive tab that allows the fly to move along walls using Van der Waals forces. ...
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are not aggressive towards humans.
There are about 10 confirmed lemon shark bites.
Otters
They primarily feed on fish, but also on crabs, crayfish, and frogs.
Depending on the species, they can also feed on small birds and mammals, shellfish, clams, and sea urchins.
Arabian oryx
Pregnancy of females lasts 240 days, a calf is born, which the mother nurses for 2.5 months.
Oryxes reach sexual maturity at the age of 2.5 to 3.5 years and live up to more than 20 years.
Grey heron
It is not an endangered species.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the gray heron as a species of least concern. The population is estimated at 790.000. up to 3.7 million adults.
Syrian brown bear
It is omnivorous.
It eats fruits, berries, seeds, nuts, grass, maggots, and small mammals. It also eats crops and domestic animals in mountain villages, hence its conflict with humans.
Fossa
A fossa is an endemic mammal of Madagascar.
It resembles a dog (thanks to its muzzle), a weasel (due to its ears), a cat (due to clawed paws), and a monkey (thanks to a tail that makes up approximately half of the fossa’s length).
Hammerhead sharks
There are a total of ten species of hammerhead sharks.
There are:Winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii), Scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona), Carolina hammerh ...