Animals

Monday, 14 September 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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Tigers
Tigers have small, round pupils with yellow iris.
The retina of the tiger’s eye has six times the number of rods responsible for night vision than in ...
Wombat
They reach sexual maturity at 18 months of age.
The mating season lasts from April to June. After a gestation period of 20-30 days, one young is bor ...
Octopus
Some octopuses use the phenomenon of bioluminescence to attract their prey. To do this, they use organs called photophores, which are located inside the suction cups.
Giant panda
In addition to a plant-based diet, some zoos provide pandas with specially prepared treats composed of animal ingredients.
These include fish, meat, or eggs.
Octopus
Octopuses of the species Amphioctopus marginatus collect coconut shells and use them to build their hiding places.
Dodo bird
The earliest records dating back to the 16th century mention the distinctive appearance of the dodo’s wings.
Only three or four black ailerons were visible in their place. The bones of the wings reveal that th ...
Common kingfisher
In Central Europe, it is a sedentary bird.
It migrates at night from areas with prolonged cold weather in winter. Most birds winterize in the s ...
Cabbage White butterfly
They are similar to the Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) but smaller.
Their wings are creamy white on the upperside and yellowish on wings' underside. Black spots appear ...
Brittle stars
The madreporite is a sieve plate with numerous holes that are a part of the skeleton of most echinoderms.
In most present-day species it is located at the apex of the upper side of the body, only in brittle stars, it is located beneath the body.
Spinosaurus
It was discovered by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer.
He found fossilized bones of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus on Egyptian land in 1912 and described them in 1915.