Animals

Although they are listed as least concerned by the IUCN Red List, black caimans once were hunted to the brink of extinction.

It can be typically spotted at depths of 100 to 500 meters.

The alligator snapping turtle reaches sexual maturity at approximately 12 years of age.

There are 13 species of otters.

Spermaceti sperm whales can live at least seventy years.

One ladybug can eat around 5,000 aphids throughout its life.

They are among the smallest antelopes living today (the world’s smallest is the dwarf antelope Neotragus pygmaeus–royal antelope).

Ladybugs display some impressive defense mechanisms.

It is believed that pterodactyls had primarily fed on fish.

Historically, the Arabian oryx lived mainly in the Middle East; until the early 19th century, there were large herds of oryx in Palestine, Sinai, Iraq, and Transjordan.