Animals

Thursday, 24 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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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.
White-browed tit-warbler
They do not have natural predators in their environment.
It is mainly because of the elevation they prefer to nest.
Turtles
All turtles lay their eggs on land, although copulation occurs in different environments.
Terrestrial turtles copulate on land while marine turtles copulate in the water and only the fertili ...
Axolotl
Axolotls are carnivorous.
They feed on mollusks, insects, arthropods, and small fish. They locate their prey using their sense of smell, and since having vestigial teeth, their primary feeding method is suctioning.
Narwhal
The average narwhal weight ranges from about a ton for females to 1,600 kilograms for males.
40% of their body is made of fat.
Brazilian wandering spiders
The risk of death from the bite of these spiders is low, especially outside South America.
Phoneutria boliviensis is the most commonly detected Brazilian cottonmouth in transport, and no deaths from bites by this species have been documented to date.
Moose
Moose do not have upper front teeth.
However, they have eight sharp incisors in their lower jaw. They also have a hard, rough tongue, mou ...
Brittle stars
Some species, however, are hermaphroditic or protandric.
Protandric animals produce male and female gametes at different times. Hermaphroditism is the occurr ...
Malaysian trumpet snail
It is native to southern Asia and northern Africa.
Black Caiman
A typical male can weigh 450 kilograms, 360 kilograms on average.