Animals

Saturday, 31 October 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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Slow worm lizard
Its range includes northern Spain and Portugal, areas of England, all of central Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa.
Tiger sharks
Tiger sharks are the only member of the genus Galeocerdo.
Corn snake
They are often mistaken for venomous copperheads.
Corn snakes are brighter and more slender. Adult corn snakes typically have large red-blotchy patter ...
Moose
It is a cold-loving animal.
Temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius are not a problem for it, but above +10 degrees Celsius, it begi ...
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus was a terrifying carnivorous reptile.
It might be a primarily piscivorous species, but juvenile dinosaur remains found in Spinosaur's stom ...
Yellow spotted lizard
They are omnivorous.
They feed primarily on insects, but plants can also be found in the yellow-spotted night lizard diet ...
Fossa
Their genus name–Cryptoprocta–derives from ancient Greek and means hidden anus (crypto-hidden, procta-anus). The latter part, ferox, means fierce or wild.
Their anus is hidden in an anal pouch, which is an unusual trait.
Shoebill
These birds have a very specific hunting strategy.
They know the lake or other body of water where they are, so they know where the fish are at any giv ...
Lemon shark
On average, lemon sharks live up to 30 years.
Crustacean
The largest crustacean is the Japanese spider crab. The span of its legs can reach 3.7 meters, the cephalothorax is 40 centimeters long and the weight of an adult is about 19 kilograms.
Their body is mostly red with white spots, which allows them to camouflage perfectly against the bac ...