Animals

Thursday, 2 April 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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Goblin shark
Despite their rarity, goblin sharks are not endangered.
IUCN classifies those fish as a least concern (LC). Because they are bottom-dwelling creatures, the ...
Axolotl
The most interesting phenomenon associated with the axolotl is neoteny.
It means acquiring sexual maturity without undergoing metamorphosis. Wild axolotls do not outgrow the juvenile stage; they remain in the aquatic environment and retain their gills.
Moose
The oldest description of a moose in European literature does not come from northern areas, but from the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar.
European drawings and cave paintings indicate that moose were hunted already in the Stone Age. Some ...
Luna moth
Mating usually starts after midnight and lasts for a few hours.
Females sit on a preferred tree and release pheromones that lure males.
Ladybugs
Ladybug larvae are quite distinctive.
They have a prolonged abdomen, black with yellow or orange dots, with legs sticking out of their body. Some say they resemble miniature alligators.
Otters
In southern Bangladesh, otters help humans in fishing.
They chase fish into the fishing nests and get a few fish to eat as a reward. This practice was once ...
Coyote
In Chicago, researchers observed that coyotes show signs of "understanding" traffic laws.
When crossing a one-way street, they look only in one direction from which a vehicle is coming, and on multi-lane streets, they use the center lane as a stop.
Coyote
It is a carrier of diseases and parasites.
Among North American carnivores, coyotes are probably the carriers of the greatest number of disease ...
Octopus
The mouth of an octopus begins with a beak typical of these animals.
Yellow spotted lizard
They are omnivorous.
They feed primarily on insects, but plants can also be found in the yellow-spotted night lizard diet ...