Animals

Sunday, 21 December 2025
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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Luna moth
Males emerge from cocoons a few days earlier than females.
Grey heron
Their breeding season begins at the end of February and lasts until early June.
In the beginning, males look for a convenient location to build a nest, most often in the branches o ...
Axolotl
Axolotls do not transform into adults.
It is due to the lack of thyrotropin, a hormone necessary for the thyroid gland to produce hormones allowing metamorphosis.
True seals
Ringed seals are the smallest of all species.
They inhabit the polar zones in the Arctic Sea, the coasts of Greenland, and Spitsbergen. An isolate ...
Tawny frogmouth
Their breeding season starts in August and lasts till December.
Both male and female participate in building nest.
Leopard geckos
They are crepuscular, which means they are active during dusk and dawn.
Despite living in relatively hot and dry regions of the world, they prefer cooler parts. Thus, they spend most of the daytime inside burrows, emerging once the temperature drops.
Bonobo
The herd structure of bonobo is largely characterized by egalitarianism (gender equality) and the dominance of sexual interaction between individuals.
Hierarchy in the bonobo herd is not as strongly marked as among other primates. Frans de Waal, a pri ...
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are viviparous.
A Female gives birth to a living pup after 12 months of gestation.
Okapi
The okapi is one of the few mammals that can lick its own ears.
Okapi
Okapi lives only in the Ituri equatorial forest in Central Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.