Animals

Thursday, 6 August 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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Llamas
Size
Llamas are larger than alpacas. An adult llama is 1,7 to 1,8 m (5,5 to 5,9 ft) high, while alpacas are only 81 to 99 cm (2,65 to 2,98 ft) high.
Hawksbill sea turtle
The earliest fossils date back to 100–120 million years ago.
Spiders
If there are any protrusions on the spider's abdomen, these are the silk glands.
They are used to spinning silk thread from which spiders build their webs. Most often, spiders have ...
Red panda
The name “panda” refers to the bamboo diet.
It translates from Nepalese “nigalya ponya,” which means “bamboo eater.”
Brazilian wandering spiders
The bite of the Brazilian cottonmouth can cause priapism.
This affliction causes a prolonged and painful erection in men that is in no way caused by sexual arousal. If bitten by these spiders, symptoms can last up to five hours.
Quokkas
Female quokkas developed a rather drastic survival instinct.
During an escape from a predator, a female quokka can drop joey carried in her pouch, so it attracts the predator with squeaking noises while she escapes.
Central bearded dragon
Bearded dragons are eagerly kept by breeders.
Most of the individuals currently on the market come from ancestors who were illegally exported from ...
Octopus
Octopuses have 3 hearts.
Their circulatory system is a closed system with one systemic (main) heart, pumping blood through th ...
Housefly
The female lays about one hundred eggs in a single batch.
The laying process can take several days, and over a lifetime, a female housefly can lay up to 2,000 eggs, although this number does not usually exceed 500.
Bull snake
They are not venomous.
To subdue and kill their prey they constrict it by wrapping around its body.