Animals

Sunday, 7 June 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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Brittle stars
Brittle star stomach is divided into ten pouches where food is digested.
The stomach makes up most of the ophiuroid disc.
Hammerhead sharks
Hammerhead species tend to swim in schools.
It is uncommon for sharks, however. During the day, hammerheads prefer company, but they hunt solitarily at night.
Viper dogfish
It was discovered in 1986 on the southern coast of Japan.
Hammerhead sharks
Their average lifespan ranges from 20 to 30 years.
Butterflies
A butterfly's adult form is called imago.
Leopard geckos
Leopard gecko is 18 – 28 cm long (18 – 20 cm females, 20 – 28 cm males).
Asian elephant
Only some male Asian elephants develop large tusks, the majority of females and some males have tushes—smaller, approximately 5 centimeters long tusks.
Tushes are brittle and have a tendency to break. Many males do not have tusks at all.
Housefly
Each leg ends in a pair of claws and pulvilli.
The pulvilli is an adhesive tab that allows the fly to move along walls using Van der Waals forces. ...
Narwhal
It is estimated that 1 in 500 narwhals has not one but two fangs.
American mink
Minks are very skillful hunters and will eat basically anything that is within their reach.
Their menu includes small mammals (hares, muskrats, shrews), frogs, arthropods, insects, fish, birds, and bird eggs.