Animals

Friday, 30 January 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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Housefly
The eyes of flies provide a 360° field of vision.
They are brownish-reddish in color, compound and consist of about four thousand ommatidia.
Butterflies
The wings of butterflies are made up of a transparent membrane with veins.
The scales, which are arranged in a tile-like pattern, are responsible for the color of butterfly wi ...
Clownfish
Clownfish are omnivores.
They usually eat leftovers from anemone host but can also feed on zooplankton, algae, copepods and tunicate larvae. They sometimes take a bite of hosting anemone tentacle.
Dodo bird
The researchers revealed that the dodo bird had a highly developed sense of smell.
It is likely that a good sense of smell enabled the birds to find seeds buried deep in the ground. Their strongly built legs equipped with claws probably helped them do this.
Capybaras
Natural enemies of these friendly animals lurk in every environment.
Capybaras residing on land must keep a close eye out for jaguars, while in the water they risk attac ...
Turtles
They have a fairly good memory.
In a study conducted on representatives of the Pseudemys nelsoni species, it was proven that they ar ...
American robin
American robins are native to North America.
They can be found from Alaska to northern Mexico.
European wildcat
The European wildcat is found in Europe, the Caucasus and Asia Minor.
It is found in Scotland (where it has not been extirpated like the Welsh and English populations), I ...
Central bearded dragon
Individuals may have different skin colors.
Most often it is a mixture of brown, reddish-brown, red, yellow, white, and orange. Their body is co ...
Narwhal
They feed mainly on squids, shrimps and fish.
They do not chew the food, they swallow it whole.