Animals

Saturday, 12 September 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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Tawny frogmouth
Their breeding season starts in August and lasts till December.
Both male and female participate in building nest.
Manatees
Manatees live in herds in shallow tropical waters.
They are found in coastal areas of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to northeastern Brazil, ...
Hyacinth macaw
It was first described and cataloged in 1790 by the English physician and naturalist John Latham.
He described it under the binomial name Psittacus hyacinthinus.
Manatees
Manatees chew their food with strong molars.
The young manatee is born with two vestigial incisors it loses as it matures. If the molars fall out, new teeth grow in their place.
Corn snake
They are one of the most popular captive-bred reptiles.
Corn snakes are very docile and easy to care for. They do not show aggression towards humans and thus can be kept outside the terrarium.
Boa constrictor
They are oviparous. Pregnancy lasts 100 to 120 days and litter size varies greatly.
There can be anywhere from 10 to 65 young (25 on average), some of which are unhatched or unfertiliz ...
Platypus
Monotremes are an order of primitive oviparous mammals.
Their Latin name - Monotremata refers to the fact that their digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems share a common duct named cloaca.
Alligator snapping turtle
The alligator snapping turtle belongs to the family Chelydridae.
Bull snake
Bullsnakes are heavy-bodied reptiles with body length ranging from 1,2 to 1,8 m (4 to 6 ft).
Larger specimens can be occasionally found, up to 2,5m (8ft 4 in). Bull snakes average weight is 1 to 1,5 kg (2,2 to 3,3 lb.). Heaviest specimen recorded was 4,5 kg (9,9 lb.).
Hippopotamus
Hippos live about 40 years in the wild; in captivity, they live up to 50.
One of the world's oldest hippos, the 55-year-old "Hippolyte", died in 2016 at the Silesian Zoologic ...