Animals

Friday, 23 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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Adder
Adders stick out their tongue to orient themselves to their surroundings.
In doing so, they collect the scent around them and then transfer it to their mouth cavity to the so-called Jacobson’s organ, which analyzes olfactory signals.
Otters
In southern Bangladesh, otters help humans in fishing.
They chase fish into the fishing nests and get a few fish to eat as a reward. This practice was once ...
Earthworms
The body of these animals is composed of visibly separated segments with 4 pairs of bristles emerging from them.
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.
Common Surinam toad
The Common Surinam toad feeds on all small aquatic organisms.
It hunts primarily invertebrates, especially insects and their larvae, which it digs out of the silt with its thin fingers and rapidly places in its mouth.
Platypus
The platypus has a large brain.
Sea otter
They have the densest fur of any animal.
Sea otters grow about 150,000 hairs per 1 cm2 (about 1 million per 1 square inch). It is made up of ...
Komodo dragon
This lizard has about 60 frequently replaced, serrated teeth that can measure up to 2,5 centimeters.
Its saliva can often be tinged with blood, as the teeth are almost completely covered by gum tissue, ...
Platypus
The eyes and ears are located in a groove at the back of the nostrils.
When swimming, the groove closes. The entrance to the ear canal is located at the base of the skull.
Southern cassowary
Southern cassowary is most common of three cassowary species alive.
It is also the largest and heaviest one. Scientific name of southern cassowary is Casuarius casuariu ...