Animals

Sunday, 11 October 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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Aye-aye
Females reach sexual maturity at the age of approximately 3 to 3,5 years, while males at the age of 2,5.
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth Macaw prefers semi-open, somewhat wooded habitats.
It generally avoids dense, moist forests, and is most often found on their edges or along tropical r ...
Northern pike
They are predatory and often hunt from concealment.
Pike (especially the smaller ones) hide in the lush thickets of water bodies and wait for incoming p ...
Black-headed python
Black-headed pythons are not an endangered species.
IUCN classifies those reptiles as least concern (LC). The exact population size is not known but they are often found in their environment, which may indicate their high abundance.
Great spotted woodpecker
The great spotted woodpecker is native to Europe, northern Africa, and central and northern Asia.
It lives in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests as well as in man-made areas such as parks, gardens, orchards and plantations.
American robin
Their songs are really complicated and change regarding the time of the day.
Sea lamprey
They are medium size fish with eel-shaped bodies.
Lampreys are about 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 in) long, have olive or brown-yellow bodies. Skin is darker on the upper side of an animal.
Ball python
They are mostly nocturnal.
They spend the majority of their days in holes and burrows.
Coyote
The largest coyote ever recorded was a 34-kilogram specimen.
It was a male shot near Afton, Wyoming, in 1937. It measured 1.5 meters from snout to tail.
Southern cassowary
Juvenile cassowaries do not have a helmet.
Bird's casque starts to develop after the first year of life.