Animals

Tuesday, 24 February 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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Central bearded dragon
It inhabits rocky deserts, semi-deserts and forest areas of central Australia.
American flamingo
The record holder in life expectancy was a female living at the Adelaide Zoo, Australia.
She was about 60 years old; unfortunately, due to deteriorating health, it had to be euthanized in 2018.
Southern cassowary
Cassowaries are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs.
They appeared on Earth about 60 million years ago, 6 million years after the Cretaceous-Paleogene ex ...
Guinea pig
In South American countries, the domestic cavy is a fattening animal, raised for culinary purposes.
These animals are not commercially reared, they are intended to be eaten during periods of various h ...
Housefly
Flies as biological weapons were used during World War II.
The Japanese, under the leadership of Shirō Ishii, worked on entomological warfare techniques. They ...
Pink river dolphin
They do not have natural predators, except for humans.
However, they can occasionally fall prey to anacondas, caimans, and jaguars.
Common Surinam toad
Its body shape is clumsy, dorsally flattened - it resembles an angular flounder.
Its weight does not exceed 500 g. The muzzle is pointed, and the thorax is wide with a square outlin ...
Great grey shrike
It expresses serial monogamy.
Pairs bond for a specific mating season. Typically, the next-year mate is different from the one from a year before.
Clownfish
Male is taking care of nest and hatchlings.
After the copulation he is responsible for taking care of the nest. He removes dead eggs with his mouth and uses pectoral fins to circulate water to provide it fresh and oxygen abundant.
Stingrays
They have several natural predators, including seals, sea lions, some large fish, and sharks.
Stingrays are among the most preferred food of hammerhead sharks.