Animals

The size of a fly is not an indication of its age.

Dik-diks are most likely to inhabit dry, shrubby scrublands and savannas.

In nature, the gene conditioning white fur occurs in one in ten thousand specimens.

It is one of the subspecies of leopards.

Pregnancy of females lasts 240 days, a calf is born, which the mother nurses for 2.5 months.

There are over 150,000 species of butterflies.

During the mating season, males seek females, but eventually, the choice is made by females.

Aquatic species can swim at 30 km/h.

It is closely related to four species of beaded lizards–one from Guatemala (Heloderma charlesbogerti), and three from Mexico (Heloderma alvarezi, Heloderma horridum, and Heloderma exasperatum).

In the spermaceti’s head, in special chambers between the skull bones and subcutaneous sacs, there is an oily substance called spermaceti.