Animals

They are large wading birds reaching a body length of 120 to 145 cm.

Bizarre snout is probably the most distinctive body feature of those fish.

Only some male Asian elephants develop large tusks, the majority of females and some males have tushes—smaller, approximately 5 centimeters long tusks.

Female spiders can lay up to 3000 eggs.

They change color with age.

Their genus name–Cryptoprocta–derives from ancient Greek and means hidden anus (crypto-hidden, procta-anus). The latter part, ferox, means fierce or wild.

They breathe atmospheric air using their lungs.

Narwals are communicating thanks to echolocation.

They are solitary creatures, that behavioral features are yet to be examined.

The Dutch administration of Komodo Island, realizing the limited number of Varanus individuals in the wild, has prohibited hunting and severely limited the number of individuals taken for scientific research.