Animals

Saturday, 13 June 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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Spiders
They usually have eight eyes equipped with lenses. This distinguishes them from insects that have compound eyes. Most spiders' eyesight is not particularly well developed.
However, this is not a rule, as there are families of spiders with six (Haplogynae), four (Tetrablem ...
Basking shark
Basking sharks have essentially no natural predators.
They are known to be attacked by orcas, but few predators hunt these sharks. There is some information that great white sharks feed on the carcasses of basking sharks.
Alpaca
The coloration of alpacas is most often black or brown-black, sometimes white.
In general, it is possible to distinguish 20 natural alpaca colors and about 200 shades of these colors.
Spiders
Their circulatory system is open.
This means that they do not have veins, but hemolymph (which performs the function of blood) is pump ...
Alpaca
The alpaca reaches a length of 128-151 cm with a body weight of 55-85 kg.
The height at the withers is 80-100 cm.
European mole cricket
This insect is an excellent digger, as evidenced by its powerful front limbs.
These limbs resemble a combination of a shovel and a rake and significantly facilitate the insect's ...
Alpaca
Outside of South America, most alpacas are bred in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada and Europe.
Leopard geckos
Apart from being a fat supply, its tail can be detached from the body while captured by a predator.
It is segmented, so the gecko can detach only a part of it. Leopard geckos can regenerate their lost tail, however, it may not grow back looking the same.
Ball python
Ball pythons, along with corn snakes, are popular pets thanks to their docile nature.
They gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.
Asian elephant
It belongs to the genus Elephas and is its only existing species.