Animals

Friday, 18 September 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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Hammerhead sharks
Great hammerheads tend to engage in cannibalism.
As the most aggressive of the genus, great hammerheads occasionally eat their own species, even their own pups.
True seals
Seals are cold-loving animals; they live in circumpolar and temperate zone seas and oceans.
Although they spend most of their time in the water, they also need land to live, which is why they are found in coastal areas.
Wombat
Wombats usually live in one burrow for their entire lives. Many wombats can live in the same burrow together.
It is caused by throwing out wombats from their burrow by animals or farmers or when a burrow is des ...
Sperm whale
Sperm whales hunt using echolocation.
The sounds (clicks) they make are among the most powerful sounds in the animal kingdom. It has even ...
Quokkas
Quokkas are adapted for arboreal locomotion.
Initially, their musculoskeletal system was adapted for terrestrial bipedal saltation, common among marsupials. They are capable of climbing trees up to 1,5 meters.
Insects
The insects that survived the late Permian extinction evolved in the Triassic (252 to 201 million years ago).
It was in the Triassic that all orders of currently living insects arose. Today's insect families de ...
Javan leopard
The average lifespan of a Javan leopard is 14 years in the wild.
Mallard
It is not an endangered species.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the common mallard as a species of least concern.
Corn snake
Their name is probably associated with their bright colors, resembling Indian corn.
Spotted hyena
Spotted hyenas are easy to tame, but difficult to train.
Kept in captivity, where they can live for 15-20 years, and they can be destructive.