Animals

Wednesday, 15 July 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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Common Surinam toad
The mating cycle lasts only 24 hours.
The complete development of the eggs and their transformation takes place in the skin on the female’s back. A single egg is 6-7 mm in diameter and each female lays from 40 to almost 500 eggs.
Javan leopard
It is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia.
It inhabits the rainforest in West Java.
Turtles
They have a fairly good memory.
In a study conducted on representatives of the Pseudemys nelsoni species, it was proven that they ar ...
Spotted hyena
The spotted hyena was the first described in 1777 by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben.
It was once thought that the mottled hyena’s name Crocuta came from the Latin word “crocutus,” which ...
Goblin shark
They are solitary creatures, that behavioral features are yet to be examined.
Research of those fish has to be made in ocean waters as no individual survived in captivity for more than a week.
Spinosaurus
Spinosaur appeared in Jurrasic Park 3 movie.
It fights and wins against a T-Rex in a spectacular fight. In reality, those creatures couldn't meet because they lived in different times, about 20 million years apart.
Javan hawk-eagle
It has a distinguished vertical crest.
It consists of up to four 12 centimeters long feathers.
Sloth
Sloths are solitary, except for females with their young.
They are peacefully disposed to the surrounding world, and they do not need to defend themselves bec ...
Javan leopard
The average lifespan of a Javan leopard is 14 years in the wild.
Wolf spider
Wolf spiders are beneficial to ecosystem.
Thanks to their hunting skills they are excellent pest insects exterminators. So if you spot wolf sp ...