Animals

Friday, 6 March 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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Yellow spotted lizard
Terrain is their primary habitat.
They can also be found on tree trunks or beneath bark, rock crevices and caves.
Earthworms
Most earthworms are hermaphrodites.
They exchange gametes during copulation, which is called saddling. The process takes its name from t ...
Arctic fox
Polar fox fur provides the best isolation among all mammal furs. They tolerate temperatures down to – 94 Fahrenheit.
They are perfectly anatomically adapted for this. Thick and multi-layered fur provides excellent the ...
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are considered a delicacy in various Asian countries.
They are widely consumed in Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, and Korea. Usually, people consume it deh ...
Kiwi bird
There are five species of kiwi from the genus Apteryx.
They include Brown kiwi, Great spotted kiwi, Little spotted kiwi, Rowi, and Tokoeka.
Spiders
Spiders are predators.
Most of them feed only on meat, although there are species (Bagheera Kipling) whose diet consists of ...
Bonobo
It is widely believed that the bonobo’s physique is more slender than that of the common chimpanzee.
The two species do not generally differ in body size. Adult female bonobos are slightly smaller than ...
Black-headed python
Black headed pythons favor dry and scrubby areas but they are not found in extremely dry places.
They can be found across semiarid regions as well as at savannas or grasslands. Can be found also in humid forested areas and agricultural regions.
American robin
While hunting, they rely mostly on vision.
Other senses used to locate prey are smell (olfaction) and hearing.
Zebra mussel
Following the mass introduction of zebra mussels in 1991 in Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron, changes were observed in the plant plankton communities and benthic fauna.
The amount of algae in the water body decreased by almost 60%, phosphorus concentration decreased by 42%, and water transparency increased significantly.