Animals

Friday, 23 October 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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Turtles
They use sounds to communicate.
They most often make sounds during courtship and mating however, some species also make sounds to stay "in touch" during migration.
American mink
Minks are a great threat, especially to seabirds that live in colonies, on islands several kilometers away from the mainland.
A mink can swim to an island and kill up to a hundred chicks in one night. A single individual can thus decimate a colony of several thousand birds.
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are very social.
They live in organized groups with a strict hierarchy and complex social rules.
European pine marten
This medium-sized mammal is covered with brown fur.
The color can range from light to dark brown. In summer the fur is coarse and short, while in winter, it is softer and longer. The throat is cream or light yellow.
Hippopotamus
Hippos live about 40 years in the wild; in captivity, they live up to 50.
One of the world's oldest hippos, the 55-year-old "Hippolyte", died in 2016 at the Silesian Zoologic ...
Sea otter
At least one million sea otters were killed before the hunting ban was imposed.
Brown recluse spider
They are nocturnal creatures.
Blue tang
Due to its common name, blue tang, it tends to get confused with the Atlantic blue tang.
They are, however, easily distinguishable, since the royal blue tangs have bright yellow tails.
Bird of Paradise
By eating fruits whose seeds they do not digest, they help to spread them.
The seeds are excreted along with the droppings and germinate in moist soil - this makes wonderbirds brilliant jungle sowers.
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devils can devour their prey whole.
They leave neither fur nor skin, which they are excellent carrion eliminators. In the case of larger ...