Animals

The average adult male weighs 5 to 8 kg, while the female weighs about 3.5 kg. Weight can vary depending on the season. Body length ranges from 45 to 90 cm and the tail averages 35 cm.

Silver and grey plumage with black streaks blends perfectly with tree bark so it’s really difficult ...

Other senses used to locate prey are smell (olfaction) and hearing.

In doing so, they collect the scent around them and then transfer it to their mouth cavity to the so-called Jacobson’s organ, which analyzes olfactory signals.

They sometimes appear in fishnets and in this case are usually dried, salted and delivered to the ma ...

Its upper lip is wide, elongated, mobile, and fleshy - it serves as a gripper. The sloping nostrils ...

So far, 64 species have been described in the heron family. These are water birds, until recently considered related to storks, but genetic tests have shown that they are closer to pelicans.

They are used to spinning silk thread from which spiders build their webs. Most often, spiders have ...

Wolf spiders live a lonely life and are seen with other representative of their species only during mating season which occur in mid-summer.

Nests are provisory constructions made mostly of leaves. Eggs are 16 x 10 cm (6,3 x 4,1 in) in size ...