Animals

Saturday, 11 April 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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European pine marten
They live a solitary life unless they raise offspring.
They are not monogamous and bond in pairs for only one mating season. If a male's territory overlaps ...
Octopus
Most octopuses hatch from eggs as paralarvae and function as plankton for the first weeks or months. These small octopuses feed on zooplankton, arthropod larvae, or copepods.
Brittle stars
Most of them feed on detritus or are scavengers. Some are predators that prey on small crustaceans and worms.
Using special hooks placed on their limbs, they filter out plankton. Every species has its own prefe ...
Ball python
Ball pythons reach a maximum length of 182 centimeters, and an average weight of 2,2 kg.
Alpaca
The alpaca reaches a length of 128-151 cm with a body weight of 55-85 kg.
The height at the withers is 80-100 cm.
Sperm whale
Sperm whales play a key role in the marine ecosystem.
They are nicknamed “marine ecosystem engineers.” When they surface, they excrete nutrient-rich faces ...
Butterflies
Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. 
It is the largest diurnal butterfly in the world, with a wingspan of up to 28 centimeters (10 inches ...
Common kingfisher
In Central Europe, it is a sedentary bird.
It migrates at night from areas with prolonged cold weather in winter. Most birds winterize in the s ...
Bonobo
Bonobos feed primarily on plant foods-57 percent of their diet is fruit.
Supplementing their diet are leaves, honey, eggs, and sometimes small vertebrates and invertebrates. ...
Slow worm lizard
Because of their clumsiness and slowness, they often fall prey to birds, hedgehogs, wild boars, weasels, snakes and even toads.