Animals

Monday, 26 January 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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Platypus
The territory of the adult platypus covers an area of about 7 km².
Platypuses live in oval-shaped burrows located near the water surface.
Slow worm lizard
They are slow eaters too.
 
It takes 10 to 15 minutes for a slow worm lizard to consume its prey.
Tasmanian devil
Pregnancy lasts for 21 days for them. After this time, 20 to 30 young are born.
Newborn Tasmanian devils weigh between 0.18 and 0.24 grams. Competition in these animals lasts from ...
Dodo bird
An egg allegedly belonging to a dodo bird is kept in the East London Museum in South Africa.
It was donated to the museum by its employee, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, whose aunt received the eg ...
Toco toucan
Toco toucans are omnivorous and feed on both plant and animal foods.
The large size of their bill allows them to split larger seeds and easily grab fruits, vegetables, i ...
Clownfish
Male is taking care of nest and hatchlings.
After the copulation he is responsible for taking care of the nest. He removes dead eggs with his mouth and uses pectoral fins to circulate water to provide it fresh and oxygen abundant.
Bird of Paradise
Their wings are mostly round.
In some species, they have been modified in such a way that males can use them to generate characteristic sounds.
Rice's whale
Rice’s whale was first described in 1965 by Dale Rice.
He cataloged it as a subpopulation of Bryde’s whale present in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sperm whale
Another substance extracted from the sperm whale is ambergris (Ambergris Tincture).
Ambergris is a secretion from the sperm whale’s digestive tract, which is produced by indigestion or ...
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks are very social.
They live in organized groups with a strict hierarchy and complex social rules.