Animals

Thursday, 25 June 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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Aye-aye
Aye-aye was classified as a lemur in the mid-1800s but later reclassified in its own group by itself.
Black Caiman
Males can reach up to 5.2 meters in length.
Females are slightly smaller, typically measuring 3 meters long.
Arabian oryx
The Arabian oryx was once considered a subspecies of the Gemsbok (Oryx gazella).
Red panda
The red panda has a pseudo-thumb.
At first, it evolved to aid with tree climbing but later adapted to support their bamboo diet.
American robin
Female lays from three to five eggs.
Eggs are blue and are incubated by female only. After 14 days of incubation young robins hatch. They ...
Adder
The species is found from northwestern France to the eastern fringes of Siberia.
In the mountains, it can be found at elevations of up to 2000 meters above sea level.
Snails
Snails can breathe using gills or primitive lungs.
The vast majority of sea snails are equipped with gills, some freshwater snails also breathe with th ...
Common cuckoo
Although the global population of the cuckoo is slightly declining, it is considered a species of the least concern.
According to measurements, the global population of these birds is between 25 and 100 million individuals.
Salamanders
Juveniles
Newly hatched salamander is in a larval form that needs to metamorphose before becoming an adult for ...
Kiwi bird
Kiwi are monogamous.
Males solicit for female attention, and once they succeed, they mate for life. However, if a female is not interested in a certain male, she will scare him off.