Animals

Sunday, 19 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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Crested gecko
There are many skin color groups occurring in wilderness, including various shades of yellow, orange, brown, grey or red, that form three color morphs – pattern-less, white-fringed and tiger.
Crested geckos bred in captivity have many color morphs absent in the wild, such as the harlequin.
Alligator snapping turtle
Their average lifespan ranges from 20 to 70 years in captivity.
In the wild, alligator snapping turtles are able to live for as long as 200 years, an average of 100.
Okapi
Okapi forest is a mammalian member of Giraffidae family and the only representative of the genus Okapia.
Stingrays
Stingrays are boneless.
Their skeleton is made up of cartilage.
Javan leopard
It feeds primarily on wild boar, monkeys, and apes.
The most common prey consists of barking deer, Java mouse-deer, silvery lutung, crab-eating macaque, ...
Tigers
The most commonly recognized is the division into six subspecies, although some researchers suggest that there are only two–island, and continental.
A common division distinguishes the subspecies: Bengal tiger Siberian tiger Indochinese tiger Sumat ...
American flamingo
During the mating season, males seek females, but eventually, the choice is made by females.
Some individuals mate for the entire season, while others look for more partners. There are sometimes groups of a male and two females, in which one is dominant.
Saola
They are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
They suffer from habitat loss and excessive illegal poaching, which has grown considerably in Vietnam since 1994.
Great grey shrike
Great grey shrikes are light-gray, with black stripes under the eye, on the wings and the tail, and a white underbelly.
Octopus
In the Mediterranean and coastal areas of Asia, octopuses are a popular food.