Animals

Friday, 20 March 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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Stingrays
Stingrays mostly occupy tropical and subtropical waters.
Depending on the species, they can also be found in temperate oceans, and even in the deep ocean.
Great grey shrike
Great grey shrike female lays up to nine eggs per clutch, an average of seven.
The young hatch after 16 to 21 days of incubation.
Aye-aye
Their signature traits are their fingers.
Each finger serves a different purpose. Their third, thinnest finger is used for tapping, and their fourth, due to its length and hooked nail, is used to pull grubs from tree chambers.
Yellow spotted lizard
They are primarily nocturnal animals.
Yellow-spotted lizards tend to hunt and mate during the night but sometimes can be spotted during the day. Although they are ectothermic organisms, they do not bask in the sun.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Their primary food sources are sea sponges.
They feed on selected sponges species, such as Tethya actinia, Aaptos aaptos, or Spheciospongia vesparium. Thanks to their pointed beaks, extracting sponges is easy.
Crustacean
The first crustaceans appeared on Earth in the Middle Cambrian more than 500 million years ago.
Crabs and shrimps did not appear until the Jurassic (201 - 145 million years ago) and lobsters appeared in the Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years ago).
Alpaca
Alpacas are members of the Camelidae family.
They are grass-eating, even-toed mammals related to llamas, vicunas, and guanacos. They feed on grasses, herbs, young shoots and twigs.
Kiwi bird
Freshly hatched chicks are fully feathered.
They are also fully independent, feeding on nutritious yolk in sacks, which are attached to their bellies.
Stingrays
They show no hostility towards humans and attack only when provoked.
Most attacks are caused by humans accidentally stepping on them and are not lethal. There have been ...
Sea lamprey
Lampreys belong to a family of ancient fish that existed before the dinosaurs' time.
The first jawless fish appeared on Earth during the Silurian period between 443.8 and 419.2 million years ago.