Animals

Saturday, 22 August 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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Cabbage White butterfly
Larvae are green.
After the first stage, a yellow line running along the center of the back appears. A series of yellow spots emerge on each side, sometimes looking more like a dashed than a dotted line.
Axolotl
Axolotls stay primarily at the bottom of the lake.
When kept in captivity, they can suck the substrate from the aquarium along with their food, which c ...
Blue tang
They tend to swim in large schools, usually accompanied by other species from the family Acanthuridae.
They are very sociable, so it is advised to keep at least a pair of blue tongs together. However, males tend to be aggressive toward each other.
Dodo bird
The researchers revealed that the dodo bird had a highly developed sense of smell.
It is likely that a good sense of smell enabled the birds to find seeds buried deep in the ground. Their strongly built legs equipped with claws probably helped them do this.
Hawksbill sea turtle
Hawksbills are listed as Critically Endangered by the UICN Red List.
They face several threats to survival, the most threatening being the wildlife trade. Their unique s ...
Lemon shark
Lemon sharks practice polyandry.
It means that females mate with multiple males throughout their lives.
Kiwi bird
There are five species of kiwi from the genus Apteryx.
They include Brown kiwi, Great spotted kiwi, Little spotted kiwi, Rowi, and Tokoeka.
Brown recluse spider
Brown recluse is often mistaken for wolf spider.
As a matter of fact, these two are not difficult to distinguish – brown recluse, apart from the violin-shaped marking, has also its legs uniformly colored.
Hawksbill sea turtle
They fell prey to sharks, large fish, octopuses, and crocodiles.
Common cuckoo
In the breeding season it inhabits Eurasia from the British Isles throughout central Europe and Scandinavia, Asia except for the polar zones, the Arabian Peninsula and India.