Animals

Monday, 2 February 2026
23 facts about Narwhal
23 facts about Narwhal
Sea unicorn
Monodon Monoceros, or single-tooth narwhal, is the only representative of the genus Monodon from the Monodontidae family. These relatively small mamma ...

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Hammerhead sharks
Hammerheads are viviparous.
After a long gestation, females give birth to living, fully developed offspring. They reproduce once a year, and birth usually up to 15 pups. Great hammerheads can birth up to 40 pups per litter.
Common Surinam toad
Only eggs laid on the back of the female can develop. Those that have fallen to the bottom of the water body die.
In the first few days of development, some of the eggs that have been shallowly buried in the female’s skin are also pushed out by eggs deeper in the skin.
Bull snake
They are not venomous.
To subdue and kill their prey they constrict it by wrapping around its body.
Laughing kookaburra
Chicks are ready to fledge within 33 – 39 days.
However, they still rely on their family pack for food and protection.
Leopard geckos
Its tail, which is as long as its body, serves as fat storage.
It comes in handy while food is scarce.
Common cuckoo
It takes a few seconds for the egg to be laid in a nest.
During this time, the female cuckoo ejects or eats one of the host eggs.
Pink river dolphin
They mate from November to late October.
Alpaca
Alpaca fiber is extremely fine and belongs to the group of special fibers.
It has excellent thermal insulating properties, warms much better than sheep's wool, and at the same ...
Adder
The puff adder usually grows up to 90 centimeters in length, but individuals are measuring more than 110 centimeters.
Tigers
In nature, the gene conditioning white fur occurs in one in ten thousand specimens.