Animals

Wednesday, 5 August 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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Bonobo
Another name for the pygmy chimpanzee is bonobo, and this is now the commonly used name for the species.
The name first appeared in 1954, when Austrian zoologist Eduard Paul Tratz and German biologist Hein ...
Bonobo
There is no knowledge of the lifespan of bonobos in the wild.
They can live about 40 years in captivity, so it is presumed that they live much shorter lives in the wild.
Octopus
Octopuses can also breathe through their very thin skin.
According to research, while an octopus is resting, up to 41% of its oxygen needs can be met by cutaneous respiration.
Sea lamprey
They migrate upstream from bodies of water to spawn.
Fish that behave in this way are called anadromous. When they reach their destination, the male begi ...
American mink
The wild population of American mink spread thanks to the Soviet Union, which from 1937 to the 1950s carried out a large-scale acclimatization campaign for these animals.
About 20.000 were probably released then into the wild, and they spread rapidly.
Sperm whale
In the spermaceti’s head, in special chambers between the skull bones and subcutaneous sacs, there is an oily substance called spermaceti.
It is a semi-liquid substance consisting mainly of palmitoyl esters and cetyl alcohol, produced in a ...
Tigers
Within the last 100 years, their historical habitat has shrunk to 6%.
As recently as the 19th century, tigers were spread from eastern Turkey through the South Caucasus t ...
Pterodactyls
The pterosaur clade consists of many genera, including Pterodactylus and Pteranodon, which are the most commonly depicted in modern culture.
Paleontologists claim there are more than 130 valid pterosaur genera, which fossils were found in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Turtles
Hearing is residually present in them.
They are most sensitive to sounds in the range of about 100Hz, and cannot hear sounds above 500 Hz.
Alpaca
Alpacas have the splitted upper lip characteristic of camelids and continuously growing teeth that must be trimmed.
Alpacas that feed on silica-rich plants partially wear down their teeth.