Facts about animals

Octopuses are very unusual creatures, both in appearance and in their properties. It is not surprising that in the era

Orangutans are daytime animals. They rise at dawn and search for food for a couple of hours. During the daytime

Ostriches are amazing and in many ways unique. Inhabit only in quite hot countries, they do not really look like

Otter is another member of the family of cunies. You can meet it almost in any part of the world,

Woodlice are terrestrial crustaceans, and, in spite of their appearance, they are much closer to shrimp or lobsters by kinship than

Some kinds of oysters are used in cooking and are a delicacy. Pearl oysters are not used for food, of

Magpies are birds, to which popular rumor ascribes a passion for petty theft and vain talk. Such a reputation for

Manatees are representatives of a detachment of sirens, relatives of mammals of the eastern hemisphere called dugoni. It is believed

Meerkats have been studied for many years by different groups of scientists. As a result of research on meerkats, many

One of the most amazing amphibians on the earth is the frog. These representatives of the fauna do not have

A small animal, a mole that lives underground, has an elongated trunk up to 20 cm long, covered with a

There is hardly anyone who has never heard of a mongoose. Thanks to the famous writer Rudyard Kipling, this animal

Monkeys are the most developed of our smaller brothers. Of course, not all of them are the same – there

Moose have the largest horns among all mammals. The swing of the horn reaches -180 cm, weight: 20 – 30

In ancient Egypt embalmed not only cats, but also mice; A white-skinned (or reindeer) mouse does not have a collarbone,

The Black Panther is an amazing, graceful creature, strong and independent. These animals live mainly in hot countries of South-East

Peacocks for their magnificent tail have become such a symbol of external beauty and dapper. Perhaps, only the tail and

Pelicans at first sight seem very unusual birds. Their huge beak looks disproportionate to the size of the body, however,

While walking in the zoo near the enclosure with penguins, we are touched, looking at these lovely and funny birds.

White tigers are larger than orange tigers. The wool of these tigers is pale and has a chocolate-colored strip. The

The existence of poultry farms and breeding pheasants has long been considered not a novelty in Europe and other continents.

Piranhas are predatory tropical fishes living in fresh rivers of Central America, mainly in the Amazon. The representatives of piranhids

The Platypus is one of the most interesting inhabitants of the Australian continent. In the first, when the scientists saw

The white bear is winded differently: the northern bear, the polar bear, and the northern peoples call the nun or

Porcupine is a mammal that belongs to a detachment of rodents. Do you know a lot of interesting facts about

Opossum refers to the most ancient marsupial mammal. The ancestors of these animals appeared at the end of the Cretaceous

There are about 200 species of woodpeckers. These birds have a very wide range of habitats, but mostly they live

Wasps are loners, and there are also social insects. Public wasps live in huge colonies, single people live alone. There

Wombats are herbivorous marsupial mammals, which in appearance resemble small bears. These animals appeared on Earth about 18 million years

The wolf is the most mysterious animal of the living. His way of life and habits often lead people into

The whale shark is the largest shark and the largest fish in the world. The length of the whale shark