Wildlife

04 Apr 2024 17:42

A cow has about 25 thousand taste buds on its tongue, while a human has about 10 thousand.

Wildlife

03 Apr 2024 20:41

The Amazonian crowned fly-eater Onychorhynchus coronatus is a small bird with a thin beak, a body length of 15-17 cm and a weight of 13-21 g, living in South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil).

If it were not for the beautiful "kokoshnik" (which the bird demonstrates only during the mating season or if it is necessary to scare someone), these fly-eaters could be mistaken for ordinary European flycatchers.

The feathers that make up the crest are usually colored fiery red with blue tips in males. The females, who do not want to resemble each other, flaunt stunning yellow or orange shades of hairstyles.

The diet of this fly-eater includes various insects (mainly flying), including dragonflies, beetles, hymenoptera, lepidoptera and arthropods.

Despite their small size, fly eaters build luxury apartments for themselves: the diameter of their nests sometimes reaches two meters. These cunning birds make nests above the water so that predators do not get there

Wildlife

01 Apr 2024 01:19

A hungry snail is not picky and often eats everything it can find. Snails can even feed on algae, fungi and mold.

Wildlife

31 Mar 2024 00:14

Most impala cubs are born at noon, when their enemies are resting. Noon is the safest part of the day for these antelopes. The female stays with the cub for a few more days away from the herd, and then they return together.

Wildlife

30 Mar 2024 00:11

A black snake, or a black echidna, or a red-bellied black asp. 

A species of venomous snakes from the family of asps, which lives in various regions of Eurasia. 
These snakes got their names because of the peculiarities of their body coloration, which can range from black to dark gray, and some species also have a reddish tinge on the ventral side.

Wildlife

29 Mar 2024 00:33

A baby prehensile-tailed porcupine.

It lives in the rainforests of most of South America - in the south its range reaches the borders of Argentina.
Instead of walking on the ground, hiding in burrows and eating roots and insects, like all ordinary porcupines, the tenacious tail prefers to live in trees, sleep in hollows, and eat fruits, leaves and bark.

Wildlife

28 Mar 2024 00:07

Marine iguanas are the only lizards that spend most of their time in the ocean and are endemic to the Galapagos Islands. They can dive to a depth of 30 meters and hold their breath for up to an hour!

Wildlife

27 Mar 2024 00:17

Tarantula.

The body length of the largest tarantulas is about six centimeters, excluding the paw span.
But with a relatively modest body size, the tarantula's paw span can reach 20-25 centimeters.
All tarantulas are poisonous, but their venom is not capable of killing a person.
In terms of toxicity and consequences, a tarantula bite for humans is comparable to a bee sting.

Wildlife

26 Mar 2024 00:18

Katydids.

Katydids are relatives of grasshoppers. 
They live all over the world, with the exception of the polar regions.
These insects are usually active at night, and they can be heard, but they are difficult to see because of their diverse coloration, which helps them hide from predators.
Katydids are famous for their ability to produce sounds using their front wings, like a creaking sound or a circular song. 
They use these sounds to attract partners and to communicate.

Wildlife

25 Mar 2024 00:45

Lynxes have very sharp hearing. They can hear human footsteps several kilometers away.

Wildlife

24 Mar 2024 00:16

A visual video showing how parrots feed their chicks 🦜

Chicks cannot digest hard food like adult parrots do, so they need to eat foods that are easily digested. Parent parrots regurgitate partially digested food into the chick's beak, so it receives the nutrients necessary for development.

Wildlife

23 Mar 2024 00:40

The genius of disguise ― that's exactly what I want to say about the caterpillar, which lives in India and Southeast Asia. Even knowing that a caterpillar is sitting on a leaf, you won't be able to find it right away. 
The fact is that the insect practically merges with its surroundings.

Wildlife

22 Mar 2024 00:15

Cuculus cuckoos are famous for their ability to force other birds to raise their own chicks by laying eggs in other people's nests.

Once hatched, cuckoos develop faster than siblings, while they can take food from other chicks and will not miss the opportunity to push them out of the nest. 

And it happens that the cuckoo hatches first, then it eliminates competitors before they are born! Small, weak, without feathers - he manages to throw the whole clutch of eggs out of the nest.

The hatched cuckoo has a very sensitive back. As soon as he touches other eggs with it, he begins to arch his back and rise on his paws, trying to push all the eggs or other chicks out of the nest. 

Having no competitors now, the cuckoo will grow rapidly and leave the nest on 20-22 days, being two to three times larger than its foster parents

Wildlife

21 Mar 2024 00:21

The spectacled bear. 

It lives in various regions of North America, including Alaska, Canada and some parts of the USA. 
Externally, it stands out for its characteristic "dots" - light rings around the eyes, which give it a special charm. 
Like other species of bears, the spectacled bear is an omnivorous animal, it feeds on various plants, roots, berries, nuts, as well as small animals, fish and insects.

Wildlife

20 Mar 2024 00:10

Snakes have nostrils, but they can't smell with them. They detect odors using a forked tongue, which is used to collect particles from the environment and then transfer them to the oral cavity for analysis.

Wildlife

04 Apr 2024 01:17

Morpho is a genus of butterflies from Central and South America, numbering about 80 species. Most of them are quite large and extremely beautiful — sapphire blue, light blue and purple tones.

Wildlife

01 Apr 2024 17:48

The gray or tree fox can deftly climb trees and jump from branch to branch. It differs from other foxes by a more flexible spine, developed shoulder girdle muscles, short muscular paws and increased mobility of the joints of the forelimbs.

Wildlife

31 Mar 2024 17:33

The owl's eyes look only forward, the bird cannot move them like a human. 
Mustache has no eyeballs. That is why owls are not able to rotate their eyes or move them.

Wildlife

30 Mar 2024 16:41

Lemurs live in large friendly families, fights and conflicts in which are a vanishing rarity

Wildlife

29 Mar 2024 16:22

The male ruby hummingbird often looks very dark until it turns towards the sun, and then its plumage flashes a bright color.

Wildlife

28 Mar 2024 16:39

Kestrel versus Cockatoo. Parrots are not as harmless as they may seem at first glance!

Wildlife

27 Mar 2024 16:41

The brain of a wolf is about a third larger than the brain of a dog.

Wildlife

26 Mar 2024 16:35

Tinker.

Tinkers are universal horses for harness and saddles. And the calm and balanced nature makes these horses a good option for novice riders.
At many racetracks, tankers are used to escort hot Arabian or English-bred horses to the starting boxes. With their serenity, these horses help to calm their fellows before the start of the race.

Wildlife

25 Mar 2024 16:28

Brown-eared arasari. 

They live in the rainforests of South America, especially in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

These birds feed on fruits, berries, nuts and seeds, and can also eat insects and other small animals.

In the wild, brown-eared arasari live in large flocks, where they communicate through loud cries. During the mating season, males perform spectacular dances in front of females to attract their attention.

Wildlife

24 Mar 2024 16:48

Falcons are the fastest birds on earth.

Wildlife

23 Mar 2024 16:39

The hearing of owls is very subtle, the frequency of sound that the owl's ears are able to pick up starts from 2 Hz, and a person at best picks up a sound with a frequency of 16 Hz.

Wildlife

22 Mar 2024 16:21

Top 10 reasons to get home from work as soon as possible:

Wildlife

21 Mar 2024 16:39

The cat learned how to control the iPad with the help of paws and tongue.

He'll start ordering his own food soon.

Wildlife

20 Mar 2024 16:35

A Chinese farmer has organized a dance floor for his pigs.

Wildlife

19 Mar 2024 13:22

Peters's proboscis dog Rhynchocyon petersi is a mammal from the family of hoppers found in Kenya and northeastern Tanzania with nearby islands (Zanzibar and Mafia).

These dogs are very similar to other jumping, well-known to us - elephant shrews, which we wrote about here (/channel/run_to_me/135 ), here (/channel/run_to_me/368 ) and there (/channel/run_to_me/895 ). How do they differ from others?

Mostly in size. There are jumpers with a body length of only 10-12 cm and a weight of 40-50 g, but Peters's dog is a real giant! - 22-30 cm long and weighing up to 500 g.

In addition, Peters's dog builds nests of plant material in a small depression on the ground or even dig shallow burrows, and the rest of the jumping stuff costs the first shelters that come along.