Naughty Animals
There’s a word humans use when an animal does something inconvenient. Naughty. But are they really naughty or are our minds not seeing the full picture?
Category: Insects, bugs and spiders
“Why Only The Girls Bite!”
It’s only the ladies who have the hunger for your blood! What do they need it for? Learn more about mozzies and their love of fashion and your smelly feet.
Why does my dog eat its poop?
One frequently asked question posed to veterinarians and searched on Google is, “Why does my dog eat its poop?” We think it is disgusting but clearly they don’t!
It’s just another acacia tree. Or is it?
It might look just like another tree on the Serengti plains, but when you look close, you’ll see an intricate mutualistic relationship between these various species that are truly fascinating to observe.
Snails that look Gothic
What an incredible looking snail! This stunning looking snail is endemic to a very specific mountainous forest area on the Malaysian Peninsula. The Fire Snail – named after its bright red foot – is one of the rarest, most sought after snail species in the world. The Platymma tweediei has a distinctive black shell that […]
Cockroaches are really quite interesting!
Cockroaches are actually quite helpful! Cockroaches are very useful scavengers eating decaying vegetation and pretty much anything already decaying. So without cockroaches (and termites and dung beetles) the world would be piled high with trash. Did you know that only 12 out of the 4,000 species of cockroaches are pests. They can live without a […]