German Cockroach
The most common type of urban roach
The most common type of urban roach
Black mambas are the longest venomous snake in Africa, and second longest in the world.
Dog ticks feed on dogs and other mammals
The owl can rotate its head some 270 degrees
Has up to 45 eggs per egg case
Females glue egg cases to furniture
Can live its entire life indoors
The tradition of hiding your face with a napkin or towel while eating this bird was begun by a priest who was a friend of the great French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
A duck species that resembles a goose when flying
Lappet-faced vultures are tidy and wash their heads in a body of water after they’ve eaten
Is the most populous bird in the world
The electric catfish can discharge an electric shock up to 450 volts
Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.
Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.
Vipers are one of the most widespread groups of snakes and inhabit most
The first two lavender albino ball pythons were wild-hatched and imported from Africa.
African fish eagles belong to the genus of sea eagles
The males raise the young