German Cockroach
The most common type of urban roach
The most common type of urban roach
There are just under 400 species, several of which change color.
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
The most popular species of feeder roach
Only females have the ‘lone star’ marking
Can live its entire life indoors
The blind snake is often mistaken for a worm.
Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.
Some species can change color from dark to light, and back again.
The ring-billed gull feeds on vast quantities of human waste and garbage.
Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.
Pit vipers's fangs fold up into their mouths when they don't need them.
They inhabit regrowing forests
In captivity, sharp-shinned hawks can live up to 13 years. However, in the wild, this number is significantly reduced to 3 years!
They line their nests with fungi strands