Europe

Cinereous Vulture

This vulture can fly at great heights. At least one was found a few thousand feet from the top of Mount Everest.

Kestrel

Can hang suspended on wind currents

Dunnock

Both male and female dunnocks can have multiple mates every breeding season

Trout

They don’t have scales for their first month of life!

Eurasian Jay

The Eurasian jay has the ability to mimic other sounds

Blue Tit

The blue tit can hang upside down from branches

Sea Roach

They breathe through gills but live on land

Harlequin Snake

They are sometimes called American cobras because they belong to the same family as cobras!

Whinchat

The whinchat can imitate the songs of at least a dozen other tpes of birds!

Whiting

"Whiting" can refer to certain other species of ray-finned fish

Cat Snake

Some cat snakes have a prehensile tail that helps them climb into trees.

Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.