Smokybrown Cockroach
Has up to 45 eggs per egg case
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Crucian Carp
Can survive drought by burying itself in mud.
Brown-banded Cockroach
Females glue egg cases to furniture
Brown Dog Tick
Can live its entire life indoors
Ortolan Bunting
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.
European Bee-Eater
They can eat up to 250 bees per day!
Fer-de-lance Snake
The Most Dangerous Snake in the Americas
Common European Adder
European adders are the only snake that lives above the Arctic Circle.
Cinereous Vulture
This vulture can fly at great heights. At least one was found a few thousand feet from the top of Mount Everest.
Griffon Vulture
Can spot a dead animal from thousands of feet away
Eurasian Jay
The Eurasian jay has the ability to mimic other sounds
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.
European Corn Borer
Female can lay up to 600 eggs in her 14-day lifespan
Grey Heron
Male grey herons are picky about their mates. They'll reject a female that they don't fancy.
Woolly Rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros roamed the earth between three and a half million and 14,000 years ago.
Red Kite
This bird moves its tail to steer its body like a rudder on a boat.
Codling Moth
Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.
