Russia

Smokybrown Cockroach

Has up to 45 eggs per egg case

Ural owl

The Ural owl can rotate its head up to 270 degrees

Grass Carp

The grass carp is considered to be a natural weed control agent.

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.

Cinereous Vulture

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

Beauty rat snake

Beauty Rat Snakes are relatively harmless if left undisturbed, only attempting to bite out of fear.

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.

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.