Switzerland

German Cockroach

The most common type of urban roach

Lazarus Lizard

Lazarus Lizards can communicate through chemical and visual signals.

Rat Snakes

Rat snakes are constrictors from the Colubridae family of snakes.

European Robin

Male robins are so aggressive and territorial that they will attack their own reflections.

Dog Tick

Dog ticks feed on dogs and other mammals

Owl

The owl can rotate its head some 270 degrees

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.

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.

Woolly Rhinoceros

The woolly rhinoceros roamed the earth between three and a half million and 14,000 years ago.

Codling Moth

Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.