Western Sahara

Brown-banded Cockroach

Females glue egg cases to furniture

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.

Electric Catfish

The electric catfish can discharge an electric shock up to 450 volts

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.

Codling Moth

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

Dusky Shark

The Dusky Shark sometimes eats trash discarded by humans.

Viper

Vipers are one of the most widespread groups of snakes and inhabit most

Golden Eagle

Their calls sound like high-pitched screams, but they are quiet most of the time.