Features and habitat Bird of paradise is not a fantastic creature, but an ordinary earthly creature. In Latin, such birds are called Paradisaeidae and are the closest relative of the usual magpies and crows, belonging to the order of passerines. The appearance of these creatures is beautiful and inimitable.

Four new species of bees - three of which have a narrow head and an unusually long mouth proboscis - were discovered by scientists in Australia. Bees discovered during the Bush Blitz research program have evolved and developed unique “adaptations” to feed on native plants.

Salvini cichlazoma (Cichlasoma salvini) when buying it in adolescence is a fairly gray fish, attracting little attention. But everything changes when she becomes an adult, then this is a very beautiful and bright fish, which is noticeable in the aquarium and her gaze stops. Salvini is a medium-sized fish, it can grow up to 22 cm, but usually less.

The most vulnerable places in the body of the mini-pig, which is becoming increasingly popular, are the patch, ears and eyes. It is these places that are most vulnerable to the development of diseases and infection. Therefore, the owner of the mini-pig should pay special attention to these parts of the body, otherwise the health of the mini-pig can be significantly spoiled.

A cladophore spherical or Egagropila Linnaeus (Latin Aegagropila linnaei) is not a higher aquatic plant and not even moss, but a type of algae that, under certain conditions, takes the form of a ball. Among aquarists kladofora is popular because of its interesting shape, unpretentiousness, the ability to live in different aquariums and at the same time purify the water.

A beautiful peculiar animal cat lemur is familiar to many people with its amusing appearance. This animal has got into more than one cartoon due to its cute appearance and interesting behavior. Primate cat lemur belongs to the suborder of wet-nosed. Until now, scientists know up to 100 species of lemurs.

Seven new species of tiny frogs have been discovered in seven different mountain ranges in southwestern Brazil. The cool “cloud forests” of this region have a unique climate, separated by warm valleys that isolate the tops of the hills, and make them look like islets. In these interesting places there are about 21 known species of frogs - Brachycephalus frog.

Have you been to a pond or lake for a long time? Have you heard these endless croaking serenades? So the lake frog, or Pelophilax ridibundus, sings. Frog with a bright green stripe - who is she? Lake Frog If you were fishing, you probably noticed a large concentration of frogs near the shore of a lake or pond.

Golden gourami is a very beautiful fish, which is descended from the classic form of gourami - spotted. The world first learned about it in 1970, when aquarists for a long time were engaged in selection and crossbreeding, while they achieved a stable and beautiful color of golden gourami. This type of gourami, like everyone else, belongs to the labyrinth, that is, they can also breathe atmospheric oxygen, except for dissolved in water.

Cuprey is a flat-headed bull, which today is most likely extinct. Unfortunately, it has been little studied, since it led a secretive lifestyle in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. The word cupri or cupro in the language of the local population means "gray cow." This bull is an inhabitant of the territory of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

Features and habitat of the trumpeter Virtually any beautiful, spiral-shaped shell found on the coast resembles the shell of a trumpeter mollusk. Although shellfish, similar to a trumpeter, a huge number. Mollusk trumpeter For example, the same rapan (rapana), often found in the Black Sea and so familiar to all vacationers, is very similar to it.

A large representative of the dinosaurs that lived in the late Cretaceous is the ankylosaurus dinosaur. His remains were found in the west of North America, and he got his name due to the special structure of the body ribs, which are curved outward. Curved - this is how the Ankylosaurus is literally translated from Greek.