Cuckoo Bee Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Cuckoo Bee serves as the name collectively used to refer to any of large variety of bees. More specifically, though, the somewhat interesting term refers to those bee species that have developed a highly fascinating pattern. That pattern is the astonishing practice of actually laying their eggs […]
Devil’s Flower Mantis
Source: http://bit.ly/2GEsEnx Photographer: Juan Emilio CC License: http://bit.ly/2xLZ0ap Devils Flower Mantis Facts Firstly, the amazing Devil’s Flower Mantis remains one of the largest of all the roughly 2,400 known praying mantis varieties. Also, of those mantises that mimic flowers, this rather impressive species actually represents the largest known. In addition, the remarkable and relatively large insect is the […]
Goliath Beetle
Goliath Beetle Facts Most notably, the truly phenomenal Goliath Beetle truly earns its attention-grabbing common name. That’s because this fabulous arthropod easily ranks as one of the largest and heaviest insects currently known to man. However, the highly descriptive term applies to a total of five separate, but quite similar, species contained in the […]
Deathstalker Scorpion
DeathStalker Scorpion Facts The Deathstalker Scorpion bears the scientific name of Leiurus quinquestriatus. It represents a truly impressive species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. This remarkable arachnid also ranks as an extremely dangerous variety of scorpion. To clarify, its venom contains an incredibly powerful combination of neurotoxins. It remains capable of delivering a lethal sting […]
Cape Honey Bee
Cape Honey Bee Facts The term Cape Honey Bee refers to a particularly remarkable subspecies of the Western honey bee. It also goes by the difficult to pronounce scientific name of the Apis mellifera capensis. By either name, however, it stand out from related species for a unique reason. In fact, due to this trait, […]
Asian Palm Civet
Asian Palm Civet Facts The Asian Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, or toddy cat, constitutes a small-sized member of the Viverridae family which means that it actually has a distant relationship to felines. This interesting animal luckily rather displays great adaptability to different habitats. For this reason, the IUCN lists it as a species of Least […]
Limnonectes larvaepartus
Limnonectes larvaepartus Facts The recently discovered species known as the Limnonectes larvaepartus truly represents a highly unique species of frog. This newly recognized and quite remarkable animal species does not yet possess a common name, unfortunately. The amazing creature received its first scientific recognition in 1994, though under a different, temporary designation. Its first formal […]
Leaping Lesbian Lizard
Leaping Lesbian Lizard Facts Somewhat uniquely, the Leaping Lesbian Lizard serves as the popular name for a particular New Mexico Whiptail Lizard. What sets it apart, however, is the fact that it was produced through the inter-breeding of two distinct native species of lizard. Amazingly, this astonishing lizard resulted from the mixing of the Little […]
Hourglass Dolphin
Hourglass Dolphin Facts Firstly, the remarkable Hourglass Dolphin remains an extremely rarely encountered variety of cetacean. In fact, only 6 complete specimens of the impressive animal, living or dead, have ever been studied. As a result of this rather astonishing fact, scientists have very little reliable physical data about this particular species of cetacean. Reasonable […]
Rhinoceros Cockroach
Rhinoceros Cockroach Facts The Rhinoceros Cockroach ranks as the heaviest species of cockroach known to man. This insect also bears the popular name of the giant burrowing cockroach. The name remains rather appropriate as the insect has a tendency to construct extensive burrows roughly 3.1 ft (1 m) beneath the surface. Differentiating it from most other […]