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Interesting facts about reptiles and amphibians
Cold-blooded, ancient, strange — from the chameleon with its magical tongue to turtles that live 150 years. Amazing stories.
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An anaconda swallows prey 5 times its head size—how is that possible?
Imagine swallowing a watermelon whole, without chewing it. For an anaconda, it's a regular dinner.
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The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard with venom in its saliva.
A three-meter lizard with poison in its mouth. And it lives on the only island on the entire planet.
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The dart frog listens with its ears in its throat—its lungs work like drums
The dart frog's ears aren't where you think they are. They're... inside its mouth and in its lungs.
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The crocodile has not changed in 200 million years - the oldest creature on Earth
Dinosaurs are extinct. Mammoths are extinct. And the crocodile swims in the rivers exactly the same as it did 200 million years ago.
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The horned frog inflates a throat sac 4 times its size
Imagine your throat suddenly becoming four times the size of you. This is a common occurrence for a horned frog.
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Salamander regrows lost legs and tails—as its DNA does
Lost a paw? No problem — a new one will grow in 8 weeks. The salamander can do what doctors only dream of.
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A chameleon changes color not for camouflage — but to suit its mood
We think a chameleon is hiding from predators. But it's just... showing its emotions.
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Why turtles live 150 years - the secret is in a slow heart
By the time you read this story, the turtle's heart will have beaten only 6 times. Perhaps this is its secret.
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A chameleon's tongue catches a fly in 0.07 seconds—faster than you blink
Try blinking. Didn't have time? And the chameleon had already shot out its tongue, caught the fly and returned it to its mouth.
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How a gecko walks on the ceiling - a billion micro-hairs on its paws
Imagine: on one gecko paw there are a billion hairs—each one a thousand times finer than a human hair.