Snakes have exceptional climbing abilities. You can see them climbing tall trees and sometimes you can see snakes trying to climb walls, and with that, the question arises. Can snakes climb walls? The answer is it depends on the wall. If the wall is smooth, then a snake won’t be able to climb the wall, but if the wall is not …

  Sometimes during festivals, people pour milk on snakes thinking that the snake may drink the milk. It is a widespread practice. But do snakes drink milk? No, a snake doesn’t drink milk. They drink water because they need water for their survival. Snakes may drink milk when someone forcefully dehydrates them for days, and when a snake sees a liquid, …

Cockroaches are fascinating creatures and seeing them bleed is rare. Only lizards and other big predators consume them, and they consume them whole so, you probably won’t see them bleeding at that time. But, do cockroaches bleed? Yes, cockroaches bleed, but their blood is not red because it doesn’t use hemoglobin to carry the oxygen throughout their body. Their blood is …

Cockroaches are nocturnal animals, so they are more active at night compared to morning or evening. You’ll see their numbers reaching its peak after approximately 4 hours after getting dark. So if they are active at night then when do they sleep? Or do cockroaches sleep? Yes, cockroaches sleep. They have a circadian rhythm much like us, but, their cycle is …

There are various species of lizards, and the most common one is a home gecko. We encounter them daily, and there is usually more than one gecko in a house. So, if they die, they can become a nuisance. So, does dead lizard smell? Yes, they emit a horrible smell when they are dead. This smell just keeps on increasing …

The gizzard is a small, round thick muscular lining structure. Cockroach gizzard has six teeth and bacteria which helps them digest food. Before digesting the food the food stays in the cockroach gizzard for a while. So, how many teeth are present in gizzard of cockroach? There are six teeth in the gizzard of cockroach. These teeth are very sharp …

The orb-weaver spider can reach high altitudes because of the ability of ballooning. They can climb the tallest building, climb mountains, climb tall trees. If there is food, they can keep on climbing and reach even higher altitudes.  The chances of climbing a high rising building are the lowest because the spider will not find any food over there.  If there …

Ant spider is a spider that mimics ants to protect themselves against predators and also to eat ants. 300 different species of ant spider are found worldwide. The mimicking behavior serves a very important purpose. Ant Spider is excellent in mimicking. They take this form to protect themselves against predators. Many predators avoid ants as they stay in a group, …

Zebra cockroach is a gorgeous species of cockroach. They have a black line at the base of each abdominal segment, which resemblance the patterns of a zebra. Thus the name zebra cockroach. Cockroaches are insects, and there are 4600 species of them. Only a tiny amount of them, i.e., 30 lives with us and others, can be found in the …

Shrimp are decapod found in oceans and seas, and cockroaches are insects found on land, usually inside our house or in the wild. They have many things in common. But are shrimp related to cockroaches? Shrimp and Cockroach belong to the same phylum Arthropoda or anthropods. They had a common ancestor million of years ago. Apart from that, they don’t …