Table of Contents TLDR Strap-toothed whales (Mesoplodon layardii) eat squid — almost exclusively. A landmark stomach-content study found 24 species of deep-sea squid made up 94.8% of everything recovered, led…
TLDR Northern Ireland has never had a native snake — not one, not ever. The only reptile that actually lives here year-round is the common lizard (also called the viviparous…
Type “fish of Scotland” into a search bar and you get the same eight names rearranged: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, sea trout, grayling, arctic charr, pike, maybe a wrasse if…
Europe’s fish don’t get the same attention as its mammals or birds, which is strange, because the continent’s rivers, lakes, and coastal seas hold everything from two-meter catfish to fish…
Type “fish of Korea” into a search bar and you get two options: a Wikipedia taxonomy page with dozens of unlabeled links, or a specialist checklist built for ichthyologists who…
TLDR A spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) has never been seen alive, but a landmark 2024 necropsy in New Zealand finally gave scientists direct evidence of its diet: squid beaks, squid…
TLDR Longman’s beaked whales eat mostly squid, plus some deep-sea fish, hunted in near-total darkness more than 1,000 meters down. They don’t chew or bite — they suck their prey…
Table of Contents TLDR Egypt runs two completely separate fish inventories that happen to share a border. The Nile gives you tilapia (bolti), catfish (karmout), and the outsized Nile perch…
Table of Contents The Short Answer Shepherd’s beaked whale eats squid, deep-sea fish, and crab. That’s it — no elaborate mystery, just three prey categories pulled from the guts of…