100% Real Funny Names For Animals That Will Crack You Up

Sarcastic Fringehead is probably the scariest sea creature known to man, thankfully, they're not very large as the adult fishes reach only up to 10 inches in length. Fringeheads choose to live in warm waters and can be found near the coasts of California and Mexico. These little fishes are very aggressive and attack anything, including humans, that dare to disturb them. One more fun fact about Fringeheads is the use of the word 'sarcastic' in their name - sarcastic, translated from Latin literally, means 'flesh tearing,' and it definitely adds some charm to this ferocious fish.

Sea sparkles, though it may seem like it, are not distant relatives of unicorns, but rather a kind of sea algae that shows the trait of bioluminescence. Though their ghostly glow might seem toxic, these sea sparkles are totally harmless. The color of their gleam is partly determined by the place they live in and the phytoplankton (tiny plant particles) that they eat. Pictured here are the blue-glowing sparkles, but they can also be seen emitting red and green gleam.

Slippery dick fish is a species of wrasses - colorful little fishes, that are native to tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Slippery dicks are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they are all initially female, changing into males later in life. The gender changing process is marked with unique body colors for each stage.

The Go-Away-Bird, a descendant of Afrotropics, got his name, not because of his hostile temper, but rather of its distinctive g'way call. This specific call is more clear when produced by its cousin the Grey-Face Go-Away-Bird. You can listen to it here.

There aren't many facts known about this Impressed Tortoise, partly because of their preference for living in high altitudes up to 6,600ft in Thailand's mountains. The elusive tortoise mostly eats mushrooms and is not adaptable of living in captivity.

This creature's chocolate chip markings are really 'horns' that are used for protection since it is a diet staple for several species of fish and also some cannibalistic starfish types. Though these starfishes are blind and its organism has no blood but rather water, it can regrow any of its lost 'arms.'

This Namibian Savannah inhabitant weighs around 40 grams and can grow up to 5cm in length. These little gerbils are highly sociable creatures and are known to communicate with each other by drumming on the ground with their tiny hairy feet. Though they are herbivores, the gerbil's favorite delicatessen is the exoskeletons of bugs.

The glamorously named worms have so many amazing facts about them that it is really quite hard to put it all in a couple of sentences. In short, though, they eat oils in dead whale's bones, while secreting acid, capable of melting bone. The female worms have their dwarf male partners living inside of them. Hundreds of them. Once a dead whale's carcass is discovered, thousands of worms gather to devour it, so it looks like the bones are covered with a fluffy red rug. If given a chance, the Snot-Flowers eats human bones with gusto. More on these glorious worms here.

The national bird of Peru, Cock of the Rocks is known for its bright orange plumage and fan-shaped crest. These animals usually nest on the Andean mountain rocks, hence the name. Not only are they bright and colorful, but they have a pretty spectacular song too. You can hear their rooster-on-steroids call here.

The pencil eraser-sized Sparklemuffin come from a genus called Maratus. These venomous, though harmless to humans spiders have a very fascinating mating ritual, which consists of various dance moves, showing off their flashy butt fans, drumming on their mates' head and being eaten for lousy moves by the cannibalistic females.