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100 Rare And Bizarre Creatures That Prove Nature Has A Much Wilder Imagination Than We Do
The arctic fox completely swaps its dark summer coat for a snow-white one when winter is coming. The kidney garden spider looks just like the Pringles man. And the world’s cutest sheep can be found in Switzerland.
These are the kinds of animals you will find in this list today — slightly strange, rare, weird… but truly adorable.
We’ve rounded up the best photos of the most unconventional animals from this online page that highlights the wonders of evolution and the incredible diversity of life.
Read on to see how some of these animals are also actively helping scientists unlock medical breakthroughs and predict climate shifts.
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Stephanie Did It 5 months ago
Imagine your entire reason for existence is to be adorable. 1000%
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Stephanie Did It 5 months ago
Somehow, this image of a tiny sweet little mouse just doesn't scream "carnivore" but here we are.
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"… a species of frog … found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama." (Granular Glass Frog, iNaturalist)
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Mother of Giants 5 months ago (edited)
Looks like she just told you she wants to talk to your manager... Standing there with her big hair, hands on her hips, tapping her foot in her shiny shoes, carrying her little purse.... edit: spelling
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
Recently learned this: "… poison dart frogs are completely non-toxic when captive bred. Even wild-caught frogs gradually lose their poisons in captivity". "In order to create their toxins, poison dart frogs need certain chemicals, which are present in the insects they eat in the wild." ( Poison Dart Frog Care Sheet, Reptiles Magazine )
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David Paterson 5 months ago
The biscuit starfish has five arms. This is a rare genetic mutation.
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David Paterson 5 months ago
Not convinced. For one thing this is two sea urchins. For another it is only like this after its spines have been removed?
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
Wild cats like caracals and servals were not meant to be kept as pets OR bred to the domestic feline. Wild hybridized "pet" cat breeds such as the Caracat, Savannah Cat, and yes, even the Bengal Cat are not always suitable housepets. Plus supporting these breeds adds to the trapping and exploitation of wild caracals and servals in order to produce these hybrids. Servals and caracals like the kittens above are adorable... in the wild, where they should be.
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"The Indian giant squirrel is one of the largest squirrels, with a head–and–body length of 25–50 cm (10–20 in), a tail that is about the same or somewhat longer, and a weight of 1.5–2 kg (3–4 lb), although rarely up to 3 kg (7 lb). Average for both sexes is about 36 cm (1 ft 2 in) in head–and–body length, 45 cm (1 ft 6 in) in tail length and 1.7–1.8 kg (3.7–4.0 lb) in weight." (Indian giant squirrel, Wikipedia)
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
They belong to the superfamily Herpestoidea (below Order but above Family.) This superfamily also includes hyenas and mongooses!
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
They are a member of the Procyonidae family - which includes raccoons!
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
This one actually IS a dog! Well, so to speak XD Not really a dog, per se (its closest relatives are the maned wolf and the African wild dog) but it IS a canid! XD
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Kya Ajiira 5 months ago
For some odd reason, I find jumping spiders so cute and fuzzy. Even the way they move is cute.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
This is a female wasp. The males of the species have wings :)
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"… from the lower Andes and adjacent west Amazonian lowlands". "With a total length of 5–6 in (13–15 cm) and weighing 0.28–0.44 oz (7.9–12.5 g), it is a relatively large hummingbird". (Buff-tailed sicklebill, Wikipedia)
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
In some species of caecilians, the mothers actually produce a substance that is rich in fats and carbohydrates from their ventral opening that the young "nurse" on, which is as close to mammalian milk as an amphibian is going to get XD
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
Sea dragons are the lesser-known group of the seahorse family: lifespan around 3 years; very slow, up to 17 m/hr (56 ft/hr) (Sea Dragons Facts, Fact Animal)
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"Lysmata debelius is a species of cleaner shrimp indigenous to the Indo-Pacific. It is popular in the aquarium trade, where it is known as the fire shrimp, blood shrimp or scarlet cleaner shrimp." (Lysmata debelius, Wikipedia)
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"With a total length averaging 1.4 m (4.6 ft) for males and up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) for females, Cuvier's dwarf caiman is not only the smallest extant species in the alligator and caiman family, but also the smallest of all crocodilians". "An adult weighs around 5 to 7 kg (11 to 15 lb)." (Cuvier's dwarf caiman, Wikipedia)
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
"Geosesarma dennerle is a species of small terrestrial crab found in Java, Indonesia. It is popular in the aquarium trade, where G. dennerle is one of the species referred to as the vampire crab." (Geosesarma dennerle, Wikipedia)
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Auntriarch 5 months ago
🎶 when you're down by the sea, and an eel bites your knee, that's a ...🎶
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That’s all I yam 5 months ago
Found a minute long video of it gliding. (Draco Volans A Real-Life Flying Dragon!, 1 Minute Animals YouTube)
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David Paterson 5 months ago
Wow. Even though I'm familiar with many crazy animals, more than half of these are new to me. And even for those that I do know, the photos are extraordinarily good.
BlackestDawn 5 months ago
Huh, kinda surprised that Nightjars (a.k.a the "baby dragon" birds) aren't on this list, they usually are ime.
David Paterson 5 months ago
Wow. Even though I'm familiar with many crazy animals, more than half of these are new to me. And even for those that I do know, the photos are extraordinarily good.
BlackestDawn 5 months ago
Huh, kinda surprised that Nightjars (a.k.a the "baby dragon" birds) aren't on this list, they usually are ime.
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