Most of us don’t grasp the variety of animals species that inhabit the Earth today, and some even get surprised as they find out there are some cool animals they haven’t heard of before. But seriously now – out of 1,367,555 identified non-insect animal species that live on Earth today, how do you expect to know every single one of them? To put it into perspective, this number represents only 1% of all animal species that have ever lived! Not to mention the depths of our Oceans, where there’s probably even more weird-looking animals waiting to be discovered.
Scientists themselves keep observing new species every year and admit that modern science is not familiar with all of the strange animals existing today. This leaves room to such unique and even bizarre discoveries collected in this post! Inspired by Reddit, we put together a selection of such unheard-of creatures and weird animals as a Dumbo Octopus, Pink Fairy Armadillo, Star-Nosed Mole, and Aye-Aye.
The last one, Aye-Aye, deserves a paragraph of his own, not only because it’s a weird animal, but also of its unique foraging method, called percussive foraging. That means that the Aye-Aye taps on wood to locate grubs by the sound of a hollow tree trunk, then gnaws the wood to make a hole from which then, using his elongated middle finger, he extracts out the grub and eats it. The other most known animal to forage this way is a woodpecker. In other words, Aye-Aye is probably one of the coolest animals there is.
Scroll down below to get acquainted with the strangest animals there is, and consider yourself warned as not all of them are super cute and fluffy!
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Image credits: reddit | wikipedia
Aye-aye
Image credits: animalsadda.com
The Maned Wolf
Image credits: imgur
Tufted Deer
Image credits: zoochat.com
Dumbo Octopus
Image credits: interactiveoceans.washington.edu
Patagonian Mara
Image credits: zoochat.com
Naked Mole Rat
Image credits: extremelongevity.net
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Image credits: wwf.org | imgur
The Gerenuk
Image credits: Michael Despines | imgur
Dugong
Image credits: webecoist
The Babirusa
Image credits: oregonzoo.org
Lamprey
Image credits: forum.lowyat.net
The Fossa
Image credits: en.academic.ru | imgur
Star-Nosed Mole
Image credits: synapsebristol.blogspot.com
Sunda Colugo
Image credits: identi.info
Zebra Duiker
Image credits: imgur
Yeti Crab
Image credits: oceanleadership.org
Superb Bird of Paradise
Image credits: BBC Planet Earth | National Geographic
Blob Fish
Image credits: coloribus.com | monsterfishworld.com
Cantor’s Giant Soft Shelled Turtle
Image credits: wwf.panda.org
Gobi Jerboa
Image credits: tgran | wildofanimals.blogspot.com
Japanese Spider Crab
Image credits: telegraph.co.uk
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The Lamprey looks like some sort of old sci-fi movie alien creature
What do you think of the Kavies oh sorry for real name time for scientific name Patagonian mara
Really unique and special animals. Somehow it´s heartbreaking that I´ve never seen a photo of a LIVE blobfish.
" IT"S THE FUSSA!!! RUN!!! IT"S THE FUSSA!!! THE FUSSA ARE COMING" - Madagascar ( idk why this movie quote was the first thing in my head lmao)
i LOVE the fossa. its the largest carniviroius animal in madagascar and is in the mongoose family. they grow up to 6 feet in length. i looked it up as soon as i saw this lol.
It's amazing. What God created? And he knows them by name. Jehovah God Our creator.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on But when his drinking and lusting And his hunger for power Became known to more and more people The demands to do something About this outrageous man Became louder and louder Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey "This man's just got to go", declared his enemies But the ladies begged, "don't you try to do it, ple
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love your work great work done by your compaign ....nice blog Gracias! Regards: Your Pet Planet
Utterly Fantastic!!!! Incredible!!! Thank you for this great lesson!!!!
love your work great work done by your compaign ....nice blog Regards: Your Pet Planet
That was strangley amazing I mean look at those animals some cute some scary please don"t show these to me again.
the blob fish looks like casper the ghost xd 858a61248e...284456.jpg 
The Lower Streaked Tenrec looks like Pikachu had a baby with a hedgehog. XD
I already knew about the Fossa and the Blob Fish.I also know about the Portuguese Man O'War its not a bloated jellyfish its a sophomore people!!!I also know about the Lower Streaked Tenrec...I'm only 11 am I meant to know about these animals....?
@JazminChacon, most of the ocean animals on here are way deep in the ocean, i dont think you will ever swim way deep in the ocean, so you can swim in the ocean. Unless you see a mermaid.
Really beautiful animals... i was video about this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xU04A62DY
Wow. thats some creepy :D you can find another interesting images and news here http://viraltrendingnews.com
can you tell me where strangest animals on this website, I need it for a job and I need 43
Nice but i wont be sleeping tonight. I did like the dolphin and the Japanese spider crab.
Nice list. How about the water bear? These things have been around for 530 million years! bit.ly/1uj29cL
Nice list. How about the water bear? These things have survived for 230 million years! bit.ly/1uj29cL
Wo these are creepy but SO cool, I wouldn't want to meet any of them.. Well the dolphin and star mole were cute
I have seen all if these before. I wish someone could come up with something original for once instead of posting things from other sites.
I really like the Dumbo Octopus and the Irrawaddy Dolphin. It's a pity they're endangered...
most of them i found really creepy looking but some of them were actually pretty cute!
I will nevvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr look up a photo of a blob fish again
I think these are all experiments done by the government that went wrong and they released them into the wilderness and ocean!! It's weird
* Sees Japanese spider c**p * ... get off my screen you satanic unholy being
These are experiments I agree...look to me as it they were mixing animal DNA
I don't think so because I am a bio scientist who mixes DNA and fuses them I have never herd or seen these FUSIONS in my entire career
Load More Replies... The Lamprey looks like some sort of old sci-fi movie alien creature
What do you think of the Kavies oh sorry for real name time for scientific name Patagonian mara
Really unique and special animals. Somehow it´s heartbreaking that I´ve never seen a photo of a LIVE blobfish.
" IT"S THE FUSSA!!! RUN!!! IT"S THE FUSSA!!! THE FUSSA ARE COMING" - Madagascar ( idk why this movie quote was the first thing in my head lmao)
i LOVE the fossa. its the largest carniviroius animal in madagascar and is in the mongoose family. they grow up to 6 feet in length. i looked it up as soon as i saw this lol.
It's amazing. What God created? And he knows them by name. Jehovah God Our creator.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on But when his drinking and lusting And his hunger for power Became known to more and more people The demands to do something About this outrageous man Became louder and louder Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey "This man's just got to go", declared his enemies But the ladies begged, "don't you try to do it, ple
Load More Replies... love your work great work done by your compaign ....nice blog Gracias! Regards: Your Pet Planet
Utterly Fantastic!!!! Incredible!!! Thank you for this great lesson!!!!
love your work great work done by your compaign ....nice blog Regards: Your Pet Planet
That was strangley amazing I mean look at those animals some cute some scary please don"t show these to me again.
the blob fish looks like casper the ghost xd 858a61248e...284456.jpg
The Lower Streaked Tenrec looks like Pikachu had a baby with a hedgehog. XD
I already knew about the Fossa and the Blob Fish.I also know about the Portuguese Man O'War its not a bloated jellyfish its a sophomore people!!!I also know about the Lower Streaked Tenrec...I'm only 11 am I meant to know about these animals....?
@JazminChacon, most of the ocean animals on here are way deep in the ocean, i dont think you will ever swim way deep in the ocean, so you can swim in the ocean. Unless you see a mermaid.
Really beautiful animals... i was video about this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xU04A62DY
Wow. thats some creepy :D you can find another interesting images and news here http://viraltrendingnews.com
can you tell me where strangest animals on this website, I need it for a job and I need 43
Nice but i wont be sleeping tonight. I did like the dolphin and the Japanese spider crab.
Nice list. How about the water bear? These things have been around for 530 million years! bit.ly/1uj29cL
Nice list. How about the water bear? These things have survived for 230 million years! bit.ly/1uj29cL
Wo these are creepy but SO cool, I wouldn't want to meet any of them.. Well the dolphin and star mole were cute
I have seen all if these before. I wish someone could come up with something original for once instead of posting things from other sites.
I really like the Dumbo Octopus and the Irrawaddy Dolphin. It's a pity they're endangered...
most of them i found really creepy looking but some of them were actually pretty cute!
I will nevvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr look up a photo of a blob fish again
I think these are all experiments done by the government that went wrong and they released them into the wilderness and ocean!! It's weird
* Sees Japanese spider c**p * ... get off my screen you satanic unholy being
These are experiments I agree...look to me as it they were mixing animal DNA
I don't think so because I am a bio scientist who mixes DNA and fuses them I have never herd or seen these FUSIONS in my entire career
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