This world is a wild and an amazing place, having millions of cool animal species which we don’t have any knowledge about. Strange animals and weird insects always fascinate the viewers. With more than 8 million species of living things on Earth, it is not shocking that nobody knows or has seen them all. And if you wanted to look at 8 million pictures of all the cool animals living on the Earth, it would take around eight years if you spend 30 seconds for each picture and would do it non-stop, without any brakes for eating or sleeping. And with scientists discovering new of rare animal species almost every day, this operation sounds quite unrealistic, right? Here is a list some of the cool and weird animals:
1.Venezuelan Poodle Moth
Discovered in Venezuela in 2009, this new species of alien-looking moth fur covering similar to a poodle dog that covers its head, thorax, abdomen, and even its wing. That’s why it is known as a poodle moth.
This tiny creature is as amazing as it looks. It is also known as the blue dragon and belongs to a species of blue sea slug. Its habitat is warm waters of the oceans. It has a gas-filled sack in its stomach due to which it floats on the surface of the water.
This unique creature belongs to the smallest species of armadillo. The animal is generally cute and adorable. It has a pink skin with white furry which makes it quite attractive. In the real sense, pink fairy armadillo is such a weird creature belonging to the phylum chordate and Chlamyphorus genus. This creature, which is found in central Argentina, is commonly known by the name Pichiciego.
It mainly lives in sandy plains, dunes, and scrubby grasslands. The length of pink fairy armadillo generally ranges from 90 to 115 millimeters. Unklike other armadillo species, its dorsal shell is completely separate from its body.
This animal lives in identity crises because most people know okapi as a zebra, Congolese giraffe, or forest giraffe. It is native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has beautiful strip marks like a zebra but its abdomen is monochrome colored like a donkey. This makes it so admirable and interesting to look.
Even though they are known for their activity during the day, a select group of okapis are generally active for a few hours at night. They feed on fungi, ferns, buds and leaves, fruits and grasses. Despite their ears being funnily large, they are flexible.
Did you know that a lion can be bred with a tiger to get a pleasant offspring? Yes! you read it right. Whereas the lion is known for its dexterity and the tiger for its power, a combination of the two gives an amazing animal known as a liger.
The parents of liger are of different species, yet their genus is same. They swim like tigers and socialize like lions. Amazingly, ligers tend to grow larger than the species of both parents.
It is weird looking marine mammal of medium size. It falls among the four living species associated with the order Sirenia. It is a strictly herbivorous marine. It has a fusiform body that cannot be differentiated. It has no hind limbs or dorsal fin. It also has paddle-like fore limbs. Its tail is similar to a dolphin tale. For thousands of years, dugong has been hunted for its oil and meat. Dugong is listed by the IUCN as a species vulnerable to extinction.
The fossa is a cat-like animal scientifically known as Cryptoprocta ferox which means hidden anus. It is a carnivorous mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. Given its long tail, the fossa can reach approximately six feet in length. One would think it is a cross between a cat, a mongoose, and a dog. Fossas have short, reddish-brown skin coats, strong limbs, and slender bodies. Their head looks like a cat is small. They also have large rounded ears and dog-like muzzles. Their scientific name, Cryptoprocta ferox, means ‘hidden anus’. They hunt day and night. They are solitary animals who only live in a pair during the breeding season.
Without any doubt, it is the strangest looking creature you will ever see with your eyes. The facts about the star-nosed mole are completely weird. Scientists have been able to showcase record-breaking, surprising, and weird adaptations of the star-nosed mole. Despite sporting a more sensitive touch organ, star-nosed mole also eats very fast as compared to other mammals. It is also the first known mammal to smell underwater. Its brain body interface offers fascinating insights. Their sense of touch mirrors the human sense of sight, and their front legs are shovels which helps them in digging deep.
by: Abeer Arshad
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