Strange animals on the earth

Batfish with red lips

Batfish with red lips didn't get their red lips through a bloody meal, or even grabbed a lipstick. Scientists believe that lips play an important role in attracting partners. As for attracting prey, this red-lipped bat fish uses its improved dorsal fin to attract prey. Besides, it has little chance of survival, because the red-lipped bat fish is a terrible swimmer. Instead, it walks on the bottom of the sea with fins.

lowland zebra hedgehog

The lowland zebra hedgehog found in Madagascar looks like a hybrid species of shrew and hedgehog. The average length of adult lowland zebra hedgehog is 14 cm, although scientists have noticed that some lowland zebra hedgehog can reach 17 cm. This short thorn communicates by vibrating the back called the sounding short thorn. These thorns are different from hard thorns, which hedgehogs use to protect themselves from predators.

black muntjac

This black muntjac found in China has a pair of terrible fangs and looks like a vampire in a movie. Not only that, they also have small sharp horns. However, these herbivores don't suck blood. Male black muntjac fights with fangs and horns during mating season.

Atlantic sea slug

Atlantic sea slug is a kind of sea slug that hangs upside down in the water all day, just like the Portuguese. Small sea slugs can absorb tentacles and store toxins to protect themselves. This caused many people to be stabbed severely. Although they are all blue and white, the back of this Atlantic sea slug is actually silver to deceive predators swimming below. Blue and white fool predators in the sky.

king's foot worm

This huge isopod looks like an overgrown insect eater or rat louse. The largest known individual is 5 cm long. This huge crustacean lives on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean at a depth of 17 ~ 2,14 meters. Giant isopods mainly feed on carrion that reaches the bottom of the sea, but they don't spend much time eating. A captive giant isopod can live without food for more than five years.

star-nosed mole rat

The star-nosed mole rat lives in Canada and the United States. It looks a bit like the boss in an old Nintendo video game, and uses its strange flange face to feel that it is digging a tunnel. The star-shaped nose is full of nerve cells, and it is thought that it can even detect tiny seismic waves passing through the earth.

water-dripping fish

water-dripping fish is another animal that is easy to name. It lives in the deep water near Australia and New Zealand. In order to adapt to this environment, water-dripping fish evolved into a gelatinous meat with a density just above the water surface. This form enables it to float deep in the sea floor. When it leaves the deep water and high pressure environment, it looks more like a typical fish there, and it shows the appearance of spots.

sword-kissing shark

This shark's disturbing appearance, needle-like teeth, beaded eyes and long nose make it look more like a demon than a shark. The sword-kissing shark comes from an ancient shark family. It is said that there has been little change in the past 125 million years. They can grow up to 4 meters long and spend most of their time looking for food in deep water near the bottom of the sea.

high-nosed antelope

The high-nosed antelope looks no different from other antelopes. The nose and head quickly changed this feeling and became hooked noses, which looked more like a mixture of camels and elephants. Regrettably, the high-nosed antelope is an extremely endangered animal. It once spread all over Eurasia, but since then it has only been confined to a region of Russia and a few regions of Kazakhstan. The large nose of the high-nosed antelope helped it filter out dusty air in summer and warm cold air in winter.

Dumbo Octopus

Dumbo Octopus gets its name from its fin, which reminds people of the big ears of cartoon elephants. When it swims freely in the deep sea area it calls home, it uses these fins to control its direction. Dumbo octopus has no ink, because it can't fool predators and escape in the depths of the dark ocean. On the contrary, Dumbo octopus will change its color and size.

an armadillo

The pink fairy looks like a rabbit in an armadillo shell. It is only 9~1 cm long and lives in Argentina. It evolved to like desert life. This little creature digs holes in the soil and tamps the soil with the flat part at the back of its body, which greatly reduces the possibility of tunnel collapse.

Purple Frog

This purple frog lives in the Western Ghats in India and is famous for its fat and bloated body. Purple frogs spend most of their lives underground, and only about two weeks a year surface to mate. It even feeds on the ground, mainly ants and termites.

Hogan

You might think Hogan has something to do with zebras, because of the stripes on its hind legs, or maybe it has something to do with horses because of its head and body shape. Hogan's erect big ears and grasping blue-purple tongue will spill beans on his real relative, giraffe. Hogan first caught the attention of the western world in the late 19th century, when the explorer Henry Morton Stanley mentioned it in one of his famous travel notes. You can find Hogan in the rain forest of Congo, which is the national animal there.