The animal world is so diverse and multifaceted that we even can’t imagine how unusual his representatives are live in different parts of the earth. On some of them you can look with a smile, others give rise to fear, but they all invariably cause admiration and surprise at the ingenuity of mother nature. So, the most unusual animals of the world, photos and interesting facts.
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- 1 Sloth – the most unusual animal in the world
- 2 platypus
- 3 Starbringer
- 4 drop fish
- 5 Ay-ay
- 6 Deciduous Sea Dragon
- 7 Octopus Dumbo
- 8 Snake Tortoise
- 9 Nosach
- 10 Paku Fish
Sloth – the most unusual animal in the world
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A mammal from Central and South America received its name – sloths spend most of their life hanging position on tree branches, sleep 15 hours a day, and in their coat sometimes butterflies and other small insects start.
All metabolic processes in sloths are very slow, for example, food passes through the gastrointestinal tract for a week.
Platypus
When scientists first saw the stuffed platypus, they decided that someone joked by stitching parts of different animals, but then it turned out, this an incredible cross between a mammal and a bird is absolutely real.
In the world there are only a few poisonous animals, to the platypus belongs to them. The animal has toxic saliva, and males are also owners of poisonous horn spurs.
Stargazer
The mole, which is found in Canada and the USA, could be quite usual, if not for the special structure of the stigma, consisting of 22 fleshy moving rays.
It’s just 8 milliseconds for a starfish to realize it’s worth whether to send the found animals to the mouth or not.
Drop fish
Looking at a drop fish, you might think that someone was joking for fashioned a dull face with eyes, nose and unappetizing substance by mouth. This fish structure is explained by the habitat – it can only be found near the ocean floor at a depth of 600 to 1200 m. The bottom water pressure is approximately 80 times higher than that of surface.
Ah ah
Ai-ai, or Madagascar hilt – a large night primate with very long fingers, is on the verge of extinction and lives exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
This animal is the largest among nocturnal primates.
Deciduous sea dragon
The peculiarity of this marine life is transparent fins in leaf shape, thanks to which it can be disguised as plant. In particularly dangerous situations, the leafy dragon clings to bottom seaweed and becomes absolutely imperceptible.
Octopus Dumbo
Funny octopus that resembles a Dumbo baby elephant from cartoon of the same name, lives at a depth of at least 1000 m.
Octopus Dumbo – This is soft-bodied or semi-shady deep-sea animal, which got its name thanks to two fins located on the mantle, on the membrane between the paws, reminiscent of elephant ears.
Snake turtle
No, this is not a snake crawled under a turtle for some reason shell, and snake-necked turtle from Australia, which does not pull head under the shell, and neatly puts it on the side. Meat These turtles are very tasty and considered delicious.
Nosach
One of the most unusual mammals that lives on the island of Borneo – nosach monkey. Nosachi can walk on two legs, swim and even dive!
Over the past 40 years, the number of nosoci on the planet has decreased in twice.
Pacu fish
A characteristic feature of pacu fish is several rows of human teeth with which she is quite capable of biting off any part of the body, although usually feeds on nuts and plants. Is an object aquaculture and commercial fish farming, a popular species among aquarists.
Most of the world’s unusual animals are on the verge of extinction. The task of man is to preserve these unique representatives of fauna and create favorable conditions for their life conditions.
