Star-Nosed Mole 1/13
The star-nosed mole is a small mole found in wet low areas of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It is easily identified by the 11 pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing its snout, which is used as a touch organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, known as Eimer's organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around.
Raccoon Dog 2/13
The Raccoon Dog, or Tanuki, is
a canid indigenous to East Asia. The raccoon dog is named for its
resemblance to the raccoon, to which it is not closely related. They
are very good climbers and regularly climb trees.
Snub-Nosed Monkey 3/13
These monkeys live in the
foothills of the Himalayas, between 3,000 and 4,500 metres above sea
level. They experience frost for around 280 days of the year and
often contend with snow more than a metre deep. They live higher
than any other primate except.
Patagonian Mara. 4/13
The Patagonian Mara is a
relatively large rodent found in parts of Argentina. This
herbivorous, somewhat rabbit-like animal has distinctive long ears
and long limbs and its hind limbs are longer and more muscular than
its forelimbs.
Irrawaddy Dolphin 5/13
The Irrawaddy dolphin is a
species of oceanic dolphin found near sea coasts and in estuaries
and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia.
Genetically, the Irrawaddy dolphin is closely related to the killer
whale.
Southern Right Whale Dolphin 6/13
The southern right whale
dolphin is a small and slender species of mammal found in cool
waters of the southern hemisphere. They are fast active swimmers and
have no visible teeth and no dorsal fin. They are very graceful and
often move by leaping out of the water continuously.
Yeti Crab 7/13
Also known as the Kiwaidae, this crab is a type of marine decapod living at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The animals are commonly referred to as "yeti crabs" because of their claws and legs, which are white and appear to be furry like the mythical yeti.
The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher 8/13
The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher
is found in forests and woodlands throughout most of the Amazon
basin. They are about 6 1/2 inches in length and like to dart out
from branches to catch flying insects or pluck them from leaves.
They build very large nests (sometimes up to 6 feet long) on a
branches near water. The nest hangs over the water which makes it
hard for predators to reach.
The Pacu Fish 9/13
Pacu is a common name used to
refer to several common species of omnivorous South American
freshwater fish that are related to the piranha. Pacu and piranha
don't have similar teeth, although the main difference is jaw
alignment; piranha have pointed, razor-sharp teeth in a pronounced
underbite, whereas pacu have squarer, straighter teeth, like a
human, and a less severe underbite, or a slight overbite.
Additionally, full-grown pacu are much larger than piranha, reaching
up to 0.9 m (3 feet) and 25 kg (55 pounds) in the wild.
Red-lipped Batfish 10/13
The red-lipped batfish gives
the impression that it tried to compensate for an unusual body by
caking on the lipstick. Interestingly, they are better suited for
‘walking’ along the ocean floor than swimming. When they reach
adulthood, they use their dorsal fin as a fishing lure to attract
prey instead of for swimming.
Naked Mole Rat 11/13
This creature has a lot of
characteristics that make it very important to human beings. For one
it is resistant to cancer. They also live up to 28 years, which is
unheard of in mammals of its size. It seemingly does not age much in
those 28 years either. It remains “young, healthy and fully
fertile for almost all its days, which for an elderly animal is
equivalent to an 80-year-old woman having the biological make-up of
someone 50 years younger.” The naked mole rat is used in both
cancer research and the study of aging. Not only making it a bizarre
creature, but an incredibly important creature as well.
Lamprey 12/13
Lampreys are a type of jawless fish that live mostly in coastal and fresh waters whose adults are characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. They attach themselves to fish and suck their blood. Lampreys have been around for nearly 300 millions years and their body structure has remained relatively unchanged.
Aye-aye
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You would be surprised to know that the aye-aye has the ability to
extract food from the tree trunks using their fingers. This is a very
unique feature of the animal. They tap on the trees few times and
based on the echo that is produced make holes inside using their
teeth. Once they have made the hole in the tree, the food is taken
out using their fingers.
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