Examples of weird amphibians include the Chinese giant salamander, the world’s largest amphibian; amphiumas, a group of eel-like salamanders with tiny legs; the African clawed toad, which has bizarre clawed hind feet; the olm, a blind, cave-dwelling salamander; and Wallace’s flying frog, which is able to glide with its webbed feet.
On this page, you’ll meet all of these, and many other weird amphibians, from all around the world.
Weird reptiles include the bizarre Armadillo girdled lizard, with its plated skin and unusual defense mechanism; the Asian giant softshell turtle, a huge turtle with a soft shell; flying geckos and flying snakes, both of which have evolved the ability to glide; and the marine iguana, which, unusually for a reptile, forages at sea.
On this page you’ll meet the above and many other examples of strange reptiles from all around the world.
Weird mammals include the aye-aye, a Madagascan primate that finds food using echolocation; the babirusa, whose long tusks curve back and pierce its own skull; the naked mole rat, a near-blind hairless burrower; the narwhal, a whale with a unicorn-like horn; and, perhaps the strangest of all, the platypus, an egg-laying mammal with a duck-like beak.
On this page you’ll find a list of the world’s weirdest mammals, with pictures and interesting facts on each species.
Weird insects include assassin bugs, which are capable of inflicting a painful bite with a stabbing proboscis; the Australian walking stick, an oversized stick insect that resembles leaves; the Brazilian treehopper, with its alien-looking head; dung beetles, with their useful habit of eating animal dung; and the bizarre-looking Hercules beetle, the world’s longest insect.
You can find out about these and other strange insects below.
Weird sea creatures include anglerfish, large-mouthed fish that catch prey using glowing lures; hagfish, snake-like fish that deter predators by producing thick slime; blue-ringed octopuses, among the most venomous of all sea animals; the peacock mantis shrimp, a crustacean with a bullet-like punch; and the immortal jellyfish, a jellyfish that can live forever.
On this page, you’ll meet these and many more strange sea creatures from the world’s oceans.
Examples of weird birds include the horned screamer, known for its unique horn and loud call; the blue-footed booby, with its bright blue feet; the kakapo, a nocturnal, flightless parrot; the oilbird, which navigates using echolocation like a bat; and the blood-drinking vampire ground finch, a species found only on the Galápagos Islands.
On this page, you’ll meet these and many other weird birds from all around the world.
Weird fish include the ocean sunfish, a mysterious ocean giant; the coelacanth, a living fossil once thought to have been extinct; the humphead wrasse, a reef fish that starts life as a female but later becomes male; the bizarre-looking red-lipped batfish, found around the Galápagos Islands; and freshwater species such as the candiru and alligator gar.
On this page we take a look at these and many more strange fish from the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes.
Weird animals include the aye-aye, a mammal that finds food by tapping on trees; the glass frog, an amphibian with a see-through body; the dumbo octopus, a bizarre-looking mollusk found four miles below the surface of the ocean; and the platypus, a mammal that lays eggs, finds food using electrical fields, and has a venomous spine on its ankles.
On this page, you’ll meet these and many other weird animals from all around the world…
Animals that start with C include mammals such as the capybara, caribou and cheetah; birds such as cassowaries and cranes; reptiles such as cobras and crocodiles; and invertebrates such as the common octopus, cockroaches and cuttlefish.
On this page is a list containing these and many other interesting animals beginning with C, together with pictures and facts on each species.
Whereas most predators have forward-facing eyes, those of the saber-toothed Thylacosmilus were positioned towards the sides, out of the way of the animal’s huge teeth.
A team of scientists recently examined how the prehistoric South American hypercarnivore was able to hunt, despite its unusual features.
Examples of animals with antlers include the caribou / reindeer (the only species in which both males and females have antlers), elk, fallow deer, moose (the species with the largest antlers), mule deer, white-tailed deer, sambar, chital and taruca.
On this page, you’ll find pictures and interesting facts on these and other animals with antlers. You’ll also find out: what antlers are for, what they’re made of, and how antlers are different to horns.
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