Bizarre Creatures of Planet Earth

Alpaca: domesticated llama of South America with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco.

Angora Rabbit: Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair.

Axolotl: larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing.

Aye-aye: nocturnal lemur of Madagascar with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs.

Blobfish: Inhabits deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Dumbo Octopus: the octopuses of the genus Grimpoteuthis are also known as "Dumbo octopuses" from the ear-like fins protruding from the top of their head-like bodies, resembling the ears of Walt Disney's flying elephant.

Emperor Tamarin: allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. It lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas.

Frill-necked Lizard: found mainly in the northern regions of Australia and southern New Guinea.

Hagfish: eel-like cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies.

Komondor Dog: Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog.

Narwhale: small Arctic whale, the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.

Pink Fairy Armadillo: the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the family Dasypodidae, mostly known for having a bony armor shell).

Proboscis Monkey: Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose.

Pygmy Marmoset: the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon.

Red Panda: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas.

Shoebill: large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.

Sloth: slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.

Star-nosed Mole: amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose.

22.jpg Sucker-footed Bat: Old World Sucker-footed Bat, or simply Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) is a species of bat in the family Myzopodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sun Bear: Helarctos malayanus, is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.

Tapir: large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.

Tarsier: nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates.

White-faced Saki Monkey: Pithecia pithecia, also known as the Guianan Saki and the Golden-faced Saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, but also eating nuts, seeds, and insects.

Yeti Crab: Kiwa hirsuta is a crustacean discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean. This decapod, which is approximately 15 cm (6 inches) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws). Its discoverers dubbed it the "yeti lobster" or "yeti crab."

Sea Angels: jewel squid and helmet jellies are among 17,000 new species found during 210 expeditions of the deep ocean for the International Census of Marine Life.

Transparent Sea Cucumber: Enypniastes, creeping forward on its tentacles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Barreleyes, or spookfish: found in tropical-to-temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the family contains thirteen species.

Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. It is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents. It is sometimes called the robber crab because some coconut crabs are rumored to steal shiny items such as pots and silverware from houses and tents.

Coconut Crab seeks food from a trashcan. The coconut crab is a large edible land crab related to the hermit crab. They are found in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. They eat coconuts and grow to more than 3 feet from head to tail and weigh up to 40 pounds, with giant pincers to open coconuts. They can climb trees, but they eat only coconuts that have already fallen to the ground.

Left-Wing Moron.

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