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22 Strange Animals You Probably Didn’t Know Exist
Most of us don’t grasp the variety of animals species that inhabit the Earth today, and some even get surprised as they find out there’s an animal they haven’t heard of before. But seriously now – out of 1,367,555[1] identified non-insect animal species that live on Earth today, how do you expect to know every single one of them? To put it into perspective, take into account that this number represents only 1% of all animal species that ever lived!
Scientists themselves keep discovering new species every year and admit that modern science is not familiar with all existing animals. This leaves room to such unique and even bizarre discoveries and collected in this post! Inspired by reddit, we put together a selection of such unheard-of creatures as a Dumbo Octopus, Pink Fairy Armadillo, Star-Nosed Mole and many more. Warning – not all of them are super cute and fluffy!
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Image credits: reddit | wikipedia
Aye-aye
Image credits: animalsadda.com
The Maned Wolf
Image credits: imgur
Tufted Deer
Image credits: zoochat.com
Dumbo Octopus
Image credits: interactiveoceans.washington.edu
Patagonian Mara
Image credits: zoochat.com
Naked Mole Rat
Image credits: extremelongevity.net
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Image credits: wwf.org | imgur
The Gerenuk
Image credits: Michael Despines | imgur
Dugong
Image credits: webecoist
The Babirusa
Image credits: oregonzoo.org
Lamprey
Image credits: forum.lowyat.net
The Fossa
Image credits: en.academic.ru | imgur
Star-Nosed Mole
Image credits: synapsebristol.blogspot.com
Sunda Colugo
Image credits: identi.info
Zebra Duiker
Image credits: imgur
Yeti Crab
Image credits: oceanleadership.org
Superb Bird of Paradise
Image credits: BBC Planet Earth | National Geographic
Blob Fish
Image credits: coloribus.com | monsterfishworld.com
Cantor’s Giant Soft Shelled Turtle
Image credits: wwf.panda.org
Gobi Jerboa
Image credits: tgran | wildofanimals.blogspot.com
Japanese Spider Crab
Image credits: telegraph.co.uk
Our biodiversity is astonishing
How many species have we lost the last 150 years? A lot, in fact nobody knows this huge number. 10 thousand?
How many species have been EVOLUTED the last 150 years? None.
Maybe the bible is right, in the beginning there was billions of species, now there is only 2 million species left.
http://wp.me/s3tGFm-creation
Nothing new evolutes by itself.
Evolute is a geometric term, and I’m having a hard time applying it to animals and the bible….
Thanks for sharing, enjoyed the show.