This content is imported from youTube. Unfortunately, he didnt live to see his 6th birthday, and his life span was much shorter than the average Great Dane.Next, we have the tallest bunny, whose name is Darius. They can grow up to six feet in length and their huge mouths allow them to hunt down meals that are larger than them. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Usually seen nestled into burrows around coral reefs, the ribbon eel (sometimes called the leaf-nosed moray eel) lives in Indonesian waters from East Africa, to southern Japan, Australia, and French Polynesia. Seriously. The males have venomous spurs on their rear ankles! La_Belle_Gigi, When it comes to birds, its definitely the frigate bird. (Feb. 3, 2014) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Okapia_johnstoni/, Animal Diversity Web. (Feb. 3, 2004) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm, Slifkin, Natan and Slifkin, Nosson. There are two distinct kinds: dorid nudibranchs, which are smooth with feather-like gills on their back to help them breathe; and aeolid nudibranchs, which breath through a different kind of organ, also located on their backs, called cerata. It has a bill loaded with sensors that can pick up a worms electrical field under the mud. Rock on rock hyrax! Megs0101, Its technically a colony of microorganisms in the sea, but a pyrosome is a phenomenal groupthink organism. Its super-senses also make it a lethal hunter. Never miss a Moment Just to make things clear, this is not a real animal. Even so, the axolotl, which feeds on aquatic insects, small fish and crustaceans, doesn't have a lot to be happy about these days. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/530331/Scylla-and-Charybdis, Encyclopedia Britannica. Tales of mermaids, a race of half-human and half-fish hybrids that live in the ocean are a common sailor's tale. Dumbo octopuses use the fins on the side of their heads to swim, among other things. "Oarfish (Regalecus glesne Ascanius)." The dumbo octopus doesn't have ink because it wouldn't be helpful to blind a predator to escape in the darkness of the ocean depths. Guards are knocked unconscious and their clothes stolen. Pard. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them describes the niffler as a mole-like creature with an affinity for stealing shiny objects. It is the largest bony fish, at four meters or more! Their shapes, colors, and sizes vary spectacularly: Timema cristinae, a stick insect native to North America, is only half an inch (1.3 centimeters) long, while Phryganistria chinensis Zhao, found in China in 2014, is a staggering 24.6 inches (62.4 centimeters) long. In fact, bombardier beetles have a skill that even blast-ended skrewts dont seem to have: rapid-fire. The body itself is only about 15 inches. Not so. His divine and human natures are completely distinct and separate. But that neck isn't the only thing it has in common with giraffes: the gerenuk also doesn't need to drink water. I really want to see one. mbarretdaw, As soon as I read the title of this thread I thought of the mantis shrimp. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/archive/permalink/the_duckbilled_platypus, National Geographic. New AI may pass the famed Turing test. Of course verifying the existence of these animals can be solved with a simple visit or researching the local newspaper archives. Simon & Schuster. 6. Okapiconservation.org. This variety communicates through vibrating one dorsal section of quills called sounding quills. I found this article interesting to research because I like unusual-looking animals. 1. When you take all the living creatures in the world and mix in a healthy dose of time (measured in millennia), along with a strong shot of evolution, you get some bizarre life forms. Copyright 1996-2015 National Geographic SocietyCopyright 2015-2023 National Geographic Partners, LLC. The cutest animals in the world that you never knew existed, 16 unique animals that could go extinct by 2030 and how to change that. Like a multi-stage rocket, this bizarre microscopic creature, Marrus orthocanna is made up of multiple repeated units, including tentacles and multiple stomachs. Remy, Puss in Boots, Sven, and Mr. Fox all look pretty similar to the real-life animals that inspired the characters. Before joining Pop Mech, Courtney was the technology reporter at her hometown newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Oarfish Offer Chance to Study an Elusive Animal Long Thought a Monster." Oceana reports, "Live goblin sharks have only rarely been observed and almost never filmed, so most of scientists knowledge of this species is a result of their accidental capture in fisheries targeting other species.". In reality, insects of the order Phasmida invoke a magic themselvesby resembling a dizzying variety of leaves, twigs, sticks, and branches. Jan. 29, 2014. Old cells hang around as we age, doing damage to the body. With a name like flamingo tongue snail, and the flamboyant coloration to match, you might think this Cyphoma gibbosum has a shell worthy of collecting. The nose and head quickly change that perception with a hooked snout, making it look more like a camel mixed with an elephant. The red-lipped batfish didn't get those red lips via a bloody meal or even grabbing a lipstick. Feb. 2, 2014. http://ocean.si.edu/giant-squid, Quenqua, Douglas. nestrians grymps cute 19 Stories Sort by: Hot # 1 Ooops! Imagine a tiny black-and-white kangaroo that lives in trees, and you've got the basic description of the dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso). Don't get your hopes up for reviving the dodo: Scientists haven't yet cloned a bird successfully, much less brought a bird species back from the dead. They have been experiencing significant habitat loss, with their population reduced by 25% over just the past 14 years. In that spirit, here are 10 animal species so strange and wonderful that they seem make-believe. No tarantula living or dead has gotten as big as the fictional acromantula, however, which reportedly has a leg span of 15 feet (4.6 meters). They live in burrows, often have four homes. Noaa.gov. (Feb. 4, 2014) http://ocean.si.edu/giant-squid, WWF. Hello, rock hyrax. This property has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and approximately 1,008 sqft of floor space. Daily News (Sri Lanka). Nationalgeographic.com. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://books.google.com/books?id=z9gMsCUtCZUC&pg=PA126&dq=bubo+nipalensis+devil+bird&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SH51UdX6DtbI4AP4h4HwCQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bubo%20nipalensis%20devil%20bird&f=false, Encyclopaedia Britannica. wwf.panda.org. An Amur Leopard Cub lounges in a tree Shutterstock. Yes, you read that correctly, this little guy is related to elephants. The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. "How many species on Earth? We pored over the vast catalog of life and pulled out 17 animals that you possibly didn't know existed. "Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso)." (Feb. 2, 2014) http://books.google.com/books?id=_1fdxxS26RYC&pg=PA272&dq=komodo+dragon+discovered+1912&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O211UdS3IOfK0gHWzIHYDw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=komodo%20dragon%20discovered%201912&f=false, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Looking like a cross between a rat and an octopus, the star-nosed mole is a good candidate for the title of world's weirdest-looking creature. Like ants, a colony made up of many individuals has attributes resembling a single organism. Keep Reading: 7 Incredible Octopus Facts That'll Make You Love Cephalopods. nestrians Dave (voice of Dermot Magennis) and his son Finny (voice of Callum Maloney) are loveable and adaptable creatures called nestrians, who discover they're not on the list. Christopher Columbus even spotted three during his first trip to America. Offer subject to change without notice. These are our 50 favorite deep sea creatures. More from Popular Mechanics:-Team Uncovers Major New Truths About the Legendary Giant Squid, -This Crabs Blood Is the Reason Youre Alive, -This Jurassic Deep Sea Creature Looks Like a (Terrifying) Starfish with Razor Teeth. This particular specimen, Platybrachium antarcticum, flies through the deep Antarctic waters hunting the shelled pteropods (another type of snail) on which it feeds, according to the Marine Census of Life. Sea angels have special parapodia, or lateral extensions of the foot, that help to propel them through the water. A giant prickly stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. As the name would suggest, this animal is found mostly in the waters surrounding Japan, where they are considered a delicacy. Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article: N. A. Naseer/www.nilgirimarten.com/naseerart@gmail.com. This form allows it to float just off the seafloor deep below the surface. In the Harry Potter novels, the blast-ended skrewt is the product of a breeding experiment gone wronga crablike creature that smells of rotten fish and can explosively blast its enemies. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/platypus/, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This giant crustacean occupies the floors of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at depths ranging from 560 to 7,020 feet. Russ Hopcroft / University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cocaine Bear Isnt the Only Animal Getting High, Team Uncovers Major New Truths About the Legendary Giant Squid, This Jurassic Deep Sea Creature Looks Like a (Terrifying) Starfish with Razor Teeth. Umich.edu. Oh yeah, and this little dude lives in the pitch black waters of the mesopelagic zone. They live in African grasslands. digitaldraco, I was deciding between thorny devils which shoot blood out of their eyes; gastric brooding frogs, which swallow their eggs and regurgitate them as babies; and the peacock mantis shrimp which can shatter fish tanks by clamping its inch long claws. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. These animals can sniff it out. The funky-looking fish is named for the 10 appendages protruding from its head, which look like tentacles. The frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, is one of the gnarliest looking creatures in the sea. Although theyre called sea angels, these creatures are actually predatory sea snails. It reaches just 3.5 to 4 inches in length and lives in Argentina. "Charybdis." All of the flamingo tongue snails color comes from the soft parts of its body, which envelop its shell. The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as the "water monster" and the "Mexican walking fish," is a peculiar but versatile foot-long (30-centimeter-long) aquatic creature that can use its four stubby legs to drag itself along lake bottoms, or else swim along the surface. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied English and economics. Real-Life Animal: Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata), Range: Canada and the United States of America. Why Do Animal Pupils Have Different Shapes? He is an expert and quick builder, capable of building a small hut in a few hours. It's up to us to save them. We asked you to create your own ideal island, and you did not disappoint. An illustration of Brachinus crepitans, a species of bombardier beetle found throughout most of Europe. He covers topics such as renewable energy, climate change, and nature. This predatory bird, which is also known as the forest eagle owl, is found in a swath of south Asia stretching from India to Burma. There are 12 units available for rent starting at $1,745/month. In that spirit, here are 10 animal species so strange and wonderful that they seem make-believe. Nightmare Fuel: Why Giant Prehistoric Insects Ruled Earth Before the Dinosaurs. Its name means earth-wolf in Afrikaans and Dutch. Brawler9, I find all species all fascinating, but to me the one that blows my mind has got to be the axolotl. The Nestrian (Nestri primus) is a mammal from Two by Two film. How do I run one instance of an application? Nope. All rights reserved. It goes by quite a few other names, including the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, and even the sea pangolin. Today, its multilayered shell structure is inspiring stronger materials, from airplane hulls to military equipment. Surprisingly, many of those stories are actually real even though they may be exaggerated. Some of the most successful ones even used similar leg colourings as there are so many species. One of which is seeing colors that we humans cannot even imagine that are in existence! kmarley38, How about some love for the rock hyrax? The 'extreme cruelty' around the global trade in frog legs, What does cancer smell like? Noah Is Gone. Social vs. medical egg freezing: Whats the difference? Can we bring a species back from the brink? VA. I survived, and only recently discovered that theyre crustaceans. rossau, What, no love for the platypus? Another easily named animal, the blobfish lives in the deep waters around Australia and New Zealand and has adapted to its environment by evolving into a gelatinous mass of flesh with a density just above that of water. The giant isopod looks like an overgrown pillbug or woodlice. Umich.edu. Earth is more alien than we often give it credit for. Its like a bunch of organs with specialized functions, all with their own nervous system, got together and decided to be a bigger creature. Sluagh, This jellyfish doesnt mean to brag, but its both beautiful and immortal. It evolved to enjoy being in the desert. In the wizarding world, acromantulas are enormous spidersbearing a real-life resemblance to tarantulas, a group of spiders comprising more than 850 species. That honor arguably goes to South America's Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi), which can get up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) wideand can prey on small birds, although it mostly eats arthropods. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2222, Coleman, Loren and Clark, Jerome. How about a pudgy little rodent-like creature with a mouth full of sharp teeth and elephants as its closest relative? The wizarding worlds premier expert on animal life hits the big screen in North America on November 18with a menagerie of fantastical creatures in tow. Who created it? "A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka." In Scamander's telling, people don't see the dodo today because it can vanish at will when it senses danger. Beyond having an amazing name and brilliantly strange family tree, the rock hyrax looks like a cute and possibly cuddly groundhog. And theyre just the creepiest arachnids ever, which is quite an achievement. Svenna, They look like actual dinosaurs. Find out more about how the bombardier beetle generates these explosions. A National Geographic team has made the first ascent of the remote Mount Michael, looking for a lava lake in the volcanos crater. Sadly, the saiga antelope is a critically endangered animal that one ranged over Eurasia but has since been confined to a single region in Russia and a few in Kazakhstan. In the 1950s, ornithologist George Morton Henry, author of a definitive volume on the birds of Sri Lanka, decided that the devil bird actually was the spot-bellied eagle owl (Bubo nipalensis blighi)[source: Eberhart]. In fact, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is so odd that when English naturalists first obtained a carcass for study in 1799 from New South Wales Gov. ", Photograph by De Angostini Picture Library, Getty, Photograph by Universal History Archive, Getty Images, Photographs by Jean Just, Reinhardt Mbjerg Kristensen and Jrgen Olesen. Some frogfish even use their camouflage not to hide, but rather, to mimic poison sea slugs. But perhaps their wildest adaptation of all is the ability to quite literally swallow, digest, and reuse stinging cells from prey. nestrians He is about 6 years old and holds the record for being the tallest rabbit known to exist. I'm ashamed to admit I *just* realized a hornbill is a type of bird and not just a mean nickname Nala came up with. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Sarcophilus_harrisii/, Arkive. Current research on the dodo's closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon, could present its own form of magic by letting scientists understand the details of the dodo's genome, which was sequenced in 2015. They live in burrows, often have four homes (fancy!) NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition / Flickr. 2011. One of Earth's loneliest volcanoes holds an extraordinary secret. The young nestrian, Finny, and the young grymp, Leah, soon find themselves outside of the Ark when the Flood hits. For centuries, the basilisk has slithered through European myth, a massive serpent with a crown-shaped crest and a reputedly lethal stare. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Its name makes it sound like a piece of sexy lingerie, but dont be fooled: the pink see-through fantasia is a sea cucumber, found about 1.5 miles deep into the Celebes Sea in the western Pacific, east of Borneo. The similarities between fact and fiction are striking. Not all animated animals look like their real-life counterparts. Fantastic beasts and where you found them. (Feb. 3, 2014) http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity/, Special Offer on Antivirus Software From HowStuffWorks and TotalAV Security, 10 Incredible Dragons We'd Like to Meet (or Run From), 10 Crazy Facts You Didn't Know About Animal. On average, a great white shark will live between 40 to 70 years. According to Oceana, the international ocean preservation advocacy group, this shrimps punch is one of the fastest movements in the animal kingdomso much so, that its strong enough to break an aquariums glass wall. The diminutive creatures, whose bodies can stretch to nearly 9 inches (22 centimeters) in length plus a tail of up to 13.5 inches (34 centimeters), have a striking mane of lush, golden fur, which frames a gray-black face with startlingly anthropomorphic features. About 8.7 million, new estimate says." Its so easy to miss the frogfish, because these types of anglerfish (there are over 50 species of them) are nearly identical to their surroundingsmostly coral reefs. Thanks to layers of honeycombed crystal plates inside their cells, they can wink from iridescence to invisibility in a matter of seconds. In this case, the crustaceanwhich mostly keeps to the seabedburies itself beneath the sand, with just its eyes protruding from the mucky depths. Share. It even eats underground, primarily ants and termites. The Guardian. Unnikrishnan Nair P.K. The two cant breed to create a new hybrid animal, which debunks a common myth about their relationship. The okapi mimics a giraffe's rolling gait by stepping with the front and hind legs on the same side of the body, instead of using the legs from the opposite sides, as other grazing animals tend to do. With a look that suggests a cross between a cockatoo and a bird of prey, the harpy eagle is one of the most distinct birds on the planet. See. Despite its seemingly awkward design, the creature turns out to be a surprisingly adept underwater swimmer, thanks to its webbed feet and beaver-like tail [source: National Geographic]. Meanwhile, researchers from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada believe that 91 percent of these marine animals are still unknown to us. The gerenuk's name comes from a Somali word meaning "giraffe-necked." In Fantastic Beasts, a billywig is a blue stinging insect from Australia. "Platypus." Rafiki vs . The head, arms and legs are all resin and the horns are plastic. So in a sense, a majority of the creatures lurking below the surface may as well be aliens. In the Harry Potter world, the horklump is an animal that resembles a mushroom, and few mushroom-shaped animals have proved as mysterious, and controversial, as Dendrogramma. The blue ants sting is less pleasant: The Australian Museum says that blue ant stings are rare but can happen, and they cause burning pain and swelling. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Sea sapphires often cluster by the surface of the water, making the ocean appear studded with a galaxy of diamonds. Chris Loeffler / Getty Images, Disney. Abnormally Large Animals That Are Actually Real TheRichest 15.1M subscribers Subscribe 42M views 7 years ago Huge animals that you won't believe are actually real life living creatures.. The star-nosed mole's 22-fingered nose is one of the most touch-sensitive organs in the animal kingdom, studded with thousands of microscopic sensory receptors called Eimers organs. They mostly feed on squid, usually swallowing their prey whole. Contrary to its cartoon counterpart, the actual Tasmanian devil is a slow, lumbering creature, not a frenetic whirlwind, though it is known to get loud and rowdy when eating in groups [source: ADW]. This has resulted in many people getting a nasty sting. When the male box crab has found its mate, it grasps onto her with its claws and carries her around the sea floor until she molts her shell. What is wind chill, and how does it affect your body? Her size actually ended up saving her from the slaughterhouse, and she is the current greeter at the farm she lives on.There are many more large animals where this comes from. Set in the Genesis flood narrative, Dave is a Nestrian, a brightly coloured aardvark-like creature whose only skills seems to be making comfortable nests and secreting a foul-smelling cloud of blue gas whenever he gets emotional. Therefore, marine scientists were excited when, in October 2013, the bodies of two oarfish including a 14-foot (4.6 meter)- long female with ovaries full of eggs were found off the coast of Southern California. She is six feet four inches tall and weighs about 2000 pounds. Dogs, cats, parrots, horses, cows, chickens, sheep, rabbits, parrots Channel 5s All Creatures Great and Small has them all. 1999. She lives in the Philly suburbs with her partner, her black cat, and towers upon towers of books. Here are five animal-like, or biomimetic, robots that researchers are already using to study and, in one case, to control the social life of real-life animals. whale Cocaine Bear takes the real-life animal - affectionately named Pablo Eskobear - and uses the ridiculous premise to turn it into a killing machine. For as many fascinating, downright unbelievable places as there are to explore on our planet, there are just as many, if not far more, mind-blowing animals. Twitter. The juveniles start out black, with a pale yellow strip along the fins, and as they grow, transitions to a bright blue and yellow coloring. Okay, real-life animals don't have Pokemon types. The okapi's large upright ears and prehensile blue-violet tongue spill the beans on the actual relativethe giraffe. Set in the times of the Biblical Flood, Dave is a Nestrian, a clumsy, silly-looking, brightly coloured creature whose only skills seems to be making comfortable nests and secreting a foul-smelling cloud of blue gas whenever he gets scared for his life. There are different kinds, but they all absolutely look like a creature I would have made up as a child. (Feb. 2, 2014) http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/golden-lion-tamarin/, National Geographic. Desperate to save his son, Dave disguises them both as grymps so they can sneak on board. However, an analysis in 2016 revealed that Dendrogramma isn't in a league of its own: In fact, it's a deep-sea genus of Cnidaria, the animal phylum that includes jellyfish, corals, and box jellies. "10 Real Animals That Seem Make-believe" In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the latest film based on J.K. 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