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
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
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
That mole naked rat is just Wrong!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are more than 30 species of mole rats; the naked one is just one of them. Check out National Geographic, friend. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/naked-mole-rat/
Deletethese are species that have been around for much longer than you---just rare and in uninhabited places--so we humans have not managed to kill them of -- yet--
DeleteI know for a fact that the 2nd image of blobfish is not a real blobfish. It's a sculpture, as is the man holding it. I saw this in January when I was at a gallery in New York. In fact I have a photo of me with this sculpture because I liked it so much!
Deletemole rats are an amazing animal
Deletehttp://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/07/14-fun-facts-about-naked-mole-rats/
its the blob fish with its human colouration and nose and lips!OH MY!
ReplyDeleteI think I took her home one night when I was drunk.. :-)
DeleteThere is no missing link between man and monkey, yet there is one between man and fish. Lol.
DeleteMake no mistake! These are not spieces, these are only mutations.
ReplyDeleteI mean species*
DeleteNew species just don't conjure themselves up. Only mutations... either that or Aliens.
I don't think so! I've been aware of many of them for years. See my mole rat comment, for instance. They've probably been around longer than WE have. In fact, we may be the mutations!
DeleteThey're not mutations, but existing species that you may not have necessarily heard of.
Deletethat blob fish was in mib3
DeleteBlob Fish should be renamed the Jimmy Durante fish
ReplyDeleteNow please don't tell me that japanese eat that spider crab
ReplyDeletei would
Deletei hope its not headed for a dinner plate extinction...
DeleteEvolution, baby!
ReplyDeleteThe Dugong is real, that's for sure and I've seen the Superb Bird of Paradise and Japanese Spider crab on docos......the aye aye did my head in! Lol. I wanna see one. X
ReplyDeleteLocal legends regarding the Aye-Aye state that if you come across them in the night, your soul will be devoured. Some zoos have specimens living within the primate areas.
ReplyDeleteuaaaaaaaaaau
ReplyDeleteHad a giggle at the yeti crab :)
ReplyDeleteGod makes all kinds of wonderful creatures
ReplyDeletelol!
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