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Weirdest Animals In Existence by Rexian(m): 11:20am On Dec 09, 2015 |
#Leafy seadragon
Named after the dragons of Chinese
mythology, Leafy seadragons (Phycodurus
eques) resemble a piece of drifting seaweed as
they float in the seaweed-filled water. The
Leafy seadragon, with green, orange and gold
hues along its body, is covered with leaf-like
appendages, making it remarkably
camouflaged. Only the fluttering of tiny fins or
the moving of an independently swiveling eye,
reveals its presence.
Like the seahorse, the male seadragon carries
as many as 150-200 eggs. After being
deposited by the female, the eggs are carried
in the honeycomb-shaped area (known as the
brood patch) under the male's tail for
approximately eight weeks. Seadragons have
no teeth or stomach and feed exclusively on
mysidopsis shrimp. Known as "Australian
seahorses" in Australia, they are found in
calm, cold water that is approximately 50-54°
F (10-12° C). Leafy seadragons have been
protected by the South Australian government
since 1982.
Sun Bear
The Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear
found primarily in the tropical rainforests of
#Southeast Asia.
The Sun Bear stands approximately 4 ft (1.2
m) in length, making it the smallest member
in the bear family. It is often called the dog
bear because of its small stature. It has a 2 in
(5 cm) tail and on average weighs less than
145 lb (65 kg). Males tend to be slightly larger
than females.
Unlike other bears, the Sun Bear's fur is short
and sleek. This adaptation is probably due to
the lowland climates it inhabits. Dark black or
brown-black fur covers its body, except on the
chest where there is a pale orange-yellow
marking in the shape of a horseshoe. Similar
colored fur can be found around the muzzle
and the eyes. This distinct marking gives the
sun bear its name.
#Komondor Dog
Females are 27 inches (69cm) at the withers.
Male Komondorok are a minimum of 28
inches at the withers, but many are over 30
inches tall, making this one of the larger
common breeds of dog. The body is not overly
coarse or heavy, however, and people
unfamiliar with the breed are often surprised
by how quick and agile the dogs are.
Its long, thick, strikingly corded white coat
(the heaviest amount of fur in the canine
world) resembles dreadlocks or a mop. The
puppy coat is soft and fluffy. However, the
coat is wavy and tends to curl as the puppy
matures. A fully mature coat is formed
naturally from the soft undercoat and the
coarser outer coat combining to form tassels,
or cords. Some help is needed in separating
the cords so the dog does not turn into one
large matted mess. The length of the cords
increases with time as the coat grows.
Shedding is very minimal with this breed,
contrary to what one might think (once cords
are fully formed). The only substantial
shedding occurs as a puppy before the
dreadlocks fully form. The Komondor is born
with only a white coat, unlike the similar-
looking Puli, which is usually white, black or
sometimes grayish. However, a working
Komondor's coat may be discolored by the
elements, and may appear off-white if not
washed regularly.
#Angora Rabbit
The Angora rabbit is a variety of domestic
rabbit bred for its long, soft hair. The Angora
is one of the oldest types of domestic rabbit,
originating in Ankara, Turkey, along with the
Angora cat and Angora goat. The rabbits were
popular pets with French royalty in the mid
1700s, and spread to other parts of Europe by
the end of the century. They first appeared in
the United States in the early 1900s. They are
bred largely for their long wool, which may be
removed by shearing or plucking (gently
pulling loose wool).
There are many individual breeds of Angora
rabbits, four of which are ARBA recognized.
Such breeds include, French, German, Giant,
English, Satin, Chinese, Swiss, Finnish, to
name a few.
#Red Panda
The Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens ("shining cat,"
from a Latinized form of the Greek, ailouros,
"cat," and the participial form of the Latin
fulgere, "to shine" is a mostly herbivorous
mammal, slightly larger than a domestic cat
(55 cm long). The Red Panda has semi-
retractile claws and, like the Giant Panda, has
a "false thumb" which is really an extension of
the wrist bone. Thick fur on the soles of the
feet offers protection from cold and hides
scent glands. The Red Panda is native to the
Himalayas in Nepal and southern China. The
word panda is derived from Nepalese word
"ponya" which means bamboo and plants
eating animals in Nepal.
#Sloth
Sloths are medium-sized mammals that live in
Central and South America belonging to the
families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae,
part of the order Pilosa. Most scientists call
these two families the Folivora suborder, while
some call it Phyllophaga.
Sloths are omnivores. They may eat insects,
small lizards and carrion, but their diet
consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and
leaves.
Sloths have made extraordinary adaptations
to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves, their
main food source, provide very little energy or
nutrition and do not digest easily: sloths have
very large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs
with multiple compartments in which
symbiotic bacteria break down the tough
leaves.
As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth's
body-weight consists of the contents of its
stomach, and the digestive process can take
as long as a month or more to complete. Even
so, leaves provide little energy, and sloths
deal with this by a range of economy
measures: they have very low metabolic rates
(less than half of that expected for a creature
of their size), and maintain low body
temperatures when active (30 to 34 degrees
Celsius or 86 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit), and
still lower temperatures when resting. Sloths
mainly live in Cecropia trees.
#Emperor Tamarin
The Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator) is
a tamarin allegedly named for its similarity
with the German emperor Wilhelm II. The
name was first intended as a joke, but has
become the official scientific name.
This tamarin lives in the southwest Amazon
Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the
west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas.
The fur of the Emperor Tamarin is
predominantly grey colored, with yellowish
speckles on its chest. The hands and feet are
black and the tail is brown. Outstanding is its
long, white mustache, which extends to both
sides beyond the shoulders. The animal
reaches a length of 24 to 26 cm, plus a 35 cm
long tail. It weighs approximately 300 to 400
g.
This primate inhabits tropical rain forests,
living deep in the forest and also in open tree-
covered areas. It is a diurnal animal, spending
the majority of its days in the trees with
quick, safe movements and broad jumps
among the limbs.
#White-faced Saki Monkey
The White-faced Saki (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 monkey mostly feed on fruits, but also
nuts, seeds, and insects.
#Tapir
Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly
pig-like in shape, with short, prehensile
snouts. They inhabit jungle and forest regions
of South America, Central America, and
Southeast Asia. All four species of tapir are
classified as endangered or vulnerable. Their
closest relatives are the other odd-toed
ungulates, horses and rhinoceroses.
#Hagfish
Hagfish are marine craniates of the class
Myxini, also known as Hyperotreti. Despite
their name, there is some debate about
whether they are strictly fish (as there is for
lampreys), since they belong to a much more
primitive lineage than any other group that is
commonly defined fish (Chondrichthyes and
Osteichthyes). Their unusual feeding habits
and slime-producing capabilities have led
members of the scientific and popular media
to dub the hagfish as the most "disgusting" of
all sea creatures.
Hagfish are long, vermiform and can exude
copious quantities of a sticky slime or mucus
(from which the typical species Myxine
glutinosa was named). When captured and
held by the tail, they escape by secreting the
fibrous slime, which turns into a thick and
sticky gel when combined with water, and then
cleaning off by tying themselves in an
overhand knot which works its way from the
head to the tail of the animal, scraping off the
slime as it goes. Some authorities conjecture
that this singular behavior may assist them in
extricating themselves from the jaws of
predatory fish. However, the "sliming" also
seems to act as a distraction to predators,
and free-swimming hagfish are seen to "slime"
when agitated and will later clear the mucus
off by way of the same travelling-knot
behavior.
#Star-nosed Mole
The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) is a
small North American mole found in eastern
Canada and the north-eastern United States. It
is the only member of the tribe Condylurini
and the genus Condylura.
It lives in wet lowland areas and eats small
invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and
molluscs. It is a good swimmer and can
forage along the bottoms of streams and
ponds. Like other moles, this animal digs
shallow surface tunnels for foraging; often,
these tunnels exit underwater. It is active day
and night and remains active in winter, when
it has been observed tunnelling through the
snow and swimming in ice-covered streams.
Little is known about the social behavior of
the species, but it is suspected that it is
colonial.
The Star-nosed Mole is covered in thick
blackish brown water-repellent fur and has
large scaled feet and a long thick tail, which
appears to function as a fat storage reserve
for the spring breeding season. Adults are 15
to 20 cm in length, weigh about 55 g, and
have 44 teeth. The mole's most distinctive
feature is a circle of 22 mobile, pink, fleshy
tentacles at the end of the snout. These are
used to identify food by touch, such as
worms, insects and crustaceans.
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