On my website, I regularly tell you about, for example, just a couple of days ago I published an article about. The rating of the article exceeded all my expectations and I decided to add more to this list 25 extraordinary animals.
1 Leafy Sea Dragon


What kind of animal: Sea fish, a relative of the sea horse.
Habitat: In the waters surrounding southern and western, more often in shallow water, in moderately warm water.
Distinguishing Features: The leaf-like appendages of the head and body serve only as a camouflage. Moves with the help of the pectoral fin located on the crest of the neck, as well as the dorsal fin in the region of the tip of the tail. These fins are completely transparent.
Dimensions: grows up to 45 cm.
By the way: the leafy sea dragon is the official emblem of the state of South Australia.

2. Malayan bear or biruang


What kind of animal: A mammal of the bear family.
Location: Northeast and the southern part through Myanmar, Thailand, the peninsulas of Indochina and Malacca to Indonesia.
Distinguishing Features: Stocky, strong animal with a short and broad muzzle. Ears are short and rounded. The limbs are high with disproportionately large paws; claws very large, curved. Feet are bare. The fangs are small. The fur of the biruang is short, hard and smooth. The color is black, on the muzzle it turns to roan-yellow. On the chest there is usually a large whitish or reddish spot in the form of a horseshoe, reminiscent of the shape and color of the rising sun. A nocturnal animal, often sleeping or sunbathing in the branches of trees for days on end, where it builds a kind of nest for itself.
Dimensions: The smallest representative of the bear family: it does not exceed 1.5 m in length (plus 3-7 cm tail), the height at the withers is only 50-70 cm; weight 27-65 kg.
By the way: Biruangs are one of the rarest types of bears.

3. Komondor


What kind of animal: The Hungarian Shepherd is a breed of dog.

Special signs: When keeping a Komondor, special care is required for its coat, the length of which can reach almost a meter. It is not subject to combing, but, as it grows, the formed strands must be separated so that the wool does not fall off.
Dimensions: This "King of the Hungarian Shepherd Dogs" is one of the largest dogs in the world, the height at the withers of males is more than 80 cm, and the long white coat, folded into original shoelaces, makes the dog even more massive and impressive.
By the way: Feeding this huge dog is not difficult. Like any shepherd dogs, they are very unpretentious and eat very little, a little more than 1 kg of food per day.

4. Angora rabbit


What kind of animal: A mammal from the breed of rodents.
Habitat: Where his home is, since this is a pet. More precisely, everywhere.
Special signs: This animal is really extremely impressive, there are specimens in which wool reaches a length of up to 80 cm. This wool is very much appreciated, and a wide variety of useful things are prepared from it, even linen, stockings, gloves, scarves, and, finally, just fabrics. A kilogram of Angora rabbit wool is usually valued at 10 - 12 rubles. One rabbit can deliver up to 0.5 kg of such wool per year, but usually delivers less. The Angora rabbit is bred most often by ladies, which is why it is sometimes called "ladies".
Dimensions: Average weight 5 kg, body length 61 cm, chest girth 38 cm, but options are possible.
By the way: Every week these rabbits should be combed, because if you do not take care of their hair, they get a disgusting appearance.

5. Lesser panda


What kind of animal: an animal of the raccoon family.
Habitat: China, northern Burma, Bhutan, and northeastern India. Not found west of Nepal. Lives in mountain bamboo forests at an altitude of 2000-4000 m above sea level in a temperate climate.
Distinguishing Features: Red or hazel on top, dark, tan or black underneath. The hair on the back has yellow tips. The paws are glossy black, the tail is red, with inconspicuous lighter narrow rings, the head is light, and the edges of the ears and muzzle are almost white, and a pattern in the form of a mask near the eyes. The small panda leads a predominantly nocturnal (or rather, twilight) lifestyle, during the day it sleeps in a hollow, curled up and covering its head with its tail. In case of danger, it also climbs trees. On the ground, pandas move slowly and awkwardly, but they climb trees very well, but, nevertheless, it feeds mainly on the ground - mainly young leaves and bamboo shoots.
Dimensions: body length 51-64 cm, tail 28-48 cm, weight 3-4.5 kg
By the way: Red pandas live alone. The "personal" territory of the female occupies an area of ​​​​about 2.5 square meters. km, the male - twice as much.

6. Sloth


What kind of animal: A toothless mammal belonging to the Bradypodidae family.
Habitat: found in Central and South America.
Special signs: Sloths spend almost all the time hanging on a tree branch with their backs down, 15 hours a day sloths sleep. The physiology and behavior of sloths is oriented towards energy austerity, as they feed on low-calorie leaves. Digestion takes about a month. In a well-fed sloth, ⅔ of its body weight can be food in the stomach. Sloths have a long neck to get leaves from a large area without moving. The body temperature of an active sloth is 30-34 ° C, and even lower at rest. Sloths really do not like to get down from trees, because on the ground they are completely helpless. In addition, it requires energy costs. They climb down to perform natural needs, which they do only once a week (therefore, their bladder is huge) and sometimes to move to another tree, where, in order to save energy, they often gather in groups in the forks of branches. There is an assumption that at the same time they lazily mate.
Dimensions: The body weight of sloths of different species varies from 4 to 9 kg, and the body length is about 60 centimeters.
By the way: Sloths are so slow that a moth often lives in their fur.

7. Imperial Tamarina


What kind of animal: Primate, chain-tailed monkey.
Habitat: In the rainforests of the Amazon Basin in areas of southeast Peru, northwest Bolivia and northwest Brazil.
Distinguishing Features: A distinctive feature of the species is a particularly long white mustache hanging down to the chest and shoulders in two strands. The fingers have claws, not nails, only the big toes of the hind legs have nails. They spend most of their lives in trees, where larger species of monkeys cannot climb because of their weight.
Dimensions: Body length is 9.2-10.4 inches, tail length is 14-16.6 inches. The mass of adults is 180-250 g.
By the way: Tamarins live in groups of 2-8 individuals. All members of the group have their own rank, and the old female is at the highest level. Therefore, the cubs are carried by males.

8. White-faced saki


What kind of animal: Primate, broad-nosed monkey.
Habitat: They live in rain forests, more arid forests, and even in the savannas of the Amazon, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
Distinguishing features: The color of the coat is black, the front of the head, forehead and throat in males are light, almost white. Sometimes the head is reddish. The coat is thick and soft, the tail is long and fluffy. The tail is not grasping. In females, the general color is brown and solid. There are lighter stripes around the nose and mouth.
Dimensions: Males have a mass of 1.5-2 kg and are somewhat heavier than females. Body length 15 inches, tail 20 inches.
By the way: White-faced saki spend their whole lives on trees. Sometimes they descend into the lower tier of the tropical forest (on the lower branches of trees and shrubs) in search of food. In case of danger, they make long jumps, while the tail serves as a balancer. Active during the day and at night.

9. Tapir


What kind of animal: A large herbivore from the order of equids.
Habitat: In Central America, in warm places of South America and in southeast Asia.
Special features: Tapirs are relatively ancient mammals: even among the remains of animals 55 million years old, you can find many tapir-like animals. Closest to tapirs are other odd-toed ungulates: horses and rhinos. Their front legs are four-toed, and their hind legs are three-toed, with small hooves on their fingers, helping to move along the dirty and soft ground.
Sizes: Sizes of tapirs differ from species to species, but, as a rule, the length of a tapir is about two meters, the height at the withers is about a meter, and the weight is from 150 to 300 kg.
By the way: Tapirs are forest animals that love water. In the forests, tapirs feed on fruits, leaves, and berries. Their main enemy is a man who hunts tapirs for their meat and skin.

10. Mixins


What kind of animal: an animal from the jawless class.
Habitat: Inhabit the seas of temperate latitudes, keeping near the bottom at a depth of up to 400 m. At salinity below 29% they stop feeding, and at 25% and below they die.
Distinguishing Features: The mouth opening of the hagfish is devoid of a suction disk and is surrounded by only two pairs of antennae. Biting into the skin of the victim with strong horny teeth, they inject enzymes that dissolve proteins. The prey of hagfish are most often weakened vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as carrion. Often they find skeletons of fish covered with skin, and inside - hagfish that have eaten away all the insides and muscles.
Dimensions: Body length up to 80 cm.
By the way: In Japan and some other countries, hagfish is eaten.

11. Starship


What kind of animal: An insectivorous mammal of the mole family.
Habitat: Occurs only in Southeastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.
Special features: Outwardly, the star-nosed star differs from other members of the family and from other small animals only by its characteristic structure of the stigma in the form of a rosette or a star of 22 soft, fleshy, mobile bare rays.
Dimensions: The size of the starship is similar to the European mole. The tail is relatively long (about 8 cm), covered with scales and sparse hair.
By the way: When the stellate is looking for food, the fleshy rays on the stigma are in constant motion, with the exception of the two middle upper ones, which are directed forward and do not bend. When he eats, the rays are drawn together in a compact pile; while eating, the animal holds food with its front paws. When the star-bearer drinks, it immerses both the stigma and all the whiskers for 5-6 seconds in water.

12. Nosach


What kind of animal: A species of primates from the subfamily of thin-bodied monkeys as part of the marmoset family.
Habitat: Distributed exclusively on the island of Borneo, where it inhabits coastal regions and valleys.
Distinguishing Features: The most conspicuous feature of the proboscis is its large, cucumber-like nose, which, however, is found only in males. The coat of the proboscis is yellowish-brown on the upper side, it is colored white on the underside. The arms, legs and tail are grey, and the hairless face is red.
Dimensions: The size of the proboscis reaches from 66 to 75 cm, the tail is about as long as the body. The weight of males ranges from 16 to 22 kg - twice as much as the weight of females.
By the way: Nosachi are excellent swimmers, jumping into the water directly from the trees and able to overcome up to 20 meters diving under water. Of all the primates, they are perhaps the best swimmers.

13. Small cloak-bearer


What kind of animal: A family of mammals of the edentulous order.
Habitat: Armadillos inhabit steppes, deserts, savannas and forest edges of Central and South America.
Distinguishing Features: These are the only modern mammals whose body is covered on top with a shell formed by dermal ossification. The carapace consists of head, shoulder and pelvic shields and a number of hoop-shaped bands encircling the body from above and from the sides. Parts of the shell are interconnected by elastic connective tissue, which gives mobility to the entire shell.
Dimensions: Body length from 12.5 (frilled armadillos) to 100 cm (giant armadillo); weight from 90 g to 60 kg. Tail length from 2.5 to 50 cm.
By the way: Armadillo airways are voluminous and serve as a reservoir of air, so these animals can hold their breath for 6 minutes. This helps them to move through the reservoirs (often armadillos simply cross them along the bottom). The air drawn into the lungs compensates for the weight of the heavy shell, allowing the armadillo to swim.

14. Axolotl


What kind of animal: A larval form of an amphibian from the ambistom family.
Habitat: In mountain ponds of Mexico.
Distinguishing features: On the sides of the axolotl's head grow long, shaggy twigs, three on each side. These are gills. Periodically, the larva presses them to the body, shakes them to clear them of organic residues. The tail of the axolotl is long and wide, which helps it well when swimming. It is interesting that the axolotl breathes with both gills and lungs - if the water is poorly saturated with oxygen, then the axolotl switches to pulmonary breathing, and over time, its gills partially atrophy.
Dimensions: Total length - up to 30 cm.
By the way: Axolotls lead a very calm measured lifestyle, not bothering themselves with unnecessary expenditure of energy. They lie quietly at the bottom, sometimes, wagging their tail, rise to the surface of the water "for a breath of air." But this is a predator attacking the victim from an ambush.

15. Ay-ay


What kind of animal: the largest animal of their nocturnal primates.
Habitat: Eastern and northern Madagascar. Lives in the same ecological niche as woodpeckers.
Distinguishing features: It has a brown color with white specks and a large fluffy tail; it feeds, like woodpeckers, mainly on worms and larvae, although it was originally believed that they eat like rodents because of their teeth.
Dimensions: Weight - about 2.5 kg. Length - 30-37 cm without a tail and 44-53 cm with a tail.
By the way: One of the rarest animals on the planet - several dozen individuals, and therefore discovered relatively recently.

16. Alpaca


What kind of animal: an animal of the camel family.
Habitat: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, at an altitude of over 3500-5000 meters.
Distinctive features: Valued primarily for its wool (24 natural shades), which has all the properties of sheep, but is much lighter in weight. From one individual, 5 kg of wool is sheared, they are sheared once a year. The absence of front teeth forces alpacas to pick up food with their lips and chew with their side teeth. Very good-natured, intelligent, inquisitive animal.
Dimensions: Alpaca height - 61-86 cm, and weight - 45-77 kg.
By the way: The Indians believed that in order for the alpaca wool to be blessed, it was necessary to kill it by tearing the heart out of the chest. Now this is considered barbaric, but there are still cases when several men hold an alpaca, and someone cuts a heart out of its chest.

17. Tarsier


What kind of animal: a mammal from the genus of primates.
Habitat: Tarsiers live in Southeast Asia, primarily on the islands.
Distinguishing Features: Tarsiers have long hind limbs, a large head that can turn almost 360°, and good hearing. The fingers are extremely long, the ears are round and bare. Soft wool has a brown or grayish tint. However, the most noticeable feature is the large eyes, up to 16 mm in diameter. In projection to human height, tarsiers correspond to the size of an apple.
Dimensions: Tarsiers are small animals, their height is from 9 to 16 cm. In addition, they have a bare tail 13 to 28 cm long. Weight varies from 80 to 160 grams.
By the way: In the past, tarsiers played a big role in the mythology and superstition of the peoples of Indonesia. The Indonesians thought that the heads of tarsiers were not attached to the body (because they could rotate almost 360 °), and were afraid to collide with them, because they believed that the same fate could happen to people in this case.

18. Dumbo Octopus


What kind of animal: A small and peculiar deep-sea octopus, a representative of cephalopods.
Habitat: Found in the Tasman Sea.
Distinguishing Features: He got his nickname, apparently, in honor of the famous cartoon character, Dumbo the elephant, who was ridiculed for his large ears (in the middle of the body, the octopus has a pair of rather long, paddle-like fins resembling ears). Its individual tentacles are literally connected to the ends by a thin elastic membrane called an umbrella. She, along with the fins, serves as the main mover of this animal, that is, the octopus moves like jellyfish, pushing water out from under the umbrella bell.
Dimensions: found octopus - half the size of a human palm.
By the way: Little is known today about the varieties, habits and behavior of these octopuses. Watch on YouTube.

19. Frilled Lizard


What kind of animal: A lizard from the Agam family.
Habitat: Northwest of Australia and south of New Guinea. There she lives in dry forests and forest-steppes.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Yellow-brown to black-brown. It is distinguished by its long tail, which is two thirds of the body length of the frilled lizard. However, the most noticeable feature is a large collar-like skin fold located around the head and adjacent to the body. The fold contains numerous blood vessels. The frilled lizard has strong limbs and sharp claws.
Dimensions: The length of the frilled lizard is from 80 to 100 cm, females are much smaller than males.
By the way: In case of danger, it opens its mouth, sticks out its brightly colored collar (it can stand up to 30 cm from the body), stands on its hind legs, makes hissing sounds and beats its tail on the ground - which makes it seem scarier and more dangerous than it is.

20. Narwhal


What kind of animal: a unicorn, a mammal of the unicorn family.
Habitat: Narwhal lives in high latitudes - in the waters of the Arctic Ocean and in the North Atlantic.
Special features: The size and shape of the body, pectoral fins and dark coloration of the suckers narwhals are similar to belugas, however, adults are spotted - grayish-brown spots on a light background, which sometimes merge - and the presence of only 2 upper teeth. Of these, the left one develops in males into a tusk up to 2-3 m long and weighing up to 10 kg, twisted in a left spiral, and the right one usually does not cut through. The right tusk in males and both tusks in females are hidden in the gums and rarely develop, in about one in 500 cases.
Dimensions: The body length of an adult narwhal is 3.5-4.5 m, newborns are about 1.5 m. The weight of males reaches 1.5 tons, of which about a third of the weight is fat; females weigh about 900 kg.
By the way: Why the tusk of a narwhal is not exactly clear, but just not in order to break through a crust of ice. This tusk is a sensitive organ and supposedly allows the narwhal to sense changes in pressure, temperature, and the relative concentration of suspended particles in the water. Crossing tusks, narwhals, apparently, clear them of growths.

21. Madagascar Suckerfoot


What kind of animal: Chiropteran mammal.
Habitat: Found only in Madagascar.
Special features: At the bases of the thumbs of the wings and on the soles of the hind limbs, the suckers have complex rosette suckers, which are located directly on the skin (unlike suckers in sucker-footed bats).
Dimensions: Small animal: body length 5.7 cm, tail 4.8 cm; weight 8-10 g.
By the way: The biology and ecology of sucker-foot is practically not studied. Most likely, it uses folded leathery palm leaves as shelters, to which it clings with its suckers. All suckers were caught near the water. Included in the Red Book with the status of "vulnerable".

22. Dwarf marmoset


What kind of animal: One of the smallest primates, belongs to the broad-nosed monkeys.
Habitat: South America, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador.
Distinctive Features: The nostrils of the marmoset are directed forward, and the nose is large and wide.
Dimensions: The weight of an adult does not exceed 120 g.
By the way: It lives great in captivity. When kept, it requires a constant temperature of 25-29 degrees, a slightly higher humidity of 60%.

23. Drop fish


What kind of animal: fish, scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus.
Habitat: lives in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, found in deep waters (about 2800 m) of the coasts of Australia and Tasmania.
Special signs: Drop fish live at depths where the pressure is several tens of times higher than at sea level, and in order to maintain viability, the body of a drop fish consists of a gel-like mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to swim above the seafloor without expending energy in swimming.
Dimensions: The maximum body length is about 65 cm.
By the way: The lack of muscles is not a disadvantage, since the blob fish feeds on the prey that swims around it.

24. Platypus


What kind of animal: A waterfowl mammal of the monotreme order.
Habitat: Australia.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Its most curious quality is that instead of a normal mouth, it possesses a duck's beak, which allows it to feed in the mud like birds.
Dimensions: The body length of the platypus is 30-40 cm, the tail is 10-15 cm, it weighs up to 2 kg. Males are about a third larger than females.
By the way: The platypus is one of the few poisonous mammals, it is generally not fatal for humans, but it causes very severe pain, and edema develops at the injection site, which gradually spreads to the entire limb, pain can last for many days or even months.

25. Kitoglav or royal heron


What kind of animal: Ankle-legged bird.
Habitat: Africa.
Distinguishing features: The neck of the shoebill is not very long and thick. The head is large, with a small and, one might say, sloppy crest on the back of the head. The beak is massive and very wide, somewhat swollen. There is a hanging hook at the end of the beak. The plumage of the shoebill is generally dark gray, and there is powder down on the back, but there is no such down on the chest. Legs are long and black. The tongue of the shoebill is short; there is no muscular stomach, and the glandular one is very large.
Dimensions: Kitoglav is a large bird, in a standing position it is 75-90 cm tall; wing length 65-69 cm.
By the way: This sluggish bird often stands completely still, holding its large beak on its chest. The whalehead is fed by various aquatic animals - fish, crocodiles, frogs and small turtles.

Almost all children love encyclopedias about animals, they easily remember information about the habits of exotic animals, they can show a point on the map where unusual animals live. So they enrich their horizons with truly broad biological knowledge. Over time, this interest subsides, but the natural world is still amazing and diverse. So, at any age you can get carried away with a story called "in the world of animals." It can be argued that you have not only never seen some of the heroes of this article, but you did not even suspect that such specimens are found in nature. And these are not just birds of outlandish colors or terrible insects, meeting which you can lose consciousness just from the sight, among the unique animals of our planet are the cutest primates, dolphins with long “noses” and just gothic crocodiles. And if you hunt these animals, then only with the prefix “photo”.

So, a selection - The most interesting animals in the world

nosach

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. nosach

This beast is not completely inglorious: it is very photogenic, because it has a really significant advantage - its remarkable nose. Such a huge nose does not spoil the monkey: a cute creature makes everyone smile. Nosachi live on the island of Barneo, which belongs to the Malay Archipelago. The nose with potatoes adorns not only males, but also females.

Primates live in forest areas. Their favorite time is the afternoon and evening, during this period they arrange a real “movement”, but in the dark and early in the morning they prefer to relax.

Above 75 cm, proboscis do not grow, adults weigh about 22 kg. The coat of monkeys is yellowish-brown, sometimes turning into white. There is no hair on the reddish-brown muzzle.

Nosachi, by the way, are noble swimmers. Not every monkey, to put it mildly, can boast that it will swim 20 m underwater. Moreover, these are the best swimmers among primates. They can also walk vertically: only people, gibbons and, in fact, proboscis do this. Why they have such a big nose, scientists did not understand, they agreed that this is just a symbol of attractiveness. Unfortunately, such charming monkeys are in danger: this is due to active deforestation.

Tarsier

They say about such people: “Have you acted in cartoons?” indeed, the appearance of this animal literally asks for the screen. This is also a primate, but very small and completely different from its relatives. The body weight of the eyeball is about 160 g. Females are slightly larger than females, their height reaches a maximum of 16 cm (and these are giants). The tarsier fits perfectly in the hand.

What is very large in a tarsier is a long tail - about 30 cm. And the animal also has long paws, with which it repels. The animal has long fingers on all paws, they help it quickly and deftly climb branches and trunks.

And the tarsier can turn its head virtually 360 degrees. The animal has large ears compared to the head, which are able to pick up sounds with a frequency of up to 90 kHz. There are special mimic muscles on the muzzle of the tarsier, thanks to which it changes the expression of the “face”. In the Philippines, this is the oldest animal, previously they could be seen in Europe and North America, but the tarsier population is rapidly declining.

starship

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. starship

The name is pretty cute, but you can’t exactly call the beast itself handsome. This is a mole that often comes to the surface of the earth. But, of course, this is not its main difference. His pride is a prominent nose. Actually, this is not even a nose, but tentacles that grow around a bare oval stigma. It's all shaped like an asterisk.

Only two rays out of twenty-two are motionless, the rest are constantly exploring the world around them. By the way, thanks to these tentacles, the star-bearer determines at the moment whether the food is suitable for consumption.

His life is a constant digging of underground passages, some of them lead to the so-called "rest chambers", some - to the reservoir. In general, you can call the star-bearer an excellent logistician.

Tasmanian devil

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Tasmanian devil

Sometimes it is also called the marsupial devil. The mammal received such an outrageous nickname for the heartbreaking cries that it publishes at night. And the Tasmanian devil has a mouth with large teeth, he loves to tear meat with sharp fangs, which also does not add to his image of tenderness.

By itself, the marsupial devil is like a dog or a small bear: if you don’t open your mouth, then there’s nothing to worry about, in general. Males are larger than females, the weight of the first is about 12 kg. In fact, the Tasmanian devil is terrible. For the time being, his appearance is deceptive: one bite - and the victim's skull and spine are bitten.

The marsupial devil lives in Tasmania. Tasmanian devils also used to live in Australia, but it seems that dingo dogs exterminated these animals. It has a fold of skin on the front where the animal can carry its young. It is interesting that the female has only 4 nipples, and the offspring is huge - 30 babies, so nature itself corrects the number of scavengers.

Red panda

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Red panda

Otherwise, it is called a fiery cat or a cat-bear. Actually, a rare animal does not really look like a cat: it is larger, its head is large, and its tail is wide, its paws are strong and powerful. What the red panda can rightly boast of is its unusual color. The coat is unevenly dyed, darker below, red or hazel above. The paws are black, the head is light with a white border around the edges.

It is also interesting that absolutely every panda has its own color of the muzzle. It is impossible to find two identical pandas - and in this they are undeniably unique beauties.

In the photo, these are absolute cuties, who just want to stroke their fluffy fur. In life, they are quite peaceful, however, if you need to fight for your place under the sun, pandas can behave aggressively. Animals are nocturnal: during the day they prefer to relax, soak up. They like to sleep in a hollow, curled up in a ball, hiding behind a chic tail. These are very interesting animals: they even have their own language, somewhat reminiscent of the chirping of birds.

Sloth

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Sloth

If there was a competition for the cutest animal on planet Earth, then a sloth would definitely be on the list of finalists. This charming animal from the squad of edentulous even the most serious person in the world, perhaps, will make you smile.

A distinctive feature of the sloth, in addition to the attractive muzzle, is two (or three - for someone like) hook-shaped fingers. The animal reaches half a meter, the weight is very small - 4-6 kg. The coat is brown-gray. The limbs of the sloth are long, but the head is just tiny. Thanks to tenacious fingers, it is fixed anywhere, hanging, swinging, crawling, jumping.

Animals are truly unique: for example, their teeth do not have roots and enamel, but they are so smooth that it is surprising where nature takes such precise patterns. True, two-toed sloths have two separate fangs. His organs are mirrored, and all because the sloth often hangs with its back down. They are very clean, mobile, active, tenacious. And sloths have the strongest immunity.

Aardvark

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Aardvark

From the cutie sloth to the not-so-cute aardvark. This beast is very strange, if you read the Moomin saga by Tove Janson, then you probably remember the character Sniff. So the aardvark is the spitting image of Sniff. Just completely smooth.

Nature played a joke on the poor fellow: the aardvark does not look very nice, but by nature it is a peaceful, calm animal. His head looks like a gas mask with a pig nose, his ears are very large, reminiscent of donkeys. In some ways, the aardvark looks like an anteater, but they are not at all relatives. He has 20 teeth, without enamel and roots, they grow all his life. In Africa, the animal was called the earthen pig.

The aardvark is shy: it sees a large animal or a person, and immediately burrows into the ground. During the day they are passive - just basking in the sun or sleeping in their minks. At night they get their own food, they have a good scent, aardvarks are able to move a long distance.

leafy sea dragon

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. leafy sea dragon

It is even more poetically called the sea pegasus. This animal has really fantastic plumage. Greenish transparent fins cover its body and sway under the influence of water. Its amazing structure is only a practical necessity, as the animal disguises itself as algae in order to survive.

For all its seeming defenselessness, the sea dragon is a true predator. He loves to eat shrimp and small fish. The dragon has no teeth, and therefore simply sucks its prey. At the same time, in the literal sense, in the absence of fish, the dragon can suck in garbage and even algae.

It is also a very "advanced" animal. Males carry cubs in a special bag. That is, the female simply lays eggs in this bag, and everything else is the father's concern. An honest distribution of family responsibilities, to say nothing.

Rhinopithecus

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Rhinopithecus

This is a prominent member of the monkey family. And prominent is a word that vividly defines an animal. This is a large monkey, the females of which can reach 35 kg. Otherwise, the animal is called the Chinese snub-nosed monkey.

For a naturalist, this primate is simply handsome. The eyes are huge, the nose is upturned, light bright fur. In fact, they have practically no nose, which is why the muzzle looks flat. But since rhinopithecines live in a harsh climate, the absence of a long nose is justified, otherwise they would freeze it anyway.

Rhinopithecus spend most of their life on trees. The cubs are raised by both parents. Live beauties in Chinese forests. Looking at them, it seems that the faces of the monkeys have bright masks - blue, bluish, yellowish. It even seems that they have painted lips and eyebrows. But no, this is the natural "face" of the monkey - this is how nature created it. But looking at this imitation of a make-up, there is less and less doubt that a person descended from a monkey.

giant salamander

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. giant salamander

The Japanese (giant) salamander is, as some joke, a cousin of the Chupacabra. An adult reaches 27 kg, for an amphibian this is a huge weight. Her body is covered with mucus, her head is flattened from above. The salamander has warty skin with fringes on the sides. The length of this monster (and how else to say?) Can reach 175 cm. She lives in Japan, in mountain rivers and streams with cool clear water.

The salamander is nocturnal. Hunts insects, fish, amphibians and crayfish. Their eyesight is terrible, but their sense of smell is simply phenomenal. Several times a year, the salamander molts, and it can eat small particles of its own skin.

By the way, salamander meat is a real delicacy. And the animal is also used to make medicines, and these drugs treat consumption, diseases of the digestive system, etc. Today, the giant salamander is on the verge of extinction.

galago

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. galago

This is an African primate, which can also be called a cutie. Big eyes, round ears - the nocturnal animal is also very emotional. His ears can curl into a tube: so if, after your stories, your friend's ears curled into a tube, as he himself says, check if he is a galago. In fact, such a rare skill helps the animal to keep its ears intact: making its way through the foliage and thorny branches, otherwise they cannot be saved.

Galago has become domesticated today. Yes, although this beast will be expensive, some people are not averse to having such a pet. He does not leave wool, dirt too, there is no noise from him, he is not aggressive. But here, for example, if you accidentally press down the refrigerator door. And if you scare a galago, it can scratch the weight. But this is not from aggression, but from the desire to protect oneself.

Tibetan fox

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Tibetan fox

And this is the smallest fox. It does not grow above 70 cm, while the tail of the fox is long - almost half a meter. The animal weighs almost 5 kg. The fox is very small, and only her fluffiness makes her, one might say, more or less like a fox.

Her fur coat is luxurious, warm, even with a down. Clothes help her endure both the fierce cold and unbearable heat.

What you will definitely remember the Tibetan fox for is its unusual head. The hair on it grows so that it seems as if the animal has a square head. And on this strange head - very narrow eyes. Sharp ears complete this portrait. The look of the fox is imperturbable, calm, in a word - a true inhabitant of Tibet.

An unusual fox lives for 10 years. But even this age does not allow her to reach a person. They kill the fox, mainly because of the fur, although it is not of particular value. It turns out that, by the will of the human factor, the fox lives two less than it should be: about 5 years.

Amazonian dolphin

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Amazonian dolphin

A rare selection, which describes interesting facts about animals, does without this character - the Amazonian dolphin. By the way, this animal has a brain 40% larger than a human brain. He moves his head 180 degrees perfectly.

Why is he unique? Outwardly, it differs from its counterparts. He is even called a nosy miracle. The muzzle and tail of the dolphin are narrow. The beak is even slightly curved. These noses live only in Latin America.

They are excellent at maneuvering while swimming, and would be offended if you called them slow. There is a stereotype that is unfair to Amazonian dolphins. They are not slow, they just do not need to swim fast.

Recall that dolphins are mammals - the female feeds dolphins for up to a year with milk (almost like in humans). Nosy can get used to a person, but they don’t lend themselves to training. In captivity, these animals are aggressive, therefore they cannot live in aquariums.

Gavial

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Gavial

Another miracle of nature - you can't say otherwise. And they call him a guest from the past. This is a venerable crocodile that looks like a mythological animal. Gharials live in fast rivers with a deep current. It is difficult for them to move on land - they are not adapted for this.

The gharial's jaw is three times as long as wide. There are almost a hundred teeth in the mouth of a crocodile. Long-nosed feed mainly on fish, but they do not disdain carrion either. Living people are not attacked.

On the muzzle of the gharial there is an appendage of soft tissues. This is a resonator, thanks to which he can make a loud buzzing sound.

purple frog

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. purple frog

This "beauty" lives in India, and certainly does not much resemble her more common relatives. And it's not just the color. It is very round, the head is small compared to the body of the purple frog. She lives only underground. They need a humid environment, because the purple frog solves the housing problem in this way - it digs a deep mink for itself, and goes underground for one and a half to three meters and even more.

The frog feeds mainly on termites - it simply cannot swallow other insects. But he can easily get it: a small sharp muzzle will crawl anywhere. The sight of a frog is useless, but the sense of touch is amazing: it easily gets its own food.

Okapi (forest giraffe)

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Okapi

No one will say how many okapi individuals live in the wild. They live in lowland tropical forests. At the same time, okapi look like both a giraffe and a zebra. The stripes on their legs make them invisible in the forest. The animal is diurnal.

Forest giraffes feed on leaves, shoots, and buds. Some plants found in the forest are toxic. Therefore, it is believed that okapi eat coal from burned forest trees: they say, it serves as an antidote to them. Okapi will also not refuse to eat mushrooms, fruits and ferns.

They do not like to live in groups, even females and males meet together only during the mating season. Forest giraffes live up to 33 years.

Sifaka

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Sifaka

A resident of Madagascar, who would correctly be called a half-monkey, lives in the rain forests, is awake during the day, lives in family groups. Unlike the same forest giraffe, not a great adherent of family values, the sifaka can be called a wonderful family man.

There is an opinion that if you are walking around Madagascar and a sifaka appears on your way, then this is a good sign. You are on the right path - that's what the sifaka wants to say. But this is only a belief, but what is known for sure is that this animal is very cute and touching. And the locals assure that the sifaka is an excellent doctor. He alone knows how to find unique leaves that miraculously heal wounds.

Cream, white, black, orange - these animals can be different in color. The length of the tail of a sifaka is equal to the length of its body. And they are just outstanding jumpers: he will not even stagger from a risky flight that will impress any spectator. They are surprisingly plastic and photogenic: if you admire the animals in the photo, the association with ballet steps or even beautiful martial arts will clearly come to mind. That's for sure, what interesting animals!

herbivore dracula

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. herbivore dracula

From the charming sifaka to the far from cute herbivorous dracula. This is a South American relative of bats. To be honest, he no longer looks like a mouse, but like an evil monkey. On the muzzle of the beast there is a leathery outgrowth, which does not at all give it charm. But this seems ugly to us, but in the world of relatives such an outgrowth is estimated as a factor in sexual attractiveness.

During the day they are in dark places, gorges, hiding on ficus trees. They eat berries, seeds, fruits. In principle, there is nothing so terrible that their appearance suggests, you cannot say about the herbivorous dracula. But those huge bulging eyes and smiling mouth make the animal intimidating.

water deer

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. water deer

At first glance, this is an ordinary deer - nothing remarkable, nothing unique. Small tail, short coat, sparse undercoat. But this is only at first glance! Sharp saber-shaped fangs about 6 cm long protrude from the animal's mouth. A deer is like a deer, but with such fangs a quite cute animal becomes like a vampire.

Water deer live along the banks of swamps and rivers, feed on grass, leaves and shoots. In the fight for the female, real duels are arranged, and then the opponent is literally torn apart with fangs. They live in Korea and China, but you can easily see the water deer in zoos around the world. Looking at an animal, one wonders how nature manages to combine what seems to be incompatible. But there is nothing random about it.

Belttail

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Belttail

Another animal, as if descended from illustrations for fairy tales and myths. The reptile is distinguished by the fact that its entire body is covered with large scales, and on the back it is especially rigid like a shell. But on the belly, the scales are thin, because this place near the girdle is really vulnerable. Towards the end of the tail, the scales go in circles along the rim of the body, thus creating peculiar belts with spikes.

Yes, the belttail is very reminiscent of a fairy-tale dragon. Animals live in groups, for each male - two or three females. They defend themselves from predators in a very peculiar way: small belt-tails can curl up into a ring, and bite their tail with such force that it is impossible to disengage it. The Predator is simply unable to cope with this studded ring.

sun bear

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. sun bear

Otherwise, this bear is also called a honey bear. This animal does not winter, and therefore breeds at any time of the year. They live for 30 years, a female can bring two babies a year. But even this is not what makes the sunny bear interesting: it is not fluffy, not shaggy, but smooth. A dark bear with a yellow muzzle in the photo is charm itself, unless it growls.

This is a real bear: in the sense that he loves honey very much. He has powerful jaws - with them the bear can even break coconuts. The animal has long and powerful claws, thanks to which it climbs trees perfectly. And for the extraction of honey and termites, the bear uses a long agile tongue. The solar bear cannot boast of good eyesight, but his keen sense of smell does not fail him.

tangerine

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Interesting animals of Russia is a special chapter of the world encyclopedia of animals. And how can one not recall the picturesque mandarin duck. Green, red, orange, beige feathers - what beauty this duck does not appear to be. It can be seen on the Amur, on Sakhalin, in the Khabarovsk Territory. True, these beauties fly to warmer climes to spend the winter.

This duck is a noble teacher in the animal kingdom. Her cubs become independent very early. No matter how high the nest is, they will jump out on their own. This avoids injury. But from what, or rather, from whom they suffer, it is from wild animals. Because of the latter, the population of mandarins is declining.

Amur leopard

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. Amur leopard

If it seems to you that leopards are only an African heritage, you are mistaken. A handsome Amur leopard lives in the Far East of Russia. It is also often called the Amur leopard.

This is a solitary animal that prefers a nocturnal lifestyle. In summer, his coat is bright, juicy, rich, in winter it is lighter. In summer, the leopard's fur is no more than 2.5 cm, and in winter the fur coat becomes thicker - 7 cm. In captivity, the Amur leopard's belly is about 20 years old, in the wild - about 5 years less.

The animal is constantly hunted illegally. It is destroyed for the sake of valuable, beautiful fur. The leopard feeds, including deer. And since a person exterminates deer, this also affects the quality of the leopard's nutrition, its survival. The animal is also on the verge of extinction.

panda ant

Photo: The most interesting animals in the world. panda ant

To finish the list of the unique inhabitants of the planet, I would like to truly be immortalized in the panda-ant animation genre. This insect is distinguished by a black and white color, which is why they resemble a panda. And the insect is also called the velvet ant, since its body is covered with hairs.

But the cute ant is not so pleasant in contact: it has a highly effective toxin in its arsenal, which can even kill a cow in a few bites. They can resist their enemies, during the evolution of panda ants have learned to defend themselves.

And this is only a small part of those amazing creatures that inhabit the planet. To study them, to consider, to learn is an exciting activity that can become a hobby for both children and adults.

How many amazing creatures live with us on the planet! We know very little about some of them, and for some, acquaintance with a person becomes fatal, since after the discovery of some species of animals they began to be exterminated. And yet, we hope that the rare and amazing animals of the planet Earth, which will be described in the article, will remain an adornment of our world for a long time to come.

named ah-ah

A creature lives in Madagascar, which is classified as a semi-monkey - ay-ay or an arm. This is the most amazing animal in the world and, in addition, the rarest in terms of numbers (only 50 individuals). When the researcher Pierre Sonner first discovered him, he decided that he was in front of a rodent, since the teeth of the arm are very similar to those of a squirrel.

The animal grows up to 44 cm, but the fluffy tail grows much longer than its body - up to 60 cm. And the most amazing thing about the little arm is the middle fingers of its forelimbs. This is without which the animal can not do.

With it, the little arm cleans its fur, drinks water (previously dipping a finger in it, and then licking it) and, most importantly, gets food. She taps her finger on the bark of a tree and, finding a suitable place, gnaws through the bark. Then the little arm lowers its finger into the hole in order to prick the larva on the claw and send it into the mouth. In captivity, even after receiving a bowl of sweet syrup, the little hands turn it over, gnaw a hole in the bottom, and then drink the syrup with their irreplaceable finger.

Tarsiers - the owner of the largest eyes

Some researchers believe that the most amazing animals in the world are tarsiers. The appearance of these crumbs is striking. Their body length does not exceed 15 cm, but their eyes are 16 mm in diameter. If such proportions are translated into human height, then our eyes would be the size of an apple!

Tarsier can rotate its head almost 360°. And the animals are able to communicate with the help of ultrasound. These tiny primates are nocturnal, preying on insects, while they deftly jump onto a branch, throwing their hind legs like a frog. And long fingers with flattened pads help them to hold on and not fall.

Vulture turtle - a dinosaur that has survived to this day

We are used to the fact that turtles are slow and harmless creatures, but the vulture turtle will make you change your mind. Outwardly, this most amazing animal in the world looks like a dinosaur that has survived to this day. And her character is not honey!

This inhabitant of US freshwater rivers can grow up to 1.5 m, and it will weigh 80 kg. It is decorated with a “beak”, very similar to the beak of the bird of the same name, and on the tongue this creature has a small constantly moving process, very similar to a worm. By the way, it serves which the turtle catches by burrowing into the silt and opening its mouth.

The tortoise shell is crowned with three bone crests, similar to a saw, and the tail is only slightly inferior in length to the crocodile. If we add here the numerous warts with which its neck and chin are equipped, as well as the algae covering the shell, then the view of the vulture turtle is very unattractive. But she can hold out under water for 50 minutes and has very sharp eyesight.

drop fish

Many bizarre and little-studied creatures live in the depths of the ocean. And the category of “the most amazing animal in the world” can safely be attributed to the inhabitant of deep water, a drop fish. This gelatinous, inactive lump is actually only remotely similar to a fish. And almost human dissatisfied and completely surprising.

The body of the fish is only 30 cm long, it is devoid of scales and covered with mucus, and the massive head is decorated with a process that looks like a hanging nose. The huge mouth of this "beauty" has lips twisted in a displeased-squeamish grimace.

The blob fish doesn't like to swim. Although her jelly-like body is lighter than water and can easily float in the depths of the ocean, she often just lies motionless at the bottom and patiently waits for any small living creatures to swim into her mouth.

By the way, this sea drop hatches its eggs until fry appear from them. And even after that, she continues to take care of them.

Copepod - the strongest creature on the planet

And tiny blind crustaceans live in the water column, the length of the body of which does not exceed 10 mm - these are the strongest and most

The amazing world of these multicellular organisms is being closely studied by Danish scientists. They found that copepods are capable of covering a distance of 50 cm in a second, which is five hundred times the length of the body of this creature. If a person had such capabilities, then he could easily jump a kilometer! Here is this force! Copepods are 10 or even 30 times stronger than any animal and even a machine.

In a jump, copepods reach speeds of up to 6 km / h, and if these figures are translated into human parameters, it turns out that a person with a height of 170 cm could accelerate to a speed of 1000 km / h. Like this!

Crabs also have spiders

The most amazing animal in the world, the spider crab, lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. It weighs almost 20 kg, and the size of its body, together with its paws, reaches 4 m. True, the body itself is only 35 cm. This crab is classified as a centenarian, it is believed that it can live up to 100 years!

Our arthropod giant is so huge that if he wanted to walk along the shore, he could easily step over the camper van. Fortunately, these crabs live only at a decent depth - up to 300 m. And only in order to lay their eggs, they rise to a depth of fifty meters.

By the way, if a spider crab loses one of its monstrous legs, then it grows back in it and becomes longer with each molt.

Miracle of nature - a fish with a transparent head

The most amazing animals of the planet have in their ranks and such a miracle as Creatures like her cannot be found all over the world. Her head is covered with a transparent shell and filled with liquid inside. And the eyes of the fish are inside this "aquarium" and can only look up, in the same place where they should be, the fish have nostrils.

This unreal creature was discovered only in 1939, since it lives at great depths (up to 800 m). But only in 2004, scientists were able to study in more detail the life of an amazing animal.

They found that the fish, seeing from below an object suitable for hunting, becomes upright, which is why its eyes, which are in a special liquid, turn, allowing it to be examined closer and then eat.

From childhood, we are told about the amazing animals that inhabit our planet. The elephant is the largest land mammal on the planet, whose weight can reach 10 tons, the giraffe is the tallest animal in the world, it can easily look out the window of the fourth floor, the cheetah is the fastest animal, overtaking a car at short distances. Of course, we know about the amazing tiny hummingbirds that fly backwards, and about swifts that can spend a year in flight without rest. The chameleon is amazing - a lizard that easily changes the color of its body, adjusting to the external background. But the world is huge, its diversity is impressive. In the forests, steppes, sea depths, high in the sky and underground live such animals, birds and insects that many have never heard of. They are so amazing, as if they come from another world, sometimes it is even hard to believe in their reality.

In the article, we will consider the TOP 10 most amazing animals in the world.

1. Starship

At first glance at this animal, it seems that you are looking at an alien creature. Instead of a muzzle, he has a lot of movable red tentacles connected to a kind of star (hence the name). The tentacles move and make an unpleasant impression. In fact, the star-nosed is a kind of mole. The animal is harmless, lives in North America. Lives underground, feeds on worms, insects, larvae, in times of famine does not disdain small fish and crustaceans. Skin outgrowths around the nostrils are supersensitive organs of touch, with the help of which the starship detects prey in a fraction of a second (!) and analyzes it for edibility. In one second, this animal is able to study 13-15 subjects. The movements of its tentacles are so fast that the human eye is not able to catch them.

The second name of the animal is ah-ah. This is a completely unique creation. It is unlike any other animal in the world. There are only 47 mites on our planet! Therefore, ah-ah is listed in the International Red Book and is under the close supervision of the world community for the protection of animals. Although poachers are unlikely to be interested in ay-ay: it does not have valuable fur, valuable meat or fat.

The first arm was discovered in 1780 by explorer Pierre Sonner, who worked with an expedition on the west coast of Madagascar. In addition to the tropical forests of this island, bats are not found anywhere else. Animals have a small body up to 40-45 cm long, covered with hard dark hair with a thick undercoat (probably nature made a mistake by placing an animal with such a warm coat in the tropical forests of Madagascar). A half-meter fluffy tail, a wide head with huge ears, a small muzzle with large round eyes and sharp teeth - this combination baffled scientists. There is still no consensus on which family aye-aye is more suitable for: rodents, primates or lemurs.

But the most amazing thing is that ah-ah does not have paws, but hands and feet with fingers! This fact was confirmed by scientists, having studied the structure of the limbs of the arm. It is interesting that on the hands of the animal the middle finger seems to have shrunk, but it is with its help that the aye-aye performs the main functions: it extracts food and pushes it deep into the throat.

There is such a miracle in nature. The scientific name is smallmouth macropinna. Only discovered in 1939 by Wilbert Chelman. It lives at great depths (up to a kilometer) in the northern waters of the Pacific Ocean. This small fish, up to 15 cm, would not have been noticed if it were not for one feature: it has a transparent head, inside which bright green eyes float in liquid and the brain is visible. If you look at the photo of the fish, then its eyes are "green leaves" inside the head, and what at first glance seems to be the eyes of the south is the olfactory organ. And the eyes are always looking up.

It is very difficult to study these amazing fish, because they live at great depths and die when pressure changes, while the transparent head bursts, and all the contents (brain and eyes) simply flow out.

Many, looking at this animal, will not agree that it is "the most amazing". Either a beaver, or a muskrat, or an otter. Not quite clear. But the animal is really amazing. Because it's a type of guinea pig! But it weighs up to 65 kg! The Indians respectfully called the capybara "lord of the herbs". The giant rodent is the only one of its kind on our planet. He is harmless, good-natured and phlegmatic, very fond of watermelons. Many exotic lovers have capybaras as pets. Giant guinea pigs, by the way, have a good intellect, behave in a civilized manner, do not crap anywhere, fawn over their owners like faithful dogs. The main thing is to provide capybaras with a decent size pond where they can swim and dive, because without water the animals will get sick and die.

Jellyfish are amazing creatures in their own right. Scientists have been studying them for a long time, often making startling discoveries. For example, jellyfish do not have lungs, but they breathe through the skin, they also do not have a circulatory, nervous and excretory systems. Jellyfish do not even have a brain, yet their behavior proves that these creatures think, but what?

Jellyfish are perfect hermaphrodites, depending on the circumstances, the same individual can be both a full-fledged "girl" and a full-fledged "boy". They can reproduce both sexually and by budding or division.

The poison of some jellyfish is one of the strongest in the world, just a few milligrams kill a person in a matter of minutes. All this is interesting. But scientists were shocked when they discovered in the mid-1990s that the jellyfish Turritopsis nutricula is immortal!

It turned out that she is able to control her genes and turn back time: to get younger, and then live her years again, and so on ad infinitum. This is within the power of a jellyfish, which does not even have a brain! The great discovery was made by accident, but since then scientists have been researching Turritopsis nutricula, hoping to find a formula for human immortality.

This is a marvelous monkey that lives exclusively on the island of Kalimantan (or Borneo) in Southeast Asia. One of the distinguishing features of the proboscis is the large nose of males, similar to a cucumber hanging down. Probably, it was this monkey that inspired Wilhelm Hauff to write the fairy tale "Dwarf Nose". It is interesting that this nose grows throughout life and in old noses it hangs below the chin.

Another characteristic feature of these animals is an absolutely white, very long tail, similar to a thin hose. Considering that all the hair of the animal is colored reddish, the snow-white tail seems unnatural, as if it was artificially sewn on. Nosachi is also considered one of the most amazing animals on Earth because of such an unusual contrast.

Have you ever seen a pig with a trunk? Do you think this does not happen and only an elephant has a trunk? But no! The tapir is an amazing animal, very rare, on the verge of extinction, outwardly it just looks like a pig with a short trunk. By the way, like an elephant, a tapir grabs food with its trunk and puts it in its mouth.

The animal is large, weighs from 150 to 300 kg. It lives in Central and South America, in Southeast Asia. Lives in the forest, but only near water bodies. It feeds on grass, leaves, fruits and berries.

The animal received the status of "most amazing" for its amazingly cute appearance. This miniature desert fox from North Africa with huge ears and expressive eyes is really good. Looks like a little fluffy cat. The animal is happy to give birth as a pet. Fenechs successfully combine feline affection with dog friendliness. Playful, curious, great with children.

The list of "The Most Amazing Animals in the World" cannot be complete without a drop fish - an incredible creature that looks like a sad alien hybrid. It lives only in the deep sea off the coast of Australia and Tasmania. The fish resembles a large piece of jelly, it really is a gelatinous mass without muscles. The density of her body is less than that of water, so the drop fish is carried downstream, and food, small invertebrates, gets into its wide-open mouth. Another amazing fact: after laying eggs, a drop fish sits on it and hatches like a chicken eggs!

This little monkey lives in Southeast Asia. Amazing features make it unique:

  • each of her huge eyes is as big as her brain,
  • tarsier can turn its head almost 360 degrees,
  • is 100% carnivorous: they eat birds, lizards, snakes, bats,
  • communicate using ultrasound
  • jumping like grasshoppers.

Top 10 Most Amazing Animals Completed. But it shows a far from complete list of unusual creatures in the world. It can be supplemented with dozens more individuals: a maned wolf with unnaturally long legs, a leaf-tailed Madagascar gecko that surprises with skillful mimicry, a European proteus that breeds once every ten years, lampreys that look like an alien from the horror movie "Alien" and many others.

Frilled armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus)
This amazing animal lives on the dry plains of central Argentina, overgrown with thorny bushes and cacti.

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Handweed (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
This mammal of the semi-monkey order of the bat family can be found on the island of Madagascar.



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Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Any fashion model will envy the legs of this wolf. Thanks to such long limbs, the growth at the withers of this wolf can reach 90 centimeters. This animal lives in the steppes of South America, and long legs help the wolf to survey the surrounding landscapes over the grass.


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Crested deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)
This crested deer, found in southern China, is notable for its fangs.

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Deep-sea octopus found at depths up to 6 km.

Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
This "rabbit dog" is a Patagonian hare and the fourth largest rodent in the world (after the capybara, beaver and porcupine).

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Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
This rodent lives in the savannas of African countries: Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Diggers live in colonies, which sometimes reach 300 individuals. The social structure of colonies is similar to that of social insects (ants, termites). The colony is led by a female and several fertile males. The rest of the individuals are workers. Animals of this species have an unprecedented lifespan for small rodents - 26 years.

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Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
This unusual beakless dolphin with a flexible neck lives in the Indian Ocean.




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Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
This African antelope has an exceptionally long neck and legs.

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Dugong (Dugong dugon)
This aquatic mammal is the only representative of the dugong family of the siren order.

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Babirussa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
An unusual feature of this animal family of pigs are fangs. In males, the upper fangs grow through the skin of the upper jaw, curving up and back. In old billhooks, they even grow with their tips into the skin of the forehead.


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Phossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
Fossa is a predatory mammal from the family of Madagascar predators. Previously, individuals of this species were mistakenly assigned to the cat family due to their resemblance to the cougar.



Starship (Condylura cristata)
North American mole with twenty-two skin growths on the muzzle, similar to a star.


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Malayan woolly wing (Galeopterus variegates)
A mammal of the order of woolly wings, capable of flying from tree to tree at a distance of about 100 meters.

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Zebra duiker (Cephalophus zebra)
A small artiodactyl family of bovids, the height at the withers of which does not exceed 50 cm. The animal lives in West Africa.


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The Kiwa hirsuta crab lives in the thermal waters of the South Pacific Ocean. The extremity of this representative of decapod crayfish is covered with bristles resembling fur.


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Wonderful bird of paradise (lat. Lophorina superba)
A bird of the passerine family, which has a fantastically unrealistic plumage.


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The deep-sea fish Psychrolutes marcidus, which lives off the coast of Australia and Tasmania, is the most bizarre fish on the planet.



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