25 Bizarre Animals You Won’t Believe, But They Are For Real!

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This is the part 2 of our recent post “24 Strangest Animals Found In Water! Believe It Or Not They Are Real!“. See more of the eye popping animals on this list.

#1. The Proboscis Monkey

Let’s start the list with the Proboscis monkey, a medium-sized monkey that is found exclusively in the rain-forests of Borneo. The male Proboscis Monkey is one of the largest monkeys in Asia and – with their fleshy nose – they are also one of the world’s most bizarre looking mammals. Known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. source

#2. Dingiso

The dingiso, also known as bondegezou, is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to Western New Guinea of Indonesia, where it lives in alpine forests in the Sudirman Range at elevations of 3250 to 4200 m, just below the tree line.

#3. Aye – Aye

The aye-aye is known as Daubentonia madagascariensis. It is a rodent like animal that can be found in Madagascar. Its features are similar to that of a rodent. The aye-aye can be called as a lemur and belongs to the Daubentoniidae family. The aye-aye sleeps in the daytime on nests that are built on trees. During the night they can be found searching for food on the trees. source

#4. Devil Bird

The Devil Bird, or Ulama, is a frightening horned bird of Sri Lankan folklore. This elusive creature is rarely seen, but is often heard in the form of its infamous, blood-curdling screams. Its cries are said to resemble a wailing woman and are perceived by locals as an omen of death. For centuries, the nocturnal cries of the Devil Bird were the only evidence of its existence. Then, in 2001, the Devil Bird was identified as a new species of owl, the spot-bellied eagle owl (bubo nipalensis). The largest of all Sri Lankan owls, the bubo nipalensis matches the description of the Ulama perfectly, down to its characteristic screech and tufted “horns”.
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#5. Indian Purple Frog

Found in India, this species of frog have bloated body and an unusually pointy snout; it only spends two weeks a year on the surface of earth, leaving the underground for mating.
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#6. Gobi Jerboa

The Gobi Jerboa is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in China and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert.

#7. Golden Lion Tamarin

The golden lion tamarin also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae.

#8. Hummingbird Hawk-Moth

As this hawk-moth feeds on flowers and makes a similar humming sound, it looks a lot like a hummingbird. What’s interesting is that it is surprisingly good at learning colors. source

#9. Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Found in Madagascar, Africa, this small tenrec is the only mammal known to use stridulation for generating sound – something that’s usually associated with snakes and insects. source: hakoar | telegraph.co.uk

#10. Naked Mole Rat

The naked mole rat also known as the sand puppy or desert mole rat, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa and is the only species currently classified in the genus Heterocephalus. Naked mole rats have lifespans of over 30 years, more than 10 fold the lifespan of typical rodents.
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#11. Okapi

This mammal is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Despite the zebra-like stripes, it is actually more closely related to giraffes.

#12. Pink Fairy Armadillo

The pink fairy armadillo or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo. It is found in central Argentina, where it inhabits dry grasslands and sandy plains with thorn bushes and cacti.
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#13. Star-Nosed Mole

The star-nosed mole is a small mole found in wet low areas of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, with records extending along the Atlantic coast as far as extreme southeastern Georgia. source

#14. Sunda Colugo

The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also known as the Malayan flying lemur or Malayan colugo, is a species of colugo. Until recently, it was thought to be one of only two species of flying lemur, the other being the Philippine flying lemur which is found only in the Philippines. The Sunda flying lemur is found throughout Southeast Asia in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
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#15. The Babirusa

The babirusas, also pig-deer, are a genus, Babyrousa, in the pig family found in Wallacea, or specifically the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula and Buru.
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#16. The Bush Viper

This weird looking snake can be found in the Takamanda Forest Reserve, Cameroon. Its strange scales give it the ability to blend in with it’s surroundings to hide from predators or ambush prey. Humans are normally not on it’s menu, but a bite can be deadly though.
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#17. The Fossa

The fossa is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family. source

#18. The Giant Coconut Crab

Coconut (or Robber) Crab, a crustacean found on islands of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is not considered a true crab because its abdomen is soft and unsegmented. The coconut crab lives underground during the day, often taking over the burrow of a land crab. (This accounts for the name “robber crab.”) It feeds at night on fruit, especially coconuts. It is a skillful climber and will scale coconut trees 60 feet (18 m) high. The heavy, sharp claws are used to tear off the coconut husk and puncture a hole in the nut. It extracts the meat with its smaller pincers. The coconut crab has gills but they are modified to function as lungs. It spawns in the ocean and the young pass through their larval stage there. During the postlarval stage, the young inhabit abandoned shells. source

#19. The Maned Wolf

The Maned Wolf is the largest canid in South America, resembling a large fox with reddish fur. This mammal is found in open and semi-open habitats, especially grasslands with scattered bushes and trees throughout South America. The maned wolf is the tallest of the wild canids and it’s long legs are most likely an adaptation to the tall grasslands of its native habitat.
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#20. The Panda Ant

First described in 1938, this fascinating species was quickly nicknamed the Panda Ant (Euspinolia militaris) after its markings which resembled those of a Giant Panda. While it looks just like a fluffy ant, it’s actually not an ant at all! It’s really a species of wingless wasp related to the Red Velvet Ant, or “cow killer” as it is eerily dubbed. The killer nickname comes from the ants’ painful sting which is said to be strong enough to subdue a cow.
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#21. The Saiga Antelope

The Saiga Antelope is one of the world’s most ancient mammals, having shared the Earth with saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths, 250,000 years ago. Thought to be extinct at one time, they are also referred to as living fossils. This endangered antelope originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe zone from the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. source

#22. The Scorpionfly

The Scorpion Fly also known as Mecoptera is a strange looking insect which is found in gardens, hedgerows and woodland edges, particularly amongst nettles and Bramble. It has a long beak-like projection from its head that is uses to feed, scavenging on dead insects and frequently stealing the contents of spider’s webs. It lives up to its name by sporting a scorpion-like tail, which the male uses in courtship displays. Adults usually mate at night, but mating can be a dangerous game for the male, who might easily be killed by the female. So he presents her with a nuptial gift of a dead insect or a mass of saliva to placate her – the equivalent of a box of chocolates! The resulting eggs are laid in the soil and the emerging larvae live and pupate at the soil surface. source

#23. Thorny Dragon

Colored in camouflaging shades of desert browns, this lizard has a “false” head, which he presents to his predators by dipping the real one. source

#24. Tufted Deer

The Tufted Deer is a rare, small species of deer found in China. It’s characterized by its over-sized canines which give it the appearance of a vampire!  This strange creature (Elaphodus cephalophus) are named for the tuft of reddish hair that grows on their foreheads. Males have tiny antlers that barely poke through this interesting hairstyle. They’re small for deer standards, only reaching 20-28 inches (50-70 cm) in height and 43-63 inches (109-160 cm) in length. source

#25. Venezuelan Poodle Moth

Discovered by Dr. Arthur Anker in Venezuela in 2009, this new species of alien-looking moth is still poorly explored. The Poodle Moth might look like it lives on Antarctica, but it comes from Venezuela which is a tropical country. So he won’t get cold there. The hairs insects have lots of functions, from sensing their environments to smelling but also as defense mechanisms against animals trying to eat them. source