Tardigrades: Microscopic Moss Piglet Water Bears of Earth
Habitat: occur over the entire world, from the high Himalayas (above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)), to...
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Sarcastic Fringehead: A.K.A. ‘Predator’ in Real Life
© Adriane Honerbrink © Kevin Lee image source: eversostrange.com © Pete Hergesheimer © Kevin...
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Alright, Here’s the Aquatic Scrotum Frog: a Name and a Face You Won’t Soon Forget!
Habitat: Lake Titicaca and rivers that flow into this lake in South America Status: Critically...
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Scaly-foot Gastropod: The Snail With an Iron Fist Foot
Habitat: deep sea; Kairei hydrothermal vent field, on the Central Indian Ridge Status: Not Listed...
Read MoreThe Purple Frog’s Got Personal Problems
image credit: arkive.org image credit: edwindwianto.wordpress.com image credit: kalyan.livejournal.com image credit: kalyan.livejournal.com image credit: 2pat.wordpress.com Habitat: Western Ghats in India Status: Endangered This...
Read MoreSomeone Give This Guy a Tissue: the Bloody-nosed Beetle
©gloygum © muftillo image source: www.entomart.be © audelaine Habitat: found in southern and central Europe, and is common in Britain and Ireland Status: No Conservation Concerns This large flightless leaf beetle, known as...
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Behold the Bizarre, Bug-eyed Budapest Pigeon
Habitat: domesticated, originally bred in Hungary Status: No Conservation Concerns When I first...
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The Mouldy Beetle Looks Like Something You’d Find in your Belly Button!
Habitat: South Africa Status: Not listed Ohhhh Mondays… by far the worst day of the week. So...
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6 of the Most Disgusting Animal Defenses in Nature
Oh nature, you clever, clever thing. Always giving animals wonderfully weird and absolutely...
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The Butterfly of the Sea: Red Gurnard
image source: suityu-sukima.sakura.ne.jp © Steve Wozniak image source:...
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Bloody Disgusting: the Rock-like Creature That Looks Like It’s Oozing Guts!
Habitat: intertidal and subtidal coast of Chile and Peru Status: No Conservation Concerns I...
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Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife, There’s Giant Earthworms Out There!
Habitat: Different species range from Australia to Asia to South Africa and to South America...
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