Unusual animals. Presentation on the topic "10 most beautiful animals in the world" Unusual animals presentation for children
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The most unusual animals on the planet
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2016
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Fish with red lips
A fish with red lips, or in English Rosy-Lipped Batfish. These fish live near the coast of Costa Rica. It is interesting that they do not know how to swim, this fish simply walks along the bottom of the sea and attracts small fish and mollusks with its red lips, which swim with interest to the red color, after which something similar to a fishing rod pops up in this fish in the opening of the nose, which grabs its victim.
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Chinese giant salamander
Chinese giant salamander. These salamanders live in mountain streams and lakes in East China. These salamanders are considered an endangered species due to their use in Chinese medicine, and it is also considered a delicacy in China. The length of the salamander is 180 cm. Many say that they live up to 150 years, although the maximum recorded age of the salamander was only 55 years, and their maximum weight can reach 180 kg.
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Yeti crab
The yeti crab was discovered in 2005 by a team of scientists who found it at a depth of more than 2 km. near the exit of thermal waters. It seems to many that in appearance they consist of wool, but this is not so, their fur is like densely growing long bristles with which the crab receives various information.
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viper fish
Another amazing creature of nature is the viper fish. She got her name because of her appearance - a terrible head with very large teeth, she even got into the Guinness Book of Records as the largest teeth compared to the size of her head. Its length reaches 35 cm, and they live at a depth of up to 2 km. They feed once every one or two weeks on small squid, shrimps and fish. The viper fish lives for about 40 years and sometimes becomes the prey of the shark.
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Axolotl
The first incredible animal can be called the axolotl. It lives in several lakes in Mexico. The body length of the axolotl is 15-25 cm. The adult form of the axolotl in the process of metamorphosis loses its external gills and begins to breathe with the help of the lungs and through the skin. Translated from the Aztec language, axolotl means "water toy", which is not surprising in its appearance.
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Ai-ai or Madagascar bat
Ai-ai is an amazing animal, which is considered the only representative of the family of arms. The body length of the ah-ah reaches 40 cm, and its tail is 60 cm. They live in the forests in the East of the island of Madagascar. These animals feed on mango fruits, beetles, larvae and the core of bamboo or reed. Ai-ai are considered a very rare species that is listed in the Red Book. There are no more than 50 individuals left on the Earth of Madagascar bats.
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drop fish
Drop fish. This fish lives at a depth of 800 meters and feeds on various mollusks and crustaceans there. A feature of the fish is that it incubates its eggs until the fry hatch from them. The length of the drop fish can reach 70 cm, and the weight is about 10 kg. 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.
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giant isopod
Isopods can reach over 40 cm in length and live at depths of 1,600 meters. The largest isopod recorded was 76 cm long and weighed 1.7 kg. The body of isopods is covered with hard plates. They feed mainly on the carcasses of dead fish that have sunk to the seabed. Due to the fact that it is not always possible to obtain carcasses of dead fish, therefore isopods are adapted to starve and go without food for more than two months.
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angora rabbit
The Angora rabbit is considered one of the oldest breeds of rabbits that were bred in Turkey, through which their name Angora came from, because Angora used to be the capital of Turkey. First of all, these animals value fur, which is obtained through their haircut. The weight of this rabbit reaches 6 kg, and they live no more than 7 years. They are also very often kept as pets because they are very active and love to play. In total, there are 4 breeds of such rabbits: French, Angora, German and Satin.
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Herring king
The last in the list of the most unusual animals on the planet is the oar king. Also, the herring king is called the fish-belt because of its very large length, which reaches more than 6 meters, and there have been cases of catching this fish with a length of 11 meters. The herring king lives in the warm waters of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. The weight of the fish can exceed 250 kg. The width of the herring king with its large length becomes only 5 cm.
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Japanese giant salamander.
To date, this is the largest amphibian that can reach 160 cm in length, weigh up to 180 kg and can live up to 150 years, although the officially registered maximum age of a giant salamander is 55 years.
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Bearded pig.
In different sources, the bearded pig species is divided into two or three subspecies. These are the curly-haired bearded pig (Sus barbatus oi), which lives on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus) and the Palawan bearded pig, which, judging by the name, live on the island of Borneo and Palawan, as well as in Java, Kalimantan and the small islands of the Indonesian archipelago in Southeast Asia.
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Slit-tooth.
A mammal from the order of insectivores, divided into two main species: the Cuban flint tooth and the Haitian. A relatively large animal compared to other types of insectivores: its length is 32 centimeters, and its tail, on average, is 25 cm, the weight of the animal is about 1 kilogram, and its body is dense.
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Sumatran rhinos.
They belong to the equine-hoofed animals of the rhinoceros family. This species of rhinoceros is the smallest of the entire family. The body length of an adult Sumatran rhinoceros can reach 200 - 280 cm, and the height at the withers can vary from 100 to 150 cm. Such rhinos can weigh up to 1000 kg.
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Galago.
Its large fluffy tail is clearly comparable to that of a squirrel. And the charming muzzle and graceful movements, flexibility and insinuation, clearly reflect his feline trait. The amazing jumping ability, mobility, strength and incredible agility of this animal clearly show its nature as a funny cat and elusive squirrel. Of course, it would be where to use their talents, because a cramped cage is very poorly suited for this. But, if you give this little animal a little freedom and sometimes allow him to walk around the apartment, then all his quirks and talents will come true. Many even compare it to a kangaroo.
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Tasmanian devil.
Being the largest of modern predatory marsupials, this animal is black in color with white spots on the chest and sacrum, with a huge mouth and sharp teeth, has a dense physique and a severe disposition, for which, in fact, it was called the devil. Emitting ominous cries at night, the massive and clumsy Tasmanian devil outwardly resembles a small bear: the front legs are slightly longer than the hind legs, the head is large, and the muzzle is blunted.
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Fossa.
On the island of Madagascar, such animals have been preserved that are not found not only in Africa itself, but throughout the rest of the world. One of the rarest animals is Fossa - the only representative of the genus Cryptoprocta and the largest predatory mammal that lives on the island of Madagascar. The appearance of the fossa is a bit unusual: it is a cross between a civet and a small cougar. Sometimes the fossa is also called the Madagascar lion, since the ancestors of this animal were much larger and reached the size of a lion. Fossa has a squat, massive and slightly elongated body, the length of which can reach up to 80 cm (on average it is 65–70 cm). The legs of the fossa are long, but thick enough, with the hind legs higher than the front ones. The tail is often equal to the length of the body and reaches 65 cm.
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Lilac frog.
Some animals have managed to adapt to these, at first glance, very difficult conditions and have even learned to benefit from the change of seasons. Here is the indigenous inhabitant of India, the purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), which as a species was discovered quite recently - in 2003, uses the monsoon time to good use - to continue its kind.
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Starship.
An insectivorous mammal of the mole family. Outwardly, the star-nosed star-nosed differs from other members of the family and from other small animals only in its characteristic structure of the stigma in the form of a rosette or a star of 22 soft, fleshy, mobile bare rays. In size, spade-shaped forelimbs, thick velvety fur (black or dark brown) it is similar to the European mole.
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Belttail.
The habitat of belttails extends to the rocky regions of Africa, which have an arid climate, mainly on the south side of the Sahara desert. In addition, belttails live in a certain amount on the island of Madagascar. There are more than forty species of belttails in the world. The sizes of the belttails are quite different and range from 12 to 70 centimeters in length. The entire body of the girdletail is covered with rectangular plates - scales that cover the bone base of the reptile.
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Palm thief.
A representative of the decapod crustaceans. Which habitat is the western part of the Pacific Ocean and the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. This animal from the family of land crayfish is quite large for its species. The body of an adult individual reaches a size of up to 32 cm and a weight of up to 3-4 kg. For a long time, it was erroneously believed that with its claws, it can even crack coconuts, which it then eats. To date, scientists have proven that cancer can only eat already split coconuts. They, being its main source of nutrition, gave the name palm thief. Although he is not averse to eating other types of food - the fruits of Pandanus plants, organic matter from the soil, and even their own kind.
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Tarsier.
A small mammal from the order of primates, whose very specific appearance created a somewhat ominous halo around this small animal weighing up to one hundred and sixty grams. So, the indigenous population of Indonesia and the Philippine Islands associated the ridiculous appearance of the tarsier with the tricks of evil spirits. However, many of our contemporaries, who see the tarsier for the first time in its native habitat, remain amazed by its non-standard appearance.
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Imperial scorpion
The imperial scorpion is 8 inches long. He is one of the largest scorpions in the world. It was first found in Ghana during a study in 2006.
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fruit bat
This fruit bat was found in 1999 in New Guinea.
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Malayan Bear, or Biruang, or Sun Bear
The smallest and most pugnacious of all existing bears ... In general, a brawler! Mammal of the bear family. Habitat: From the northeast of India and the southern part of China through Myanmar, Thailand, 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.
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Commander
The Hungarian Shepherd is a breed of dog. Habitat: everywhere. 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 growth 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.
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TAMANDUA Four-toed anteaters tamandua live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America, preferring places with the most acceptable combination of moisture and heat for them: forest edges, parks, gardens and savannahs. And if there is a source of water in the form of a stream or stream nearby, more tamandua and dream is not necessary! These animals are almost widow smaller than their counterparts, giant anteaters - their body length is not more than 70 cm, the tail is even slightly smaller, and the weight does not exceed 5 kg.
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Naked-skinned bat Naked-skinned bats are the largest in their family. The length of their body reaches 25-26 centimeters, including a long thick tail - 6-7 centimeters, and their weight usually does not exceed 200 grams. They live in the tropical forests of Sumatra, Borneo, Java and some islands of the Philippine archipelago at an altitude of two hundred to seven hundred meters above sea level.
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Eastern Spotted Skunk The Eastern Spotted Skunk differs from its better-known cousin, the Striped Skunk, in the shape of the coat pattern. Despite its name, its coat is not covered with spots, but with white torn stripes, creating the illusion of spotted coloration. In addition, spotted skunks are more agile and agile, and their coats are longer and thicker than striped skunks.
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Water deer Nature deprived him of the main attribute of relatives, bringing him into a separate group of hornless deer, as a result of which he had to grow two magnificent fangs that serve as an excellent means of protection from enemies and getting rid of unwanted competitors during the mating season. Everyone's favorite deer Bambi could have been like this if he had been born a water deer.
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Bald uakari The main distinguishing feature of bald uakari is a broad, red, hairless face, the rich color of which speaks of physical well-being. A pale appearance indicates the presence of health problems and will never arouse the interest of the opposite sex.
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Folded-faced leaf-nosed flat shortened skull, multi-layered folds of wrinkled skin around the nose and mouth give her appearance an ugly, as if winking expression. Another large fold is on the neck of this animal - when settling down for the night, the leaf-bearer pulls it over its head like a mask. Special translucent patches at eye level allow it to see light and respond to movement.
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Pygmy shrew The pygmy shrew, or Etruscan shrew, is the smallest known mammal in the world. Its body weight does not exceed 1.8 grams, and the torso grows up to a maximum of four centimeters in length (not counting the tail). An incredibly fast metabolism makes the Etruscan shrew absorb food twice as much as its own weight, maintaining its body temperature at the required level . The heart of the pygmy shrew beats at an unimaginable speed - 25 beats per second.
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Komondor - Hungarian Shepherd Dog The real Komondor gives the impression of a large, strong, courageous, independent and docile dog, with well-developed muscles. The main distinguishing feature of the Komondor is its unusual white coat, consisting of long curled cords, similar to dreadlocks.
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Donkey Poitou Despite its venerable age, this breed is still little known. It is believed that long-haired donkeys came to the territory of the province of Poitou in France with the Roman conquerors, who valued their long thick hair and high working qualities.
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Dwarf or silk anteater It cannot be confused with an ordinary anteater, primarily because of its small size. This baby is only 36 - 45 centimeters long, and of these 45 centimeters, 18 are in the tail. Dwarf anteaters weigh up to 400 g.
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It's not a mouse or a deer, it's a mouse deer! I must say that mouse deer (kanchili) are the smallest representatives of the artiodactyl order. Adult size is 45-55 centimeters (18-22 inches), mouse deer have a life span of 12 years.
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Pangolins The scales of the animal are large diamond-shaped plates that overlap each other like tiles. Only the pads of the paws, the abdomen and the muzzle of the animal are not protected and are covered with short, hard hair. The scales themselves are quite mobile, with a pointed posterior edge. The plates are subject to abrasion and are periodically replaced with new ones, but the number of scales always remains constant.
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White bats These are Honduran white bats or white leaf bats (lat. Ectophylla alba). Gnawing the leaves of heliconias, these 3–5 cm guys build houses for themselves.
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Manul Outwardly resembles a domestic Persian cat. Body length 52-65 cm, tail length 23-31 cm; manul weight 2 - 5 kg. It differs from an ordinary cat in a denser body on short legs and very thick hair. The head is small, wide, with rounded, small, widely spaced ears. Yellow eyes, pupils from bright light remain round, i.e. do not acquire a slit-like shape.
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Naked mole rat The body length of an average naked mole rat is from 8 to 10 cm, tail length is from 3 to 4 cm, weight is from 30 to 35 g. The weight of the queen is 50-80 g. , the head is quite large, on a short neck. The animal has large protruding teeth, which are isolated by outgrowths of the lips, as a result of which the earth does not enter the oral cavity during digging. About 25% of all muscles are in the jaw muscles. The skin of the animal is naked, yellowish or pink.
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African civet With a weight of 7 to 20 kg is one of the largest civet. The dimensions of the animal can visually increase quite strongly when the civet raises its hair when excited. And her fur is thick and long, especially on the back closer to the tail. The paws, muzzle and end of the tail are completely black, most of the body is spotty-striped.
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Golden Tiger This is the most rare color change caused by a recessive gene. The first mention of a meeting with golden tigers in the wild dates back to the beginning of the 20th century.
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Albino lions In the wild, this breed of albino is found mainly in South Africa and is endangered. Zoologists estimate that there are about 300 white lions left worldwide, with 24 of them living in a German zoo.
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White hedgehogs Albino hedgehogs, according to experts, are very rare. By nature, they are devoid of pigment, which gives color to needles, skin and eyes. Moreover, albino hedgehogs are born from ordinary parents, painted in the traditional gray color.
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Purple frog This frog is a living fossil that lives only in an area of about 14 km². The purple frog spends most of its time underground, coming to the surface for two weeks a year during the monsoon for the purpose of mating. The reclusive lifestyle led to the fact that biologists did not know about the existence of this species for a long time. To search for food, the purple frog does not come to the surface, it feeds underground, mainly on termites.
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The turtle frog is a tailless amphibian from the Australian toad family, lives under fallen trees in sandy soil, usually away from water. After the rain, it gets to the surface. this frog first buries its head in the sand with its front paws, it feeds only on termites, can eat over 400 at a time, is most common in western Australia
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Ringed worm In their appearance, annelid worms, or caecilians, resemble small snakes or earthworms, however, they are amphibians that are part of the order of legless amphibians. Like other caecilians, ringed worms spend a lot of time underground, sometimes settling in termite mounds or anthills. They are excellent diggers, and a strong head helps them dig holes - the bones of their skull are connected in such a way that they effortlessly pass through dense layers of soil.
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Toad-like lizards And they have one unusual feature ... They shoot blood from their eyes ... The mechanism is as follows: The internal jugular vein is compressed by a special muscle, and blood under great pressure tears the walls of the vessel in the area between the eyeball and the wall of the orbit, breaking out to a distance of one and a half meters . The lizard aims at the eyes of the predator.
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Yellow-bellied three-toed skink The yellow-bellied three-toed skink is one of three reptile species that breed in different ways in different habitats. In the coastal regions of New South Wales, skinks lay eggs, and in the northern uplands of the state, they are also viviparous. In fact, this is a prime example of evolution in action. Skinks look like a small snake with miniature legs. Skinks are up to 18 centimeters long and are mostly nocturnal, feeding on insects.
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Lizard Moloch The body of the Moloch is wide and flattened, reaching 22 centimeters in length. It is abundantly covered with many short and curved horny spikes that take the form of horns above the eyes and above the cervical outgrowth, similar to a pillow. The head of a Moloch, on the contrary, is small and rather narrow.
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Fringed turtle or Matamata turtle This rather large turtle (up to 40 cm) has a very peculiar appearance. Its shell, with notches along the edges, is decorated on top with three serrated protrusions, which are formed by sharp cone-shaped tubercles on each shield.
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Caterpillar of Sphekodin Abbot On its tail part, a large eye is noticeably visible, so plausible that some of its enemies mistake the caterpillar for a vertebrate and do not risk messing with it. The original disguise is complemented by active means of protection - a threatening squeak and a constant readiness to bite the offender.
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Phrynes They got such an unsightly name due to the complete absence of a “tail”, however, the Phrynes completely compensated for this lack of two wonderful limbs, which any hunter from the class of Arachnids can envy.
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Giraffe weevil Perhaps this appearance has made the male giraffe weevil an object of ridicule, but he cannot do without such a neck - it helps him in building a cozy nest, in combat operations and in the struggle for the right to mate with a female. If he does not impress his future partner with his long neck, then he has one more irresistible weapon in reserve - bright red elytra that can win the heart of even the most intractable of the fair sex.
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Orchid of the praying mantis world Paws are wide, imitate flower petals. Moves abruptly, like a combat robot tripod. Jumps smartly. Very easy to keep, but require high humidity for normal molting due to the structure of the legs. Since they are very wide, it is difficult for them to pull them out of the old skin.
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Hairy Yeti Crab The discovery of a new representative of the family of white blind crabs took place in 2006, in the Costa Rica region. "Fur" upon closer examination and careful examination turned out to be not wool at all, but densely growing long bristles.
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Pink grasshopper They were first discovered back in 1887, but they are rarely photographed, because "pink genes" are found in only 1 out of 500 individuals.
The slowest animal
- 48 m per hour - a snail develops such a speed, for which it receives the title of the slowest animal
- Oddly enough, but this title went to the mountain goose. There is evidence that these birds can fly at altitudes of 10,175 meters or more.
- The smallest insects, whose size is approximately
- 0.46 mm - these are crumb wasps, mimarids
- The peregrine falcon has a speed of up to 321 km per hour.
- She is the fastest animal
- The longest animals are nemertean worms of the species Lineus longissimus.
- The length of the largest reaches 55m
- The Arctic tern has the longest migration.
- These birds cover distances of 22400 km
- The tallest land animal is the giraffe. Its height can reach 6 meters
- This title belongs to the chimpanzee. Followed by a dolphin
- The white-winged porpoise is the fastest aquatic mammal.
- It develops speed up to 58 km per hour
- Galapagos giant tortoises can live for over 175 years.
- These are the oldest reptiles on the planet.
- One box jellyfish with 60 tentacles can kill 60 adults
- This title went to the female malarial mosquito. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes kill over a million people worldwide every year
- The sounds of blue whales reach an intensity of up to 188 decibels and can be heard at a distance of 800 km.
- Blue whales are also the largest animals
- Little known copepod is the strongest animal. The copepod is said to be 10 to 30 times stronger than any machine or animal in the world.
- The large anaconda, found in South America, is usually about 8 m long.
- But once an anaconda was caught, the length of which was 14 m and a diameter of 82 cm
- The speed of the cheetah is the highest among animals, 110-115 km per hour
- The record in swimming belongs to the sailboat fish (Tetrapturus audax), whose speed at short distances reaches 109 km/h.
- The bravest animal is the badger honey badger that lives in Africa and India. He goes into battle with an animal of any size
- The best rock climber is a bighorn goat that lives in the mountains of North America. Snow goats move on completely sheer cliffs
- The longest-legged bird is the flamingo. It lives mainly in the tropics and subtropics, but sometimes - very rarely - flies into the territory of Belarus.
- The sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) has the longest beak. It is longer than her head, neck and torso combined.
- The tropical kiwi bird is considered the most unusual bird - it has unusual feathers that resemble thick wool, and it itself is the least like a bird
- The shrew and dragonfly are the most gluttonous.
- A shrew eats 4 times more per day than it weighs itself, and a dragonfly can eat 40 house flies
- All of these animals have extraordinary qualities that make them unique in the natural world.
- Many miracles and unusual are hidden in the world of wildlife.
- We must preserve and save this world!
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- Record holders of the animal kingdom on the site http://elite-pets.narod.ru
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drop fish
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Drop fish lives at great depths off the coast of Tasmania and Australia. The pressure at such depths is so great that only the gel-like body composition, which has a lower density than water, saves the drop fish. This composition helps this fish, about 65 cm long, to swim with low energy consumption. Due to the lack of muscles in a drop fish, it has to feed on living creatures that swim past it. She also lacks a swim bladder, due to its non-functionality at the depths at which this fish lives.
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Yeti crab
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Yeti crab, or fluffy kiva, was discovered relatively recently near Easter Island near the outlet of thermal waters. Due to significant differences between the found crab and other known crustaceans, scientists have created a separate family of Kiwaidae for this animal. The yeti crab has strange "hairy" claws.
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Octopus Dumbo
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Octopus Dambooktopus lives in the Tasman Sea at a depth of about 400 meters. This octopus is no larger than 10 cm in size. Its distinguishing feature is a pair of long, flat fins that look like ears. Hence the name of this animal "Dumbo" (Dumbo elephant). The individual tentacles of an octopus are connected to each other by a flexible membrane - an umbrella. She, with the assistance of fins, is the driving force of the animal.
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Sea Dragon
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The leafy sea dragon, or rag-picker, looks like a strange sea horse. It lives in the coastal waters of Australia, in shallow waters. The appendages on the whole body of the sea dragon create the perfect disguise for it. In this case, the outgrowths are not fins. The rag-picker has earned the honor of being the official emblem of the state of South Australia with its unusual appearance.
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leaf gecko
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The leaf-like gecko disguises itself, as the name implies, under the foliage of trees. This unusual lizard lives in the forests of Madagascar. About 230 years ago, leaf-like geckos became known, and in 2004 the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) listed them on the list of the Most Exterminated. Because of their interesting appearance, they have become desirable pets for people, so they are caught in large numbers for sale.
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Peacock Grasshopper
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The peacock grasshopper is a bizarre insect. This relatively large grasshopper employs two defensive tactics. Basically, he disguises himself as a dry leaf, but when he is nevertheless noticed, he spreads his colored wings, the pattern on which imitates huge eyes. This defense tactic misleads the enemy and often saves the life of a grasshopper.
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tiger ant
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The tiger ant has not only an unusual coloration similar to that of a tiger, but also has a huge size for ants (3 cm). At the same time, he is the most primitive ant in the world. These insects were found in Papua New Guinea in 2009, so this species is still little studied. Who knows, maybe they will surprise the whole world.
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Maned wolf
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The maned wolf looks like a fox, but the relationship with them has been refuted by scientists. The maned wolf, with its long, thin limbs, looks somewhat strange. It is believed that this feature is related to the habitat. These wolves live in high grass plains, and this length of limbs helps them to rise above the plants and survey the area.
Some are sad that dragons exist only in fairy tales, and there are no unusual animals left on earth. This marine fish is a relative of the seahorse and lives in the waters of western and southern Australia. Usually the sea dragon can be found in shallow water. In the water, the dragon moves with the help of a fin, which is located on the crest of the neck. The fins of the animal are completely transparent. The dragon is not so small - it can grow up to 45 cm.
This larval form of an amphibious plant of the ambistom family lives in the mountain ponds of Mexico. A special sign of the axolotl are 6 shaggy and long branches, growing 3 on each side of the head. In fact, this is not an ornament, but gills. Swimming of the axolotl is facilitated by a wide and long tail. This amazing animal can breathe with both gills and lungs. The total length of the amphibian reaches 30 cm
This animal lives in the dry steppes and forest-steppes of Australia and New Guinea. The lizard can have a different color - from yellow-brown to black-brown. A feature of the animal is a skin fold around the head, similar to a collar and adjacent to the body. Sensing danger, the animal opens its mouth and sticks out its bright collar, which can stand up to 30 cm from the body. The lizard stands on its hind legs, begins to hiss and beat the ground with its tail.
The fish lives in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, preferring greater depth (about 2800 meters). In such places, the pressure usually exceeds several ten times, therefore, the gel-like composition of the body with a density lower than that of water helps the fish to remain viable and swim with little energy consumption. The body length of a drop fish can reach 65 cm.
This toothless mammal lives in South and Central America. The sloth is known to everyone for its habit of living - almost all the time it hangs on a branch with its back down, while spending 15 hours a day in a dream. The body weight of sloths ranges from 4 to 9 kg, and their length is about 60 centimeters. Interestingly, the animals are so slow that moth moth settlements are often found in their fur.
These animals live in Southeast Asia, they belong to primates. Their feature is long hind legs and a large head, which can turn almost 360 degrees. Tarsiers have good hearing, their fingers are very long, and left naked and rounded. But most of all they stand out with their eyes, which have a diameter of up to 16 mm. The animals themselves are quite small, their height is from 9 to 16 cm.
This peculiar octopus is a cephalopod. He lives in the depths of the Tasman Sea, and his size is small, with half the palm of a man. The nickname of the octopus comes from the name of the elephant Dumbo, a famous cartoon character. Everyone mocked him because of the large size of his ears, while the octopus has a pair of long and paddle-like fins that resemble ears.
This chiropteran mammal, as the name implies, is found only in Madagascar. The animal is only 6 cm long, and weighs 8-10 grams, while the tail can reach 5 cm. Rolled palm leaves serve as a refuge for them, to which they stick with their suckers. It is they who are a special sign of animals. These animals are protected by law
