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A look at strange animals that aren't very well known.

Category: Animals

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Red-lipped Batfish This fish is mainly known for its bright red lips. Batfish are not good swimmers; they use their pectoral fins to "walk" on the ocean floor. When the batfish reaches adulthood, its ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The Irrawaddy dolphin exists in small isolated populations around Southeast Asia. Some populations are close to extinction such as the those in the Mekong River and Malampaya Sound in the ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The tenrec is a mammal of the family Tenrecidae, found on Madagascar and in parts of the African mainland. Tenrecs are widely diverse; as a result of convergent evolution, they resemble hedgehogs, ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The family Cranchiidae comprises the approximately 60 species of glass squid, also known as cockatoo squid, cranchiid, cranch squid, or bathyscaphoid squid. Cranchiid squid occur in surface and ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The Maned Wolf is the largest canid of South America, resembling a large fox with reddish fur. This wolf lives in grasslands with scattered bushes and trees in South America & don't form packs & hunt ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

Giraffe weevil gets its name from its enormously long neck, which is 2-3 times longer in the males. They can use this extended neck to fight for the right to mate with a female.

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

The endangered dugong is the only southern African sea cow. This ancient order (Sirenia) is distantly related to elephants and also includes the West African and tropical American manatees. Dugongs ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Animals

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