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Strangest Animals – The Strangest Animals on Earth

Blue dragon sea slug with bright blue feathery cerata swimming near the surface beside a Portuguese man o' war jellyfish.

Strange animal of the day

Blue Dragon

Tiny, gorgeous and armed with stolen venom

Meet it → Surprise me

Hagfish with pink slimy body and whisker-like barbels swimming over the seafloor in dark deep-sea water near a sunken carcass.

Animals

Pick your kind of strange

Mammals that lay eggs. Fish that walk. Birds that bark. Start with a group and go from there.

Pictured: Hagfish →
Mata mata turtle with spiky, leaf-like head and shell, partly submerged among leaves and roots in dark forest water.

Traits

What makes them strange

Glows in the dark. Regrows its limbs. Looks like an alien. Browse the animal kingdom by superpower.

Pictured: Mata Mata Turtle →
Giant isopod with pale pinkish segmented body and long antennae crawling across the dark seafloor in deep-sea darkness

Habitats

Where the strange things live

From the pitch-black bottom of the ocean to the top of the rainforest canopy.

Pictured: Giant Isopod →
Maned wolf standing in tall dry grass at dusk, with long legs, large ears, and reddish-orange fur looking toward the camera.

Regions

Strange, by address

Every corner of the planet has its own oddballs. Find out who lives near you.

Pictured: Maned Wolf →
Okapi standing in a dark misty rainforest, showing its dark reddish body, white-striped legs, and large ears with its tongue out

Status

Still here. For now.

Some are doing fine. Some are down to their last few hundred. See who needs the most luck.

Pictured: Okapi →

Not strange enough?

Let fate decide. One click, one random oddball.

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