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Strangest Animals – The Strangest Animals on Earth

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

Strange animal of the day

Giant Isopod

A woodlouse the size of a house cat

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Mata mata turtle with spiky, leaf-like head and shell covered in algae, resting in dark murky water among fallen leaves.

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: Mata Mata Turtle →
Shoebill stork standing at the edge of a misty swamp, its huge clog-shaped bill and spiky crest visible under a stormy sky.

Traits

What makes them strange

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

Pictured: Shoebill Stork →
Pink sea pig (sea cucumber) on the deep seafloor with tube-like appendages, a starfish and crab nearby in dark water

Habitats

Where the strange things live

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

Pictured: Sea Pig →
Proboscis monkey with a large fleshy nose perched on a mossy branch above a misty river at dusk.

Regions

Strange, by address

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

Pictured: Proboscis Monkey →
Huge round ocean sunfish swimming near the surface

Status

Still here. For now.

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

Pictured: Ocean Sunfish →

Not strange enough?

Let fate decide. One click, one random oddball.

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