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Strangest Animals – The Strangest Animals on Earth

Pacific viperfish with long fangs and glowing spots in the dark deep sea

Strange animal of the day

Pacific Viperfish

Fangs too big for its own mouth

Meet it → Surprise me

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

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

Traits

What makes them strange

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

Pictured: Giant Isopod →
Vampire bat hanging in a cave lit by a beam of light

Habitats

Where the strange things live

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

Pictured: Vampire Bat →
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 →
Barreleye fish with a transparent dome-shaped head and green tubular eyes swimming among jellies in the deep sea.

Status

Still here. For now.

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

Pictured: Barreleye Fish →

Not strange enough?

Let fate decide. One click, one random oddball.

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