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Strangest Animals – The Strangest Animals on Earth

Superb bird-of-paradise showing its black and turquoise display on a mossy branch

Strange animal of the day

Superb Bird-of-Paradise

He turns into a dancing smiley face

Meet it → Surprise me

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.

Red-lipped batfish walking on its fins across the sandy seafloor

Traits

What makes them strange

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

Pink orchid mantis hidden among orchid flowers in a misty rainforest

Habitats

Where the strange things live

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

Fluffy Pallas's cat walking over frosty rocks in the mountains

Regions

Strange, by address

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

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

Status

Still here. For now.

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

Not strange enough?

Let fate decide. One click, one random oddball.

Surprise me with a strange one