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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

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.

Venezuelan poodle moth with white fuzzy body and feathery orange antennae resting on a mossy branch in a dark forest

Traits

What makes them strange

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

Two black barbled dragonfish with glowing lures in the deep sea

Habitats

Where the strange things live

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

Vampire bat hanging in a cave lit by a beam of light

Regions

Strange, by address

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

Assassin bug with long curved red antennae and spiny legs standing on forest floor litter in dappled light

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.

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