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Strangest Animals – The Strangest Animals on Earth

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

Strange animal of the day

Maned Wolf

A fox on stilts that smells like weed

Meet it → Surprise me

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

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

Traits

What makes them strange

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

Pictured: Hagfish →
Dumbo octopus with pale pink translucent body, large ear-like fins and dark eyes swimming above the deep-sea floor in darkness.

Habitats

Where the strange things live

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

Pictured: Dumbo Octopus →
Duck-billed platypus swimming underwater over leafy river bottom, with its flat rubbery bill and webbed feet visible among tree roots.

Regions

Strange, by address

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

Pictured: Duck-Billed Platypus →
Axolotl with feathery pink-red gills and speckled grey-brown skin resting on muddy riverbed among submerged plants.

Status

Still here. For now.

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

Pictured: Axolotl →

Not strange enough?

Let fate decide. One click, one random oddball.

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