Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper
This striking bright green snake, commonly known as Gumprecht's green pit viper, is found in the Southeast Asian region of Greater Mekong.
The serpent, which has the formal name Trimeresurus gumprechti, was
first described by scientists in 2002, although he doesn't look like he
appreciates having been discovered.
Snakefish
In 2002, the snakefish (or Channidae) was described as “something from a
bad horror movie” by US Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Some describe
snakefish as having ”a voracious appetite, often consuming all other
fish in a lake or pond and even eating its young. It can slither across
land, staying out of water for up to three days, to find new sources of
food.” Norton also warns that once on land ”snakeheads can eat almost
any small animal in its path…. They have even attacked people in China
who got too close to snakeheads’ egg nesting areas.” According to
Wikipedia,
snakefish can be up to over a metre in length and over 6 kilograms in
weight. Most snakefish are 2-3 feet long. They’re also fast reproducers
with no natural enemies outside of their native environments. Within
their native environments, small snakefish are preyed upon by bigger
fish, while full-grown snakefish are consumed by crocodiles and
alligators. Because of their ability to move into new habitats and wipe
out local ecosystems (and to then hop out of the water and mosey on over
to another body of water and repeat the
process) snakefish have been prohibited in 13 American states and other countries (e.g., Australia).
Giant Isopod
This Predator look-alike is a Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), a carnivorous crustacean that spends its time scavenging the deep
ocean floor, up to 6,000ft down on the seabed where there is no light.
In the pitch black and cold, they survive by feasting on dead and decaying fish and other marine animals.
Aye-aye
Considered by locals as a harbinger of misfortune, the Aye-aye is one of the world’s most rare and bizarre looking
primates.
To the Malagasy people, the aye-aye is magical, and believed to bring
death to the village it appears in; therefore they’re often killed on
sight.
The aye-aye is the world’s largest nocturnal primate with an average
head and body length of 16 inches (40 centimeters), a long bushy tail of
2 feet (61 centimeters) long, and weighs about 4 pounds (2 kilos). The
Aye-aye has large beady eyes, black hair, and large spoon-shaped ears.
It has 5-fingered hands with flat nails, with a middle finger up to 3
times the length of the others.
Star-nosed Mole
One of the most intriguing stars in the universe is right here on Earth:
the eleven pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing the snout of the star-nosed mole
(Condylura cristata). From its appearance and location, one would think
this star might be a supersensitive olfactory organ, helping the nearly
blind mole negotiate its subterranean environment, or an extra hand for
grasping prey or manipulating objects. Some researchers have
hypothesized that the star detects electric fields, thus acting as a
kind of antenna. But in reality, the star is an extraordinary touch
organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, called Eimer’s
organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around.
Frilled Lizard
The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) is a yellowish-brown australian
lizard
has got a large frill of skin to the sides of the neck and throat.
It is about 90 cm/35 in long, and when is angry or alarmed, it erects
its frill, which may be as much as 25cm/10 in in diameter, thus giving
itself the appearance of being larger than it really is.
Frilled
lizards are generally tree-living but may spend some time on the ground, where they run with their forelimbs in the air.
Giant leaf-tailed Gecko
The Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is endemic to Madagascar and the islands Nosy Bohara and Nosy Mangabe.
These geckos live in
tropical rain forests and reach a total length of 330 mm.
A large nocturnal gecko, by day it
plasters
it self to a small tree trunk and rests head down. If disturbed it will
raise it tail and head, open its mouth and scream... and call his mom.
Kerivoula Kachinensis
Another of the species found in one of the world's last scientifically unexplored regions, Asia's Greater Mekong, the Kerivoula Kachinensis is one of the most disturbing bats ever found.
Desert Mole Rat
The Desert Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a burrowing
rodent
native to parts of East Africa notable for its eusocial lifestyle,
nearly unique among mammals, and for a highly unusual set of physical
traits that enables it to thrive in a harsh, underground environment,
including a lack of pain sensation in its skin, and a nearly
cold-blooded metabolism. Plus, it is horrible.
Puss Caterpillar
The puss caterpillar
is the most poisonous caterpillar in the United States. Its poison is
hidden in hollow spines among its hairs. This hairy caterpillar is found
in the southern states, ranging west through most of Texas and north to
Maryland and Missouri. It feeds on shade trees such as elm, oak, and
sycamore. Puss
caterpillars vary in size from 1.2 in.(32 mm) to 1.4 in.(36 mm).
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