Weird looking animals you never thought existed

Weird looking animals you never thought existed (PART 1)

RED-KIPPED BAT-FISH

The Red-lipped Batfish can be found on the Galapagos island and off Peru at depths of 3 to 76m (10 to 249ft). Red-lipped Batfish are closely related to rosy lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus porrectus) which are found near Cocos island of the coast of Costa Rica. This fish is not a great swimmer they use there well adapted pectoral fins to walk on the ocean floor.

GOBLIN SHARK

Scientific name: Mitsukurina ownstoni

The Goblin shark is a rar specie of deep sea shark, it is sometimes called a “ Living Fossil” it is the only extant representation of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. The goblin shark is between  3 to 4m (10 to 13ft) long when mature, though in can grow considerably larger. It could be found through of the world at depths greater than 100m (330ft).

PANDA ANT

Scientific name: Euspinolia Militaris

This creature was first discovered in the coastal region of central Chile in the year 1938. Today they are likely to be found in fry tropics and sandy areas such as southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. Though it appears as an ant but it is actually specie of the wingless wasp which is related to the red velvet ant that is also known as “cow killers” due to their painful sting.

PENIS SNAKE

Scientific name: Altretochoana eiselti

This is a specie of caecilian originally discovered by sir Graham Hales in Brazil’s rain forest in late 1800s but rediscovered in 2011 by engineers working on a hydroelectric dam project in Brazil. It is the largest of the few known lung less tetrapod’s.

UMBONIA SPINOSA

Umbonia spinosa is distributed within regions of south America, including Colombia, Venezuela, Dutch Guiana, British Guiana, and Ecuador. Umbonia spinosa is a specie of Membracidae, it could be distinguished from others of its genus by the appearance of its dorsal horn which is located between or just behind its humerais and they possess a short metopodium.

LOWLAND STREAKED TENREC

Lowland streaked tenrec can be found in tropical lowland rain forest in the northern and eastern parts of Madagascar. This animal is active during the day and night and it feeds primarily on insects, it also feeds on worms, fruits, small fish and even frogs. Streaked tenrec live in long shallow burrows which are usually occupied by family groups.

HUMMINGBIRD HAWK-MOTH

This can be found in southern Europe, North and east Africa, it is a strong flier dispersing widely and can be found virtually anywhere in the hemisphere in the summer. However in rarely survives the winter in northern latitudes.

GLAUCUS ATLANTACUS

Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the sea swallow, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug) is a specie of small blue sea slug, a pelagic aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidas. These sea slug are Pelagic : they float upside down by using the surface tension of the water to stay up, where are carried along by the winds and ocean currents