Animals Nobody Has Heard Of

[Melomancer]

Well, guess I was wrong then. Those are cool.

 

The creepiest animals are always those that live deep in the sea. Like tardigardes mentioned earlier. And there were these weird sea worms.. The ocean is full of nightmares.

[Moonlight_Eevee]

Say hello to the Tufted Deer

 

The Japanese Spider crab

[RWyvern]

The ocean is full of nightmares?

 

Pfff, what are you talking about.

 

Hairy anglers are the best.

 

This seastar is one that is so elusive I can't even find its actual name.

 

Gosh I love tufted deer ;u;

Edited April 16, 2014 by rampaging wyvern

[nlechoppa]

I present to you the dinosaur with useless arms albeit a carnivore. Majungasaurus

Wikipedia

Edited April 16, 2014 by Soulking

[TCA]

meet my favorite fish species

What is this thing called? It's lovely, I want one.

[octopi]

This seastar is one that is so elusive I can't even find its actual name.

Ooh ooh it's a basket star! Yes those are amazing.

[DangerDragon]

Vampyroteuthis infernalis.

 

Can't get a picture for it :/ but im sure. Most of you haven't heard of it.

[nlechoppa]

And another dinosaur. This time a giant hadrosaur that is without a doubt a match for any theropod 1 on 1.

[Jet Raptor]

Vampyroteuthis infernalis.

 

Can't get a picture for it :/ but im sure. Most of you haven't heard of it.

Vampire squid, correct? That name sounds very familiar.

Deep-sea creatures are awesome.

 

I've actually heard of a surprising number of these. I've never seen that fish that Grimace posted or that "basket star" before. I was going to post the Praya dubia, but someone beat me to it. So I'll post these instead (though I'm sure many of you have heard of them before, I just can't think of anything else):

Gulper eel

Barreleye

Tripod fish

 

EDIT: Vampire squid :3

Edited April 16, 2014 by Ali'i Makani Pahili

[Darklight]

Here's the Shoebill, a very interesting looking bird. And here's a Viscacha.

Edited April 16, 2014 by Darklight

[Bunnybrine]

And here's a Viscacha.

OMG that's sooo cute, it looks like a mixture of a bunny and a squirrel

[Banyanpan]

I've heard of most of these.

 

The shocking pink dragon millipede

The Snail-eating snake

The Spiny leaf insect

And the Caecilian.

Edited April 16, 2014 by alupe99a

[octopi]

I... The gulper eel is obscure?

 

Okay yeah I guess most people don't know about a lot of deep sea stuff. Still, really?

[nlechoppa]

Cetotherium one of the first baleen whales.

Wikipedia

Random fact about dolphins: Male dolphins starve females if a female will not allow them to mate with them.

[edwardelricfreak]

Most people know about Luna moths, but how about Spanish moon moths?

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu644n0n...sjhwo1_1280.jpg

omg it's beautiful! One of my new favorite moths/butterflies.

 

As far as other moths/butterflies go, these are some of my favorites that I don't think are too well-known:

 

-The Sunset Moth: 1, 2

-The Bhutan Glory (butterfly): 1, 2, 3

 

And these two have transparent wings!

-The Sylphina Angel (butterfly): 1, 2, 3, 4

-White and Green Dragontail Butterflies: 1, 2, 3, 4

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...ded_Vulture.jpg

White-headed vulture, a rare vulture of the African continent who would win a beauty pageant any day of the week. Look at this gorgeous face.

It's pretty, but I prefer the Egyptian vulture. I remember when I first saw them, I immediately liked vultures. Nine, you would know them, as you have that one in your signature, but I'll post more pictures anyway

 

pretty bird is pretty

what a lovely golden face

[octopi]

*TW: Rape mention

 

Random fact about dolphins: Male dolphins starve females if a female will not allow them to mate with them.

Random fact about dolphins: Dolphins are total dicks. All the time. Sometimes pods of dolphins keep another dolphin around so they can rape them any time they want. The other dolphin isn't even of the same species sometimes, so we know they're not doing it for reproductive purposes. Dolphins enjoy eating squid, but only the arms, so they literally bite their limbs off and leave them to bleed to death. Most of the time, when dolphins are saving people from sharks, they don't actually care if the person survives - they just think it's amusing. And everyone likes dolphins because they smile and do tricks.

 

More on topic though, what about giant tube worms? They live near hydrothermal vents, and bacteria inside them converts the thermal energy into food. They're the basis of an ecosystem that doesn't require sunlight at all!

[GhostMortum]

Can't get much cuter then this:

 

Japanese long-tailed tit

[Dekka]

Can't get much cuter then this:

 

Japanese long-tailed tit

Oh my gloob, that thing is so freaking adorable!

[Cute_Dragons]

Glass frogs are super cute!

 

how about an Axolotl? I keep one as a pet.

 

 

This is Zion.

Oh it's pink! This is so cute (｡･ω･｡)

I love cute creatures!

[Lutyd]

how about the oarfish? They look like giant red-maned serpents.

 

 

[georgexu94]

Glass frogs are super cute!

 

how about an Axolotl? I keep one as a pet.

 

 

This is Zion.

I never knew about axolotls until MagiStream happened.

 

These cute little pets are based on the axolotls in real life.

[Ribombee]

Dik dik

 

And the odd Brazilian tree hopper

 

[Petra1999]

Aye-Aye. I'm pretty sure a lot of people know it, but I was surprised when I realized that this... exists.

 

 

The fingers are really scary:

[High Lord November]

 

Asian Fairy-Bluebirds! I don't know how well-known or not well-known they are, but I love them; those blues and purples are just so gorgeous.

 

 

Also, those White-headed Vultures someone posted earlier are beautiful!

[HorseChick]

Glass frogs are super cute!

 

how about an Axolotl? I keep one as a pet.

 

 

This is Zion.

I have seen some of them,because they live where I live.