The world’s smallest monkey
The Pygmy Marmoset is one of the smallest weird animals around and goes commonly by the names of Dwarf Monkey, Pocket Monkey and Little Lion. It kind of has the legs of a rat, the tail of a cat, the chest of a monkey and the head of a gremlin [...]
Some things never go out of style…
Do bearded monkeys the size of large rats qualify as strange animals? Yes they do. It also helps to make them weird that they are supposedly named after the German emperor Wilhelm II because of its likeness to the monarch. Yes, mustaches like that were once in [...]
The mother of all noses
Here’s one of those real weird animals we’re grateful not to look like! The male Proboscis Monkey has a huge nose which – get this – females dig and end up choosing the males with the bigger ones to have sexual intercourse with. This fleshy nose hangs down the [...]