Far back in time before the American continent was populated with humans, these weird tree animals were numerous even in the southern part of North America. Since the advent of man, however, their numbers have gone down dramatically. They are today found in larger numbers in the Antilles.
Slow and sort of [...]
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 [...]
It runs like the child of satan!
The Frilled Lizard can be quite funny-looking and is one of the most weird animals to look at when it is running! This usually solitary beast will begin to run on all four legs before getting up on its hind ones, open up its mouth (which causes [...]