From the set of the next Alien movie
Looking like some alien creature right out of a science-fiction movie or a sea beast from your worst nightmares, these weird animals are found around tropical islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The biggest of these crabs to have been reported was said to measure [...]
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 [...]
Versatile little bugger
Here’s one of those strange animals with no shortage of peculiar features. The mudskipper is a walking fish that has the ability to operate out of the water as long as it keeps itself moist at all times. It cannot stay underwater indefinitely and is able to breathe through its skin [...]