What's the strangest animal that you know of?

[Angela Stripes]

While you all have already covered some really out-there species... I've got to stick with the ant eater. While not the strangest looking creature, I can't wrap my mind around why anything would want to eat ants! Of all things, ants!

[Gravy]

While you all have already covered some really out-there species... I've got to stick with the ant eater. While not the strangest looking creature, I can't wrap my mind around why anything would want to eat ants! Of all things, ants!

Anteaters are so cool! I love them so much!

How about this one: Lowland streaked tenrec.

[RegularGuy3]

Aye-ayes are awfully strange. Check out their special long middle fingers that they use to dig for insects in trees...which they find by listening through the bark.

[hiraetha]

Honestly I have to say the weirdest animal I’ve ever seen in person would be the ‘Bush Baby’ aka Galagos. If you see them in full daylight they don’t look all that crazy, but when they’re staring through your window at night with their absolutely ginormous eyeballs looking at you.... it’s definitely something else, I’ll say that.

If I had to pick a weird animal that I’ve never seen in person, I would probably say the Salp from the picture kandscreeley posted, haha.

[Onyinyechukwu]

It has to be an octopus, but recently updated to the angler fish. I have seen about two very strange insects, that is if they count. One of them seemed like a cross between spider, millipid and scorpion, with an impressive speed , when ever it crawled across the room, ugh, it left a very creepy feeling. You felt as if it had relatives somewhere around. It left me checking under my pillow in sudden alarm every millisecond the rest of the night, that was even if I had gotten rid of it (please don't ask me how). The other seemed like a cross between a scorpion and a cockroach with a few broom sticks (the sort made from Palm fronds that probably only my west African brothers and sisters can visualize, luckily I only saw it once. I don't know their names, butressing their strangeness to me.

[Gravy]

All great examples!

How about the sparklemuffin spider?

[Miche Sora]

The angler fish is def weird but there are even weirder things in the deepest waters- not having any specific names to mind, I'd liken them to neon glow sticks with teeth.

Much cuter but still a pretty bizarre creature, my submission is the cuttlefish- 3 hearts & blue blood!

Those deep sea creatures were what I was thinking of. I think they were US stamps at some point as well.

Also the microscope views of mites found in people's houses.

[Gravy]

This is not what it looks like.

[Kinnera]

The pink dolphins.

Oh. Those sound really cute, and beautiful!

[IanYanny]

The strangest animal for me is the blobfish. I've seen it on multiple top ten lists on the internet. But according to a certain website they don't look bad when in deep water.

Most people familiar with the blobfish have only seen images of the sad, flaccid monstrosity out of water. But at the bottom of the ocean—where the fish is actually meant to be—it’s much easier on the eyes. Blobfish are typically found 2000 to 4000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. At those depths, inhabitants experience up to 120 times the pressure they would on dry land. Blobfish don’t have much bone or muscle, instead allowing the extreme pressure of the deep sea to provide their bodies structural support.
Source: mentalfloss.com/article/88111/7-unattractive-facts-about-blobfish

[Gravy]

The deep sea hatchet fish.

When seen in the light look like this:

But when seen at depth...

The strangest animal for me is the blobfish. I've seen it on multiple top ten lists on the internet. But according to a certain website they don't look bad when in deep water.

Most people familiar with the blobfish have only seen images of the sad, flaccid monstrosity out of water. But at the bottom of the ocean—where the fish is actually meant to be—it’s much easier on the eyes. Blobfish are typically found 2000 to 4000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. At those depths, inhabitants experience up to 120 times the pressure they would on dry land. Blobfish don’t have much bone or muscle, instead allowing the extreme pressure of the deep sea to provide their bodies structural support.
Source: mentalfloss.com/article/88111/7-unattractive-facts-about-blobfish

Interesting little thing.

[Amagine]

All great examples!

How about the sparklemuffin spider?

I never thought I would say this ever in life, but, that's a beautiful spider!

[Gravy]

I know!

How about this one?
The glass frog:
Viewed from above and below.

[eelavahs-jay]

That would have to be the four legged snake. I get goosebumps just thinking of it.

-- 29 Sep 2017, 22:52 --

The strangest animal for me is the blobfish. I've seen it on multiple top ten lists on the internet. But according to a certain website they don't look bad when in deep water.

Most people familiar with the blobfish have only seen images of the sad, flaccid monstrosity out of water. But at the bottom of the ocean—where the fish is actually meant to be—it’s much easier on the eyes. Blobfish are typically found 2000 to 4000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. At those depths, inhabitants experience up to 120 times the pressure they would on dry land. Blobfish don’t have much bone or muscle, instead allowing the extreme pressure of the deep sea to provide their bodies structural support.
Source: mentalfloss.com/article/88111/7-unattractive-facts-about-blobfish

This actually looks like the homunculus Gluttony from Fullmetal Alchemist

[Manang Muyang]

What a collection of strange creatures!

In the Philippines, we have the smallest monkey in the world. It is called the tarsier. The Philippine tarsier measures only about 85 to 160 mm (3.35 to 6.30 in) in height. You can find it on the island of Bohol and have your picture taken with a whole family of tarsiers. Too bad I'm not tech-savvy enough to attach a picture.