The concept of unusual animals has been known to man for quite sometime now. The term unusual animals consists of animals with strange shapes and characteristics which also include a few hybrid animals.
Animals have been in this world for more than a million years now. You must be knowing most of them but you you still haven't seen them all. Mentioned below are some unusual animals names and where are they found. Have a look at some endangered animals.
Capybara (South America): This comes first in my unusual animals list. If you see it for the first time, you are bound to be mistake it for a guinea pig. But the capybara is not a guinea pig, it has sleepy eyes and is called the world's largest rodent. It has webbed feet which makes a capybara an excellent swimmer. The capybara spends much of its time near small water bodies or with other capybaras.
Echindna (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania): It has a very distinctive spine, the echindna is one of the two monotremes (egg laying mammals) living on the face of the earth. Echindna lives alone most of the time, burrowing in the ground. Its main food is insects which it catches easily with the help of its long sticky tongue. A normal echindna grows up to 18 inches long.
Bongo (Africa): The bongo resembles an antelope. Found only in Africa, the bongo is known for its gracefully shaped spiral horns and an amazing striped head. Considered timid and mostly nocturnal, the bongo is one of Africa's most mysterious animals and is the largest of all the antelopes in the world.
Jerboa (Africa and Asia): Jerboa has long and sturdy back legs which help it to jump large distances. Often known as the "jumping wonder", it can leap more than ten feet in a single jump. It uses its long tail to help maintain balance and it never drinks water. The jerboa relies on the moisture content from bugs and plants to quench its thirst.
Okapi (Africa): An okapi is a catch between a giraffe and a zebra. Okapi is related to giraffe though its height is only five feet. It's a mammal and has a beautiful red-brown body and some dazzling white and black stripes on its bottom and legs.
Unusual Animals Facts
As you know the earth is surrounded by mysterious creatures. We all can't go and observe all of their mysterious characteristics in person, but you can read some unusual animal facts mentioned below and have a faint idea.
- If you held a leopard in captivity, it will live for 12 years, while in the wild it can live up to 10 years due to its excessive hunting.
- An average beaver can cut down more than 200 trees in its lifetime.
- A rhinoceros, if held in captivity may live up to 45 years, while in wild it may live up to 35 years as it is hunted for its horns and skin.
- The lifespan of an average hedgehog is 10 years.
- The approximate weight of an African bison is 900 pounds.
- The humpback whale has the longest flippers of all mammals.
- Average size of a new born kangaroo is that of a coffee bean. Have a look at marsupial animals.
- A porcupine has more than 30,000 quills on its body.
- One out of every five thousand north Atlantic lobsters is born with a bright blue color.
- Tigers have stripped skin, unlike most animals who have stripped fur.
- There are around 2,200 species of frogs, they are found on every continent except Antarctica.
- Electric eels cannot derive oxygen from water, they have to come to the surface every five minutes to get oxygen. They can swim forwards and backward which most fish can't.
- Blue whales weigh 50 pounds when they're born, at adulthood they weigh as much as 150 tons.
- The turbot fish lays around 14 million eggs during its lifetime.
- The largest great white shark caught in New Brunswick, in 1930 measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds.
- The Humming bird, grebe, loon swift and kingfisher are all bird species that cannot walk.
- The only cat in the world that cannot retract its claws is the cheetah.
- The blue whale is the loudest animal on the earth. The call sound of the blue whale reaches up to 188 decibels. This amazing call can be heard for hundred of miles underwater. The howler monkey is the second loudest animal on earth.
- Snakes are immune to their own poison.
- Dolphins sleep just below the surface of the water at night, they frequently rise to the surface for air.
- At the end of the Beatles song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle which only dogs could hear was recorded by sir Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog. Check out some exotic animals and pets.
So these were some of the unusual animals and some of their characteristic facts. Most of the animals I have mentioned above are on the verge of extinction. We must take care and preserve these animals as they play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance of the earth.
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