Scientists estimate that there are at least 8.7 million species of creatures in the world, each with its own strengths and looks like it's going to win a big game. Today, fear brings you the weirdest creatures on earth.
1. Deep-sea creatures
The red-lipped batfish, which inhabits the deep seabed near Peru, has a large bright red mouth, which is believed to be used to attract the opposite sex and outliers. Red-lipped batfish can't swim and walk on the seabed with their fins as if they were feet, making them very bulky. It's as if humans don't walk on land. The red-lipped batfish is a carnivorous fish with shining horns on its head, which can easily lure prey on the dark seabed, and its tail is full of thorns, resulting in few fish having the courage to eat it into their stomachs.
Ever thought that fireworks can also be seen in the deep sea? Firework jellyfish can be found at depths of 1,200 meters off the coast of Mexico, and their bodies are richly colored and reflect bright fluorescent colors after absorbing light. The tentacles of the firework jellyfish slowly sway and flutter in the water, and if the jellyfish are grouped together, it will be a brilliant fireworks feast. It also has a transparent diaphragm at the top, revealing the delicate structure of the head, going up like the "Eye of Sauron" in the Lord of the Rings movie.
2. Birds of the Jungle
Each creature attracts the opposite sex differently, and although the nightingale has a natural sound, it is not comparable to the bird of paradise in New Guinea. Distributed in the western part of New Guinea, the bird of paradise has feathers that absorb 99.95% of the sun, making it the darkest bird in the world. Its neck has glowing blue feathers, the same color as the eyes. During courtship, it opens its wings like a peacock opening the screen, contrasting it with its blue eyes and feathers, giving it a unique dance dress. When it successfully attracts its spouse with a song, he will constantly circle and dance around the other party. It is said that scientists spent a total of eight years studying the bird of paradise, and rarely had the opportunity to photograph him dancing in shape.
Umbrella birds are found in Colombia and western Ecuador and live mainly in alpine areas. Males and females have different size characteristics, and the males have a feather that extends downward around their necks and look like they are wearing a scarf. Scarf feathers are props for their performances and can be opened and are very beautiful. Males gather to compete during breeding to attract females, when their tracks are easily spotted and, unfortunately, abducted by hunters. Ever since the habitat of the umbrella birds was gradually exposed, they began to enter the ranks of the endangered species.
3. Weird insects
This panda-like insect is called a "panda ant", but it is actually a wasp. Males have wings, while females don't. Its body is mainly white, covered with many black spots and small spines, and the terrible epidermis is their way of protecting themselves. If you are stabbed to a wound that can cause great pain, many enemies will be directly scared away. Panda ants are a romantic companion. Each time it is time to breed, the male will directly pick up the female and make love in mid-air.
The rose-spined horned cicada lives in Mexico and southern Florida and is an obnoxious pest. They mainly suck the syrup in the fruit trees to survive, and each time they finish smoking, they will seriously damage the trunk. They live together in groups, and from a distance, the trunks of trees seem to have very sharp thorns that make people dare not come closer. Ants are loyal fan-level bodyguards of the Rose Thorn Horned Cicada because their excrement is high in sugar, and in order to protect food suppliers, ants will actively attack to send enemies away whenever an enemy comes to attack them.
4. Scary lizards
The Satanic Gecko, from Madagascar, is a veritable messenger of hell, with a terrifying appearance and no eyeballs in his eyes, like the devil in the movie who rolls his eyes and prepares to devour his soul. It has a strong camouflage ability, and its body color and texture are exactly the same as those of a dead leaf. During the day, they can keep their bodies clinging to the trunk or leaves without forming any shadow. Therefore, predators can not find them at all, but if they are discovered, they will open their blood basins and make a loud cry, revealing their red tongues and mucus in their mouths. The bluff tries to eat each other, causing the local residents to be afraid of them.
Echinoderm lizards are small lizards that grow in the desert regions of Australia, and although their shells are more dangerous than satanic geckos, they are not terrible and timid, and they only dare to eat ants in their lives. He has a very sticky tongue that can stick to many ants at once, and with sharp and dense teeth, the mouth is a machine that specializes in solving ants. The spiny lizard walks in a strange way, stopping several times as it advances, which avoids being targeted by predators. They have a false head on their shoulder, and when attacked by the enemy, they will hide the real head under their feet to escape the disaster. Because deserts have limited water sources, they use small sinks that sink their bodies to store water. Even if the weather is hot and dry, you can survive. Coming from the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, jerboas have an unusual survival instinct and do not want to drink water only by getting water from food
5. Extraordinary rodents
Jerboas come from the deserts of Asia and northern Africa and have an unusual survival instinct. You don't need to drink water, it's all about getting water from food. The jerboa looks a bit like a kangaroo, has a pair of very strong hind legs, and can jump very high. As they flee from predators, they jump left and right in a z-shape to disturb the enemy's line of sight. Some jerboas have large ears, almost two-thirds the length of their bodies, allowing them to quickly dissipate heat and increase the sensitivity of sound. In addition, in order to help balance the body, its tail also often gathers all its weight in the middle when jumping. Jerboas require a lot of space to move around and are therefore not suitable as pets, and were once banned from the United States for up to 20 years because they were diagnosed with germs.
The star-nosed mole from North America has a very powerful star-shaped nose with 22 tentacles, covered with 25,000 sensing organs, which can detect 10-15 different places at the same time every second, and then send messages to the brain by more than 100,000 nerve lines, which is five times more sensitive than the human palm. In addition to being able to replace the eyes to observe the surroundings, this nose has also won it the King's World Record, becoming the fastest mammal in the world to eat. They can completely eat insects and earthworms every 0.12 seconds. In addition, there are only two species of mammals in the world that can smell underwater, and the star-nosed mole rat is one of them, and the super sensing ability of the nose also makes it a mole excavator, quickly building tunnels to become the overlord of the underground.
Scientists have pointed out that only 15% of these 8.7 million organisms have been studied and recorded, and the rest may be distributed in places that are inaccessible to humans, such as the vast deep sea, and if they are to be neatly classified, scientists deduce that it will take at least a thousand years to complete.
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