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The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) is a small North American mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura.The Star-nosed Mole lives in wet lowland areas and eats small invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and mollusks. It is a good swimmer and can forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds. Like other moles, this animal digs ...

Surinam toads (Pipa pipa) are well-known for their amazing reproductive habits. The female releases 3-10 eggs, which get embedded in the skin on her back by the male's movements. After 24 hours the skin starts to swell around the eggs, which become embedded in little pouches after about 10 days,  eventually taking on the appearance of an irregular honeycomb. The larvae develop through the tadpole stage inside these pockets, eventually emerging from the mother's ...

The Saiga (Saiga tatarica) is an antelope which originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe. The Saiga typically stands 0.6-0.8 meters at the shoulder and weighs between 36 and 63 kg.  Males, who are the only sex to carry horns, are slightly bigger than females . The Saiga are now endangered by poaching, as horns have some value as Chinese traditional medicine. What make the Saiga so weird is no ...

The Babyrusa is a genus in the pig family (Suidae) found in Indonesia. This weird pig is the king of mispelling! We can found it under: Babyrussa Babyrusa Babyrousa Babyroussa Babirousa and much more... Adult males of all babyrussas have conspicuous tusks formed by their greatly elongated canine teeth. The canines in the maxilla penetrate the top of the snout, curving back toward the forehead. This species is protected by Indonesian law but is threatened by illegal hunting. [youtube ALRbNuArTlg]

  The gharial  (Gavialis gangeticus), sometimes called the Indian gavial or gavial, is one of two members of the family Gavialidae. His long, narrow jaws makes it easy to distinct from others crocodilians. It is a critically endangered species. The gharial is one of the longest of all living crocodilians.  [nggallery id=3]

The Frill-necked Lizard, or Frilled Lizard also known as the Frilled Dragon, (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is so called because, take a guess,  of the large skin around its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or yellow lining, and the frill flares out, displaying bright orange and red scales. The frill may also ...

The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world, with an average weight of 1,000 kilograms or about 2,200 pounds. The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head without a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long, when their dorsal and anal fins are ...

The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest salamander in the world, reaching a length of 180 cm (6 ft), although it rarely - if ever - reaches that size today. Endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in China, it is considered critically endangered due to habitat loss, pollution and over-collecting, as it is considered a delicacy and used in traditional Chinese medicine. Records from Taiwan may be ...