How many amazing creatures live with us on the planet! We know very little about some of them, and for some, acquaintance with a person becomes fatal, since after the discovery of some animal species, they began to exterminate them. And yet, we hope that the rare and amazing animals of the planet Earth, which will be described in the article, will remain the decoration of our world for a long time.
Madagascar little arm named ah-ah
In Madagascar, there lives a creature that is classified as a semi-monkey - ah-ah or a little arm. This is the most amazing animal in the world and, in addition, the rarest in terms of numbers (only 50 individuals). When it was first discovered by researcher Pierre Sonner, he decided that it was a rodent, since the teeth of the arm are very similar to those of a squirrel.
The animal grows up to 44 cm, but the fluffy tail grows much longer than its body - up to 60 cm.the arms are the middle fingers of her forelimbs. This is a multifunctional tool that the animal cannot do without.
The little arm cleans its fur with it, drinks water (previously dipping a finger in it, and then licking it) and, most importantly, gets food. She taps her finger on the bark of a tree and, finding a suitable place, gnaws through the bark. Then the little arm lowers its finger into the hole in order to prick the larva on the claw and send it into the mouth. In captivity, even after receiving a bowl of sweet syrup, the little hands turn it over, gnaw a hole in the bottom, and then drink the syrup with their indispensable finger.
The tarsier has the biggest eyes
Some researchers believe that the most amazing animals in the world are tarsiers. The appearance of these crumbs is striking. Their body length does not exceed 15 cm, but their eyes are 16 mm in diameter. If these proportions are translated into human height, then our eyes would be the size of an apple!
The tarsier can rotate its head nearly 360°. And the animals are able to communicate with the help of ultrasound. These tiny primates are nocturnal, preying on insects, while they deftly jump onto a branch, throwing their hind legs like a frog. And long fingers with flattened pads help them hold on and not fall.
The vulture turtle is a dinosaur that has survived to this day
We are used to the fact that turtles are slow and harmless creatures, but the vulture turtle will make you change your mind. Outwardly, this is the most amazingthe animal of the world looks like a dinosaur that has survived to this day. And her character is not honey!
This inhabitant of US freshwater rivers can grow up to 1.5 m, and it will weigh 80 kg. Its upper jaw is decorated with a “beak”, very similar to the beak of the bird of the same name, and on the tongue this creature has a small constantly moving process, very similar to a worm. By the way, it serves as a bait for fish, which the turtle catches by burrowing into the mud and opening its mouth.
The tortoise shell is crowned with three bone crests, similar to a saw, and the tail is only slightly inferior in length to the crocodile. If we add here the numerous warts with which its neck and chin are equipped, as well as the algae covering the shell, then the view of the vulture turtle is very unattractive. But she can survive under water for 50 minutes and has very sharp eyesight.
Blobfish
Many bizarre and little-studied creatures live in the depths of the ocean. And the category of "the most amazing animal in the world" can safely be attributed to the inhabitant of deep water, a drop fish. This gelatinous, inactive lump is actually only remotely similar to a fish. And the almost human displeased expression is completely surprising.
The body of the fish is only 30 cm long, it is devoid of scales and covered with mucus, and the massive head is decorated with a process that looks like a hanging nose. The huge mouth of this "beauty" has lips twisted in a displeased-squeamish grimace.
The drop fish is notlikes to swim. Although her jelly-like body is lighter than water and can float comfortably in the depths of the ocean, she often just lies motionless on the bottom and patiently waits for any small living creatures to swim into her mouth.
By the way, this sea drop hatches its eggs until fry emerge from them. And even after that, she continues to take care of them.
Copepod is the strongest creature on the planet
And tiny blind crustaceans live in the water column, the body length of which does not exceed 10 mm, these are the strongest and fastest animals in the world.
The amazing world of these multicellular organisms is being closely studied by Danish scientists. They found that copepods are capable of covering a distance of 50 cm in a second, which is five hundred times the length of the body of this creature. If a person had such capabilities, then he could easily jump a kilometer! Here is this force! Copepods are 10 or even 30 times stronger than any animal and even a machine.
In a jump, copepods reach speeds of up to 6 km/h, and if these figures are translated into human parameters, it turns out that a person with a height of 170 cm could accelerate to a speed of 1000 km/h. Like this!
Crabs also have spiders
The most amazing animal in the world, the spider crab, lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. It weighs almost 20 kg, and the size of its body, together with its paws, reaches 4 m. True, the body itself is only 35 cm. This crab is classified as a centenarian, it is believed that it can live up to 100 years!
Our arthropod giant is so huge that if he wanted to take a walk along the shore, he could easily step over the camper van. Fortunately, these crabs live only at a decent depth - up to 300 m. And only in order to lay their eggs they rise to a depth of fifty meters.
By the way, if a spider crab loses one of its monstrous legs, then it grows back and becomes longer with each molt.
A miracle of nature - a fish with a transparent head
The most amazing animals on the planet have in their ranks such a miracle as a fish with a transparent head. Creatures like her cannot be found all over the world. Her head is covered with a transparent shell and filled with liquid inside. And the eyes of the fish are inside this "aquarium" and can only look up, in the same place where they should be, the fish have nostrils.
This unreal creature was discovered only in 1939, as it lives at great depths (up to 800 m). But only in 2004, scientists were able to study the life of an amazing animal in more detail.
They found that when a fish sees an object suitable for hunting from below, it becomes upright, causing its eyes, which are in a special liquid, to turn, allowing it to be examined closer and then eat.
