10 Weird Animals You Didn’t Know Exist (List 11-20)

The world is filled with exotic wildlife. There are a lot of species that are waiting to be discovered. Everyday new species are being discovered but do we know about all these species. Some of these species are so weird that its be very interesting to learn more about them. Today, we come up with a fascinating list, the 10 strange animals that you didn’t know are existed (List 11-20).

Number 11: The Saiga Antelope

Atheris is a genus of venomous vipers known as bush vipers. They are found only in tropical subsaharan Africa (excluding southern Africa) and many species have isolated and fragmented distributions due to their confinement to rain forests.

Number 12: The Blue Parrotfish

It is found on coral reefs in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. They are uniformly blue with a yellow spot on their heads that fades as they age.

Number 13: Indian Purple Frog

Number 14: Shoebill

The shoebill also known as whalehead or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia.

Number 15: Okapi

The okapi is a giraffe artiodactyl mammal native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae.

Number 16: Narwhal

The narwhal is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia.

Number 17: Thorny Dragon

The thorny dragon or thorny devil is an Australian Lizard, also known as the mountain devil, the thorny lizard, or the moloch. The thorny devil also features a spiny "false head" on the back of its neck, and the lizard presents this to potential predators by dipping its real head. The "false head" is made of soft tissue.

Number 18: Sea Pig

Scotoplanes or Sea Pigs live on deep ocean bottoms, specifically on the abyssal plain in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean, typically at depths of over 1200–5000 meters. Some related species can be found in the Antarctic.

Number 19: Pink Fairy Armadillo

The pink fairy armadillo which is also known as the Pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo known.

Number 20: Aye-aye

The aye-aye is a lemur, a Strepsirrhini primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger.