The Pygmy Marmoset is a
monkey native to the
rainforest canopies of western
Brazil, southeastern Colombia,
eastern Ecuador, and eastern
Peru.
It is one of the smallest
primates, with its body length
ranging from 14-16 cm and
the smallest monkey. Males
weigh around 140 g, and
females only 120 g.
Tarsiers have enormous eyes
and long feet. Their feet have
extremely elongated tarsus
bones, which is how they got
their name.
They are primarily
insectivorous, and catch insects
by jumping at them. They are
also known to prey on birds
and snakes. As they jump from
tree to tree, tarsiers can catch
even birds in motion.
All tarsier species are
nocturnal in their habits, but
like many nocturnal organisms
some individuals may show
more or less activity during
the daytime. They also have a
fovea, atypical for nocturnal
animals.
The Angora rabbit is a variety
of domestic rabbit bred for
its long, soft hair.
The Angora is one of the
oldest types of domestic
rabbit, originating in Ankara,
Turkey, along with the Angora
cat and Angora goat.
The Aye-aye (Daubentonia
madagascariensis) is a
strepsirrhine native to
Madagascar that combines
rodent-like teeth with a long,
thin middle finger to fill the
same ecological niche as a
woodpecker. It is the world's
largest nocturnal primate, and
is characterized by its unique
method of finding food; it taps
on trees to find grubs, then
gnaws holes in the wood and
inserts its elongated middle
finger to pull the grubs out.
The Shoebill, Balaeniceps rex
also known as Whalehead is a
very large bird related to the
storks. It derives its name from
its massive shoe-shaped bill.
The Shoebill is a very large
bird, averaging 1.2 m (4 ft) tall,
5.6 kg (12.3 lbs) and 2.33 m
(7.7 ft) across the wings. The
adult is mainly grey, the
juveniles are browner. It lives in
tropical east Africa, in large
swamps from Sudan to
Zambia.
The Shoebill was added rather
recently to the ornithological
lists; the species was only
discovered in the 19th century
when some skins were
brought to Europe.
This olm is a blind salamander
with see-through skin that lives
underground. It hunts for its
prey by smell and using electric
currents and can survive
without food for 10 years.
This unusual amphibian is blind,
lives to 100, and goes ten years
at a stretch without food. It
lives in the subterranean
waters of Italy, Croatia and
Herzegovenia, where it skeeves
out the locals with its strange,
human-like skin. Its nickname,
in fact, is the “human fish”.
The hellbender and Asian
giant salamanders (family
Cryptobranchidae) are aquatic
amphibians found in brooks
and ponds in the United States,
China, and Japan. They are the
largest living amphibians
known today. The Japanese
giant salamander (Andrias
japonicus), for example, reaches
up to 1.44 metres (4.7 ft),
feeds on fish and crustaceans,
and has been known to live for
more than 50 years in
captivity.[ The Chinese giant
salamander (Andrias davidianus)
can reach a length of
1.8 metres (5.9 ft).[
They are living at extreme
depths of 3000–4000 meters,
with some living up to 7000
meters below sea level, which
is the deepest of any octopus
species to be found. They are
some of the rarest of the
Octopoda species. They can
flush the transparent layer of
their skin at will, and are
pelagic animals, as with all
other cirrate octopuses.The
largest Dumbo octopus ever
recorded was 6 feet in length
and weighed 13 pounds,
although the normal size for
the various
The Long-eared Jerboa,
Euchoreutes naso, is a
nocturnal mouse-like rodent
with a long tail, long hind legs
for jumping, and exceptionally
large ears.
It has been reported in China
and in ten localities in desert
habitats of Trans Altai Govi
Desert and the Gobi Desert in
Mongolia. A large part of the
species is believed to occur in
Mongolia within protected
areas.Very little is known
about the species.