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Top 10 Strangest Creatures Ever

10. Octopus.

• There are 289 different species of octopus.
• They are very smart.
• They have both short and long term memory.
• How much they can learn is limited by their short life spans.
• They have three defense ways.

1. Ink sacs
2. Camouflage
3. Auto missing limbs

The Strangest Fact:

Mother octopuses stay with their 50,000 eggs for six months and by the time they hatch the mother has starved to death. She is killed by predators because she is too weak to ward them off.

9. Cookie Cutter Shark.

• This shark is a small dogfish that normally has a greenish glow.
• It is also known as the Cigar Shark and the Luminous Shark.
• They live worldwide in deep water.
• They get their main name from how they feed, they swiftly take a chunk of flesh from their prey wich is normally whales and large fish.
• They have been found at depths of 3,300 ft. below surface.

8. Parrot Fish.

• Live largely on shallow reefs of the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, and Red Sea.
• There are 90 species of Parrot Fish.
• Their teeth are arranged in a parrot’s – beak way which is how they got their name.
• Sizes vary from 20 cm. to 1.5 meters within different species.
• Parrot fish are diurnal meaning they are active during the day and not at night.

The Strangest Fact:
Parrot Fish eat ROCKS!
7. Barnacle Goose.

• They breed normally on Arctic islands of the North Atlantic.
• Barnacle Geese mainly build their nests high up on mountain cliffs, far from hungry predators such as Polar Bears and Arctic Foxes.
• But also far from food.
• Baby Barnacle geese , unable to fly, at three days of age, and who’s parents DO NOT feed are forced to jump to off cliffs.
• But they are unhurt!! Since their small, feathery, and light weight they hit the ground without a scratch!!(the ground is covered in huge rocks and boulders!!!)

6. Argentine Horned Frog.

• The average lifespan of these frogs are 6-7 years.

• Males can grow to 15cm but are normally 10cm, and females can grow to 14 cm.
• In pet stores they are known as Pacman Frogs.
• Here’s something crazy!!!! Their mouths take up about half their size!!!
• So their mouths are about 5 cm!!

5. Hippopotamus.

• There are only two species of hippopotamus.
• In Greek terms ‘hippopotamus’ means ‘river horse’.
• It is an African mammal that is mainly plant-eating.
• Their closest non-extinct relatives are whales and porpoises.
• It is hairless.
• They are lose in size to the White Rhinoceros.
• The only animal that is always larger is the elephant.

4. Poison Dart Frog.

• They mainly live in Central and South America.
• The reason that these frogs are named such is because South American tribes manufacture the poison and spread it on darts and arrows.
• They are also called Poison Arrow frogs.
• There are over 175 different species of Poison Dart Frog.
• Captive bred poison frogs are harmless.
• But, a poison frog caught from the wild can produce toxins(poison) for years.
• Poison Frogs have no natural predators because of their toxins.
  

3. Ring Tailed Lemur.

• The Ring-Tailed Lemur (like all lemurs) are only on Madagascar(which is off the coast of South Africa)
• They are the popular lemurs WORLDWIDE.
• Their tails are longer than their body its self.(tails-up to 56cm)(body-up to 46cm)
• They mainly eat fruit but will also eat plants.
• They may travel in groups of up to 25 individuals.
• Between each group, the high males will be kicked out and join another group every 3 1/2 years.
• The groups can cover their entire territory in a day looking for food.(their territory can be up to 3 1/2 square miles).
• When threatened, these lemurs have been known to throw their own poop.

2. Platypus.

• They are one of five of the only known mammals that lay eggs.
• They are on the back of the Australia 20 cent.
• It is one of the VERY few poisonous mammals.
• They were first discovered in 1798 by Europeans .
• It was so strange looking at the time to them that they thought that someone had sewn a duck’s bill to a beaver type animal.
• In Latin Platypus means ‘flat foot’.

1. King Cobra:

• The King Cobra’s the world’s most venomous snake.
• If it wanted it could kill a person it could do it in a single bite.
• It can grow up to 18 1/2 ft. long.
• It mainly eats other snakes.
• It has been known to attack larger snakes such as the python.
• It mainly lives in South East Asia.
• It may lay up to 50 eggs in one nest.
• It is actually a shy animal!!( despite their nasty reputation)
  

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