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Atergatis Integerrimus - A highly toxic crab that resembles Pancake

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901 points

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The long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis chimaera) lives only in a small corner of southwest Madagascar, eating bugs and small lizards and nesting in burrows.

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262 points

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Lophelia pertusa, a deep-sea reef-building coral that thrives in the Arctic. Røst Reef near Norway is 3 x 5 km (2 x 22 miles) of Lophelia. It thrives without sunlight, eating plankton up to 2 cm in size, and builds important habitats. (And if you didn't know, corals are animals.)

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268 points

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Candy Darter (Etheostoma osburni)

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455 points

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Four-eyed fish ( Anableps)

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677 points

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The European Mink (Mustela lutreola) is one of the most endangered mammals in Europe and most people don’t know it exists!!

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484 points

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The bearded vulture : the only known animal whose diet consists almost exclusively of bones. | Gypaetus barbatus

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854 points

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The cuckoo-roller (Leptosomus discolor) is the sole living member of its entire order — for comparison, other bird orders can contain hundreds of species, while Passeriformes (a.k.a. songbirds) has over 6,500. And, despite its name, the cuckoo-roller is not closely related to cuckoos nor rollers.

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649 points

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Mr Hairy (Lauriea siagiani)

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Meet one of the most disturbing animals on earth: the amphibian Atretochoana eiselti

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386 points

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The cat gecko, Aeluroscalabotes felinus, named after its curled-up sleep position. Like the somewhat related leopard gecko, it lacks toe pads and can close its eyes. Lives in Southeast Asian rainforests, and difficult to keep in captivity.

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1111 points

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The geographic cone snail (Conus geographus) releases insulin into the water to stun its prey, then moves in to engulf and harpoon the fish with deadly neurotoxins.

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602 points

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"Hawaiian : Theridion Grallator"

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699 points

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Euchirus dupontianus - watermelon longarm scarab

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749 points

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The Corps of Exploration crew react to seeing this Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna pacifica) over 5,100 meters deep in the waters of the Cook Islands. They are rarely ever seen by humans (fewer than two dozen recorded sightings), since they are the only squid known to live as deep as the hadal zone.

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597 points

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Uroballus carlei: this species of jumping spider mimics a lichen moth caterpillar, possibly as a way to deter predators

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1087 points

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Onychocerus albitarsis: this beetle has scorpion-like stingers on the tips of its antennae, and it's the only beetle that is known to produce a venomous sting

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618 points

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Blue Morpho (Menelaus Blue Morpho) Butterfly

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850 points

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This is the bay cat (Catopuma badia), they have been recorded in history fewer than 100 times and they weren't found again for 60 years after their first discovery

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899 points

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The Sea Mouse (Aphrodita aculeata): this marine worm's body is fringed by photonic crystals that emit colorful displays of light; each crystal is essentially a thin, glassy tube with a wall composed of 88 perfectly hexagonal cylinders

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595 points

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The desert catfish [Hoplosternum littorale]

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161 points

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🔥Hyalophora cecropia, North America's largest native moth

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819 points

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Platypus of entomology (Myrmarachne) (not sure which species within the genus, sorry)

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175 points

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The hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) is one of the few known toxic birds. Like poison dart frogs, it builds up toxins in its body — likely from beetles that it eats — storing them most potently in its feathers which can cause an itching, burning and numbing sensation when touched.

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486 points

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