| Funny & Weird Animals |
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 The mole's most distinctive feature is a circle of 22 mobile, pink, fleshy tentacles at the end of the snout. These are used to identify food by touch, such as worms, insects and crustaceans. | The Star-nosed Mole is a small North American mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It lives in wet lowland areas and eats small aquatic insects, worms and mollusks. It is a good swimmer and can forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds. Like other moles, this animal digs shallow surface tunnels for foraging; often, these tunnels exit underwater. |
 | The frilled lizard is obviously designed for climbing, it is a large slender species, two thirds of its body length are made up by its tail. It has a brightly colored (often blue) frill which is most of the time folded against the neck. The lizard lives in Australia and Papua New Guinea and eats insects. |
 Outstanding is its long, white mustache, which extends to both sides beyond the shoulders. This primate inhabits tropical rain forests, living deep in the forest and also in open tree-covered areas. It spends the majority of its days in the trees with quick, safe movements and broad jumps among the limbs. | The Emperor Tamarin is allegedly named for its similarity with the German emperor Wilhelm II. The name was first intended as a joke, but has become the official scientific name. This tamarin lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. |
 | Ha ha - tricked you! There is no such animal. This picture was computer generated by combining the head of a bird with the body of a squirrel. |
  | The Loris is a small, nocturnal native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This small, slender primate is distinguished with large forward facing eyes used for precise depth perception, long slender limbs, a well developed index finger, the absence of tail, and large prominent ears, which are thin, rounded and hairless at the edges. The loris has a four way grip on each foot. The big toe opposes the other 4 toes for a pincer like grip on branches and food. The slender loris is an endangered species. Habitat destruction is a major threat. It is widely trapped and killed for use in supposed remedies for eye diseases and also for use as laboratory animals. Other threats include: electrocution on live wires, road accidents and the pet trade. |
 | The meerkat is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang", or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains around 20 meerkats at a time, but some superfamilies have had 50 or more. Meerkats have an average life span of 12-14 years. |
 | The Langur is a glossy black monkey with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and "sideburns". It is found on the island of Java, as well as on several of the surrounding Indonesian islands. The Langur inhabits the interior and peripheral areas of rainforests. Its diet is primarily herbivorous, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and flower buds, although it also eats insect larvae. |
 | Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, with short snouts. They inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. All four species of tapir are classified as endangered or vulnerable. Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates, including horses and rhinoceroses. |
 Sakis live in the trees of the rain forests and only occasionally go onto the land. They mostly move on all fours, sometimes running in an upright position on the hind legs over the branches, and sometimes jumping long distances. | Saki monkeys habitats includes northern and central South America, extending from the south of Colombia over Peru in northern Bolivia and into the central part of Brazil. Sakis are small monkeys with long, bushy tails. Their furry, rough skin is black, grey or reddish-brown. The faces of some are naked, but their head is hooded with fur. Their bodies are adapted to life in the trees, with strong hind legs allowing them to make far jumps. For sleeping they roll themselves cat-like in the branches. They are generally very shy, cautious animals. |
 | The Proboscis Monkey is a reddish-brown Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. A distinctive trait of this monkey is the male's large protruding nose. The nose is thought to be used in mating and is unique to the males of the species, reaching up to 7 inches in length. When the animal becomes agitated its nose swells with blood, making warning calls that are loud and intense. The Proboscis Monkey has a large belly, as a result of its diet. Their diet consists mainly of seeds, leaves, mangrove shoots and unripe fruit. |
 There are many individual breeds of Angora rabbits, four of which are ARBA recognized. Such breeds include French, German, Giant, English, Satin, Chinese, Swiss and Finnish, to name a few. | The Angora rabbit is a variety of rabbit bred for its long, soft hair. The Angora originated in Ankara, Turkey, along with the Angora cat and Angora goat. The rabbits were popular pets with French royalty in the mid 1700s. They first appeared in the United States in the early 1900s. They are bred largely for their long angora wool. |
  | The Shoebill 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. The adult is 45-59 inches tall and weighs 8.8-15.5 lbs. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia. Shoebills feed in muddy waters, preying on lungfish and similar fish. They nest on the ground and lay 2 eggs. The population is estimated at between 5,000 and 8,000 individuals, the majority of which live in Sudan. Bird Life International have classified it as Vulnerable with the main threats being habitat destruction, disturbance and hunting. |
 | The giant anteater is an insect-eating mammal with long fur, a bushy tail and a long tubular snout. Females typically give birth to a single pup, which both parents feed and care for. The pup is born a miniature version of its parents and spends about a year riding on its mother's back. |
