What are the strangest creatures found in the world?

1. Man-eating tree-white

Bai, who grew up in Java, Indonesia, actually eats people. It is eight or nine meters high, and there are many long branches hanging on the ground, some of which are like broken wires, which sway when the wind blows. If someone accidentally touches it, all the branches on the tree will stick out in the same direction like eagle claws, trapping people, and the more entangled they are, the more they can't get rid of them. The branches will soon secrete a sticky glue that can digest the food caught by the quilt, and the animals will slowly stick to this liquid.

2. Osmanthus fragrans is a tall tree that is evergreen all the year round and is widely planted on some islands in the South Pacific. Artos means "bread" in Latin, while carpus means "fruit" Mature breadfruit is as big as a football, and can be roasted to golden brown on the fire. Baked breadfruit is soft and delicious, sour and sweet, similar to bread taste, so everyone affectionately calls this kind of breadfruit. Broad-leaved tree fruit is the main food deeply loved by islanders in many Pacific islands, and it also has important economic value.

3. A strange tree grows in Panama, Central America. Its fruit looks like a strange candle. Local residents take them home after picking them and light them at night for lighting, so people call them "candle trees" and their fruits "natural candles".

In the tropical jungle of Brazil, there is a tree that can grow oil-eucalyptus. This kind of tree belongs to hematoxylin family and is evergreen. Its trunk contains a lot of sap, a kind of diesel oil rich in sesquiterpenes. This juice can be directly used as diesel oil without refining. As long as people make a hole in the rubber tree and insert a pipe in the hole, the oil will be discharged. A rubber tree with a diameter of 1 m and a height of 30 m can collect 10-20 liters of sap within 2 hours. After taking juice, plug the hole with a plug, and oil can be recovered again after 6 months. It is estimated that planting 90 rubber trees on a hectare of land can produce 225 barrels of oil every year. At present, Brazil, the United States, Japan, the Philippines and other countries have begun to plant this diesel tree.

animal kingdom

coconut crab

It belongs to Arthropoda, Crustacea, Decapoda, Amphibia, Heteroptera, Mermaid, Coconut Crab. Coconut crab is the only species of coconut crab. There are many differences from typical crabs (short tail suborder). Distributed in southern Japan and South Pacific islands. China is only produced in the southern province of Taiwan Province Province. The body is very big, and the length of the head breastplate can reach 16 cm. The carapace of the body and appendages is calcified and thick, and there are wavy wrinkles on the surface of the head, breastplate and feet. The branchial region of the head breastplate is particularly large. The frontal angle is triangular and the eye scales are small. The left claw is bigger than the right claw. The dorsal nail and lateral dorsal nail of the abdomen are calcified, and some of them bend under the breastplate of the head. Only one side retains the degenerated abdominal limb. Coconut crabs live in tropical forests by the sea and are good at climbing trees. I like to eat coconut or pandanus fruit, carrion or various plants. When they return to the sea during the breeding season, their larvae grow abnormally in the sea.

Coconut crab has a huge body, a hard shell and two powerful giant claws, which makes it look fierce and arrogant, so in Taiwan Province Province, people call it "Samba"; Because the lines on its head and chest are very close to the gossip lines, it is also called gossip crab. It is also a tree climber, especially good at climbing straight coconut trees. It can peel off hard coconut shells with powerful pliers and enjoy the sweet coconut meat inside. So it also has an international name-coconut crab.

Ugly fish

Drill belly fish.

The blind eel is a round-billed animal, which is hermaphrodite. When mating, it first behaves as a male, and after a while, it behaves as a female. The fertilized egg can directly develop into a small eel without metamorphosis.

A blind eel is like a river eel, but its head has no lower jaw, its mouth is like a sucker, and it has sharp horny teeth. The gills are saccular, the inner branchial foramen is directly connected with the pharynx, and the outer branchial foramen opens outward at the back far away from the mouth, so that the front part of the body can penetrate into the host tissue without affecting breathing. The blind eel is attached to the big fish by a sucker, and then a machine is found to drill into the fish's stomach from the gills. Because of living a parasitic life in fish for a long time, the eyes have degenerated to hide under the skin. Its sense of smell and tip of mouth are very sensitive to the touch of tentacles and can quickly perceive the arrival of big fish.

Blind eels have three or four pairs of antennae around their mouths. It adopts the method that Monkey uses an iron fan to drill into the princess's belly. First, it bites a hole in the big fish, or directly drills into the belly of the big fish from its gills, and eats the internal organs first and then the meat until only the skin and bones are left. People once found 123 blind eels in a snow fish, calling them fish thieves.

Sun bear

Sun bears mainly inhabit the tropical rain forests in South Asia, and their height is only about 1.2 meters, which is the smallest kind of bear family. Generally speaking, the weight of a sun bear will not exceed 65 kilograms.

As a nocturnal animal, the sun bear spends most of the day on branches that are not high above the ground.

tapir

Tapiocephalidae is the most primitive Chiroptera in existence, which maintains the original characteristics of 4 toes on its forelimbs and 3 toes on its hind limbs. Tapirs are pig-shaped, with a short retractable nose. They are good at swimming and diving. There are only four species of cassava, which are distributed in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Malay tapirs are distributed in Southeast Asia, from Myanmar and southern Thailand to Sumatra via Malay Peninsula. They are big, black and white, and easy to recognize.

Tapirs are herbivores, like pigs, but bigger than pigs. They widely lived in warm and humid environment from 6,543,800 years ago to 6,543,800 years ago, and mainly distributed in South China in China. However, due to environmental changes, giant tapirs became extinct 65,438+0 million years ago. At present, all tapirs are extinct except Malai tapir, a close relative in Southeast Asia.

White-faced macaque

White-faced macaques live in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. They eat almost all fruits, nuts, seeds and insects, and have unparalleled digestion ability, which can deal with all kinds of toxic juices.

Emperor tamarind monkey

Primate tamarind monkey got its name because its beard resembled German monarch William II. Although the name came from a joke, it became a formal name.

This tamarind monkey lives in the southwest of the Amazon basin, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and the states of Acre and Amazon in western Brazil. They live deep in the jungle of the tropical rain forest.

Matamata turtle

The largest nail is 40 cm long, and its carapace is rectangular, rough and knotted. The maximum linear length of this tortoise shell can reach 18 inch. Each shield plate is conical and has obvious concentric growth rings. The head and neck are large and flat, covered with many small sarcomas, nodules and folds. The mouth is wide and the nose is long. Eyes are small, very close to the nose. In childhood, the color of the carapace and neck is brown to reddish brown, and the carapace is usually bright orange red. When the turtle grows up, the orange-red on the belly shell gradually turns yellow or brown. The neck is reddish brown, but it will eventually turn brown or tan. There are two dark bands in the throat, and the abdominal armor is dark. Although completely aquatic, I seldom swim. In order to adapt to life under the water, it has a long neck and a breathing tubular nose and mouth, so as to stretch out of the water to breathe.

Bald monkey

A daytime monkey of the family Capuchidae, the only macaque in the United States. The body length is 35-50 cm and the tail length is 15-20 cm. Face naked, red when excited. Hair is long and thick. There are three kinds: one is gray and the other is flour red; The other has reddish hair and a bright red face; The third kind of hair is light brown and the face is black. Bald monkeys are rare animals, and their distribution is limited to some forest areas in the Amazon River basin. It is said that they live in small groups and often perch on tall branches. Walking on all fours, feeding on fruits and other parts of plants. The Red Book lists three species of bald monkeys as endangered species. Indians in the Amazon often catch bald monkeys.

Snow crab

This creature named snow crab, as white as silk, seems to live in the Himalayas, but this unique creature was recently discovered in the deep sea of the South Pacific. The function of the slender hairy hair on the forearm and feet of this crab is mysterious. Some scientists think that this kind of fine hair can catch bacteria as their food, but others think that these fine hairs can filter out toxic minerals ejected from the deep sea.

This creature called "snow crab" is so unique that scientists still know little about it after a year of research, so they have to reclassify it as a species and formally name it KIWA· Hesuta.

lazy

The sloth, named after its slow movement, has become a highly specialized arboreal creature and lost its ability to move on the ground. Usually hanging upside down from the branches, the hair is fluffy, quasi-directional, and it is hard to find in the forest. The three-toed sloth is widely distributed, reaching Honduras in the north and Argentina in the south, and the two-toed sloth is slightly narrower, reaching Nicaragua in the north and Brazil in the south.

The adaptive range of sloths is very different from that of anteaters belonging to Tatatales in Ya Dun. They are strictly arboreal and simple herbivores. The skull is short and high, the nose kiss is obviously shortened, and the zygomatic arch is strong but incomplete. There are 6-7 two-toed sloths and 9 three-toed sloths, and the number of cervical vertebrae in the family deviates from the seven-vertebra model of ordinary mammals. This change occurs not only between species, but also between individuals of the same species. No more than 3 visible toes, toes and feet. As long as a three-toed sloth, the broken bone and the attached bone are healed at the base, and the claws are strong and hooked. Small body, weighing 4-7 kg, long and thick hair. Its shell provides living conditions for algae. In the rainy season, algae grow in the depressions on the surface of hair, making light-colored fur green.

The sloth is the only wild animal with plants on it. Although it has feet, it can't walk, so it takes 1 month to move 2 kilometers. Nevertheless, it swims well in the water. The sloth's best food is low-calorie leaves, which take several hours to digest.

Whale stork

The whale-headed stork is a very big stork, and its English name Shoebill comes from its shoe-shaped peck.

This bird can grow to 1.2 meters high, weigh 5.5 kilograms and have a wingspan of 2.5 meters. Adult storks are mainly gray and brown when they are young. It is distributed in tropical East Africa from Sudan to Zambia.

Dishui fish

Underwater fish live in deep waters off the coast of Australia and Tasmania. Because it is difficult to reach the habitat of this fish, it is rarely found by humans.

Where dripping fish live, the pressure is dozens of times higher than the sea level. When it is full, it maintains its welfare. Dripping fish is mainly gelatinous, and its density is slightly lighter than that of water, which makes this fish float up from the bottom of the water without physical effort. Muscle deficiency is not a big problem for water droplet fish, because it mainly lives by swallowing edible substances in front of it.

lesser panda

The only species of the genus Ailuropoda in the family Ailuropoda. Commonly known as the nine-section wolf, golden dog and red panda. Obese, 40 ~ 60 cm long and weighing about 6 kg, with reddish brown body, dark brown limbs, long and fluffy body hair, round face with white stripes, white lips, ear edges and cheeks, white spots on the face and bright eyes; The tail is stout, more than half of the body length, with 9 brownish black and brownish yellow rings, which is quite remarkable. Therefore, Sichuan Province in China is called the Nine Wolves. The red panda has short limbs, reddish-brown back, and white eyes, cheeks and even mouth and beard. The most beautiful is a long furry tail, and its brown and white nine-section ring pattern is very popular, so it has the nickname "Nine-section Wolf". In the Quaternary Pleistocene, red pandas were widely distributed in Eurasia, and there were fossil records in Central Europe and Britain.

Short rafter

Pygmy marmosets are monkeys that live in the rain forests of western Brazil, southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru. It is the smallest primate in the world, with a body length of about 14- 16 cm, a male weight of about 140 g and a female weight of 120 g. ..

Sucker-legged bat

The sucker-footed bat, which originated in Madagascar, is one of the two remaining bat families distributed on an island. The sucker-footed bat family is the same as discoptera family, with sucker on the side of thumb and foot, and its lifestyle is similar to discoptera family. The sucker-footed bat is slightly larger than the disk-winged bat, with long ears and tail, and the tragus is square and blends with the front edge of the ear.

narwhal

Narwhals belong to toothed whales. It is generally 4-5 meters long and weighs 900- 1600 kg. They are small whales with white bellies and black backs. Its reproductive rate is low, generally one litter is born every three years, the gestation period is 15 months, and the lactation period is 20 months. In the embryo, the narwhal originally had 16 teeth, but none of them developed. By birth, most of the teeth had degenerated and disappeared, leaving only two teeth on the upper jaw. The female whale's teeth have been hidden in the upper jaw, and only one on the left side of the male whale's upper jaw will stick out of his mouth like a long rod. However, some people accidentally found that there were two pieces growing at the same time, but the number was very small.

Narwhals are usually hermaphroditic, and young whales move together. At least a few, more than a dozen, sometimes hundreds or even thousands of large groups together. Narwhals flock to the bay to feed, mate and play every year when the ice and snow melt. It is also at this moment that they are often hunted by local people.

The most attractive thing about narwhals is their tusks, which are very mysterious in people's eyes. In ancient Europe, princes and nobles regarded it as a treasure, and made wine glasses from whale teeth to test whether the wine was toxic or not, or used it as furniture and decorations to show luxury and wealth. Some people even regard it as a panacea and use it to cure all diseases. In fact, in the final analysis, it is the Eskimos in the Arctic who regard it as a harpoon and spear point for hunting. Due to people's superstition of whale teeth, whale teeth are expensive and hard to obtain, which has also become the root of narwhal disaster. In order to get fangs, many people hunt narwhals, which greatly reduces their number, so that the countries concerned have to take measures to protect them.

Gratu

Angola, according to the data of the international ARBA organization, Angola originated in Angola Province of Turkey; Another way of saying this is that it originated in England and was cultivated by the French. Because the capillaries are very long, a bit like angora goats, so they are named angora rabbits. There are four breeds of angora rabbits, among which English angora rabbits are the most popular, while other breeds are French angora rabbits, satin angora rabbits and giant angora rabbits.

Comondor sheepdog

Thick coat and protective coat are typical characteristics of this breed. The coat of an adult dog has two layers, one is a soft, thick and flocculent inner coat, and the other is a rough, uneven and curly outer coat. Rough fur is wrapped in soft inner fluff. The fur is as strong as a rope and feels like a felt. Adult Comondo is completely covered by a large number of rope-like hairs similar to ears. It should be remembered that its length must meet the functional requirements of komondor coat. The color is white, but it is not always white. Sometimes, puppies will have a small amount of cheese color or light yellow, and the color will gradually fade with age.

Umbrella lizard

Lizards are large in size, and adult lizards can reach 80 ~ 100 cm in length. They feed on insects, spiders and small mammals. Squamous membrane folds around lizard's neck are very wide. When provoked, the folds will stand up, as if the head suddenly expanded several times and opened its mouth at the same time. Make an angry hiss. This sudden bluff often scares many fierce animals. If this move can't make the enemy retreat, the lizard will run away, relying only on its two hind legs, and its tail will play a balance role.

Dumbo octopus

Named for its appearance resembling the Dumbo in Disney cartoons, this octopus lives in the deep sea and is the most precious and rare octopus species.

Sour monkey

Also known as the Philippine tarsier, it lives in the tropical forests of Asia. They are only 15cm long, while their tails are 25cm long. They have extremely long ankles and long legs and are very suitable for climbing and jumping. They also have sucker-shaped disks on their fingers and toes, which enables them to hold things firmly. They don't have nests, so they cling to upright trunks when they sleep. Although they are only 15 cm long, they can jump the distance of 180 cm. When jumping, the linear tail swings left and right to keep balance. Their big eyes can accurately judge the distance, so they can prey on insects in jumping. The mother monkey gives birth after six months of pregnancy, and the baby monkey can hold her mother or hold the branch tightly as soon as she is born. The number of tarsal monkeys is very small and they belong to endangered animals.

alpaca

Alpaca 1 species of Artiodactyla, Camelidae. Alias llamas and humpless camels. It looks like a tall sheep; The neck is long and thick; Small head and erect ears; The back is straight, the tail is tilted, and the limbs are slender; The coat is 60 ~ 80 cm long and presents 22 different color types, such as pure white, light gray, brown yellow, black brown and pure black. Males are slightly older than females. Plateau mountains of South America, Peru and Chile.

Hey-hey

It is like a big mouse, with a body length of 36 ~ 44 cm, a tail length of 50 ~ 60 cm and a weight of 2 kg. Body hair is thick and long, dark brown to black, with white hair bases on face and abdomen and white tips on neck hair; The tail is longer than the body, the tail hair is fluffy, shaped like a broom, and the hair is as long as 10 cm, black or gray; Slender; The big kiss on the head is stiff; Ears are very large and membranous; Except that the thumb and big toe are flat nails, other fingers and toes have sharp claws; The tooth structure is like a mouse, with only 20 teeth; The limbs are short and the legs are longer than the arms. Distributed in coastal forests in eastern Madagascar.

Habitat in the branches or trunks of tropical rainforests, and build spherical nests in tree holes or branches. Live alone or in pairs, and move at night. I like to eat insects, sugar cane, mango, cocoa, bananas, dates and eggs under breeding conditions. The pregnancy is unknown. The baby was born in February and March, and each fetus 1 baby. When eating, you often tap the bark with your middle finger to judge whether there is a hole, and then stick your ear on it and listen carefully. If there are bugs, bite a small hole in the bark with your front teeth, and then dig out the bugs with your middle finger. When eating berries, you also dig a hole in the fruit with your middle finger and dig out the pulp inside.

Because monkeys look like rats, jump like kangaroos, and eat in a special way, they were once classified as squirrels or jerboa, and even set up another order.

Finger monkeys are not like other animals. It is related to lemurs, but in fact, because of its special appearance and habits, lemurs are a single creature (rhinoceros). Finger monkeys only live in Madagascar on the southeast coast of Africa.

The Salamander

The salamander is the most widely known Mexican salamander. This species was first discovered in a lake under Mexico City. Newts are of great use in scientific research because they can regenerate limbs.

When the salamander grows to 18-24 months, it enters sexual maturity. The mating behavior between males and females of salamanders is also quite special. The male will wrap his semen in a capsule-like sperm pod, and after it is excreted, it will be inhaled by the female in a short time to complete mating behavior. The eggs born are like frog eggs, which are protected by colloidal substances, so that the larvae can safely pass through the initial stage of development. Some species alternate between terrestrial and aquatic types, and their appearance and color change due to the change of habitat environment. For example, terrestrial and aquatic hexagonal dinosaurs are the most common examples.

Pink elf armadillo

The pink fairy armadillo is the smallest species in the armadillo family. It is about 90- 1 15 mm long (excluding the tail) and its body color is white rose or pink. Habitat in the dry grasslands of central Argentina and the desert full of thorns and cacti. When in danger, it can completely bury itself in a few seconds.

The pink fairy armadillo digs a hole near the ant nest. They live by preying on ants.

proboscis monkey

It is endemic to Kalimantan in Southeast Asia. Their noses are surprisingly big, and the male monkeys get bigger and bigger with age, and finally form a red nose like eggplant. When they are excited, their big noses will stand upright or shake up and down, which is very ridiculous. A woman's nose is normal. Proboscis monkeys like to live in groups, often only 10-30 get together, and the range of activities is less than 2 square kilometers. They are good at swimming. They often find something to eat in the river and play while playing, but sometimes they can stay motionless for hours. The male's nose can make a unique sound like a horn. Male proboscis monkeys can weigh up to 25 kilograms, and females are less than half of males. Among monkeys, proboscis monkeys are very particular about diet, and they have a great appetite. Little monkey is very naughty. They often tease their parents, twisting their noses and wagging their tails. They often die within a week after being caught by humans, and now they are on the verge of extinction.

Starnosed mole rat

Star-nosed mole is a small animal. It can only tilt weighing scale's pointer to 50g, which is about twice that of a mouse. They live in shallow tunnels in wetlands, all over the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, and their hunting environment covers underground and underwater. Like about 30 other species of moles, the star-nosed mole belongs to an insect-eater, a mammal. This creature has a very fast metabolism and is always hungry, so this small star-nosed mole with a huge appetite will surely find enough prey to spend the cold northern winter.

Like other moles, it looks for earthworms in the soil; However, it will also feed on various small invertebrates and insect larvae in nutrient-rich silt and rotten leaves in wetland habitats, and will also dive to the mud bottom of ponds and streams to find prey. Looking for prey is the time for Starnose to play. The star nose is not a part of the olfactory system responsible for the sense of smell, nor is it the third hand used to catch food, but an extremely sensitive tactile organ.

Its nose is surrounded by 22 fleshy appendages. When it shuttles between its surroundings, its nose is often blurred by rapid vibration. Coupled with the forelimbs with giant claws, you encounter an exciting and incomprehensible biological mystery. How did this creature evolve? What's that star? How does it work and what is it used for? For this unusual mammal, these are the puzzles I want to solve. Results The star-nosed mole not only has a funny face, but also has a quite specialized brain, which may help to answer the long-standing question about the composition and evolution of mammalian nervous system.