Hideous Creatures That Deserve Your Unconditional Love. We can’t all be puppies—or even capybaras, for that matter. There’s a whole world of critters whose inner beauty goes unnoticed. Perfectly snuggly critters like naked mole rats have been mocked and called things like “the stuff of nightmares” or “the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen.” The truth is, so many of nature’s ugly animals have incredible qualities that deserve to be recognized. Below are just a few of the most hideous beautiful weirdos who deserve our love and respect. Naked mole rat Scientific name: Heterocephalus glaber. Habitat: For millions of years, these little cherubs have lived in large underground colonies, mainly located in central- east Africa. They can live with up to 3. Lifestyle: Naked mole rats eat roots and tubers, in addition to poop, according to the San Diego Zoo. I’m sorry. Adorable fact: Naked mole rats are some of the most impressive creatures on the planet. In addition to the fact that they don’t age and are apparently impervious to cancer, they can survive up to 1. By understanding how naked mole rats can survive so long without oxygen, we may be able to develop technology to keep victims of heart attacks or strokes alive longer. I can understand why people think so, because they’re so unusual looking, but if you get to know them, they’re actually very gentle, they’re friendly creatures.”8) Tufted deer. Scientific name: Elaphodus cephalophus. Watch Drew Barrymore’s First Lead TV Role: She’s a Cannibal on 44th Annual Daytime Emmys Roundup 'Dear Basketball': Kobe Bryant Gets Creative Advice From Oprah; Met Gala 2017: Inside The Top Fashion Moments (Star Style Roundup). Habitat: This small, vampire- looking species of deer is endemic to China and Myanmar (Burma). Lifestyle: Tufted deer are herbivores. Their diet consists of fruit, grass, bamboo and herbs—not human flesh. Adorable fact: Despite their bloodthirsty appearance, tufted deer are actually quite shy. Adorable fact: Though their strange faces might seem like an impairment, star- nosed moles are extremely quick. The fastest is 1. Pink fairy armadillo Scientific name: Chlamyphorus truncates. Habitat: This sweet, shy little guy is native to central Argentina, where it lives in dry grasslands and plains. Lifestyle: Not much is known about the pink fairy armadillo’s lifestyle, as it hasn’t been studied much. According to Cancellare, the pink fairy armadillo that looks like a “Furby covered with sashimi” is very popular in the illegal pet trade. While the IUCN doesn’t technically consider the pink fairy armadillo endangered—it’s “data deficient,” due to how little its studied—the organization does note how at- risk it is due to the black market. I guess the fact that it’s the smallest armadillo in the world is sort of cute. Axolotl. Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum. Habitat: Axolotl are unusual in that they exist in one place in the wild—a lake called Xochimilco, just South of Mexico City. The story of how Levandowski left Waymo to start Otto is complex. Waymo has asserted in court that Levandowski helped launch a pair of autonomous car competitors. Host a Moana Movie Night. The Best Disney Cupcakes. See Jeff Shelly Draw Mickey. Disney Family Game Night. Ever wondered what sailing down the River Styx would be like? Taking a boat into a scary and unknown world, only to be greeted by a terrifying figure signaling your. Really powerful sermons. Barry Black is someone on whom God has poured his grace and favor and it shows in his sermons. May God continue to bless him. Lifestyle: According to St. It doesn’t metamorphose to become terrestrial.”Adorable fact: Overall, axolotls are pretty chill, arguably too laid back—they have no real way to defend themselves in the wild. Also called the grooming finger, the aye- aye’s third digit is much more slender that the other four fingers and is used as a hunting tool. This year’s Free Comic Book Day edition of Marvel’s Secret Empire picks up right where issue #0 of the series left off. Steve, along with an entire fleet of. Last month, Congress voted to repeal FCC rules that would prevent internet service providers from selling your personal web browsing and app usage data. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Get up to the minute entertainment news, celebrity interviews, celeb videos, photos, movies, TV, music news and pop culture on ABCNews.com. The aye- aye uses this finger to tap on trees to listen for insect larvae. Once it hears something, the aye aye then uses its other claws to dig into the bark, then dig out invertebrates using its long toilet claw.”While toilet claws don’t sound very cute, the aye aye is overall pretty adorable. Blobfish. Scientific name: Psychrolutes marcidus. Habitat: This miserable cutie lives off the coast of Australia and Tasmania, at depths of 3. Lifestyle: The blobfish is unsurprisingly oafish. According to Creature Features: Twenty- Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do, by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, the blobfish’s diet mainly consists of mollusks, crabs, and sea urchins—probably sadness, too. According to Mental Floss, it doesn’t really hunt, rather, it just sits at the bottom of the ocean and opens its mouth when something tasty swims by. Adorable fact: The “mascot” for blobfish was found in 2. New Zealand. This specimen was affectionately named “Mr. Sadly, the very dead Mr. Blobby now resides in Australian Museum’s Ichthyology Collection, in Sydney.“The fixation process tightened Mr. Blobby’s skin and collapsed his—or her—snout,” Mark Mc. Grouther, the museum’s fish manager, told Smithsonian. Blobby.” To be fair, at the bottom of the ocean (and alive), our frowny friend probably wouldn’t look so curmudgeonly. Pour one out for Mr. Blobby, gone but never forgotten. Black rain frog Scientific name: Breviceps fuscus. Habitat: According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the grumpy frog only lives in the mountains of South Africa. Lifestyle: These are burrowing frogs that spend most of their lives underground. We don’t know much about their eating habits, though. Adorable fact: There’s actually a legitimate reason why the black rain frog looks like an angry lump. Angeli, a conservation biologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, told Gizmodo. These puffy little frogs are the product of millions of years of survival in a harsh world!”1) Potoo bird. Scientific name: Nyctibius griseus. Habitat: These bizarre birdies live in the forests of Central and South America, even though I wish they lived by me in Brooklyn. Lifestyle: The Potoo is a nocturnal bird, as evidenced by its enormous eyes.“The large eyes of this bird help it find flying insects at night,” Cancellare explained. Adorable fact: Sometimes, the Potoo likes to pretend it’s a tree. Please imagine this goofy ass bird trying to blend in with anything and try not to laugh.
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