The Star Nosed Mole:
“A resident of the North America, this mole makes up for his poor eyesight with a hairless nose that is a “star” of 22 fleshy tentacles. The tentacles are extremely sensitive, they can even sense electricity!”

The Naked Mole Rat:
“The naked mole rat could be the ugliest animal in the world. Good thing they spend most of their lives underground. These guys can hardly see and use their giant teeth and jaws to dig extensive holes in the ground. They live in colonies like bees and have one queen who is responsible for all the reproduction.”

The Blobfish:
“This little guy looks more like a cartoon character than a fish. The Blob fish has very few muscles and move very slowly, floating like a jelly fish. To eat, the Blob fish waits on the bottom of the ocean for prey to pass by.”

The Chinese Crested Dog:
“Archie, a Chinese Crested dog, sits with his tongue out before the start of the 20th Annual Ugliest Dog Competition. Chinese Crested dogs swept the ugliest dog competion from 2002-2008.”

The Yeti Crab:
“This crazy crustacean gets its name from the abominable snowman for its hairy arms. You don’t have to worry about running into this crab though: they are found around 8,000 feet deep in the Pacific ocean”

The Aye-Aye
“The Aye-Aye is currently an endangered species partially due to the fact many in its native Madagascar view the animal as an evil omen and kill them on the spot.” (that’s actually really sad!
)

The Red-lipped Batfish:
“The lipstick won’t help. This ugly fish has quite a pout. They are terrible swimmers and use their pectoral fins to “walk” on the ocean floor.”

The Hag fish:
“The name suits this ugly fish. The hagfish has 4 hearts and 2 brains. Grosser still, the fish produces a large amount of slime when held or captured. The hag fish can produce 20 liters of slime in a matter of minutes.”

The Coconut Crab:
“These crabs are huge! They are the largest land-living arthopod (animal with its skeleton on the outside) in the world. The crabs can can climb trees and are sometimes called “robber crabs” because they have a penchant for stealing shiny objects like pots and pans.”

Well, that’s enough random “fun facts” for today!



























Those are faces only a mother could love!!! But I really want an Aye-Aye now…that thing is cute!!!
andi i have never seen creatures like these,
i found the blob fish most interesting, its
looks like something from a video game.
Oh the fun that could be had with a blobfish and 20 liters of hagfish slime!
Awesome post!
i wonder why they left out carrot top http://culturacoragem.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/carrot-top.jpg?w=400&h=400
:S
I dunno…the Yeti Crab is pretty bitchin.
Well Ive seen those ugliest dog competitions on tv with the chinese hairless dogs, but i dont think ive ever seen any of the other ones before, pretty wierd stuff…
I think your blog educated me, Andi! Aaaahh!!!
The Coconut Crab looks insane!
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/emmakate/coconut_crab.jpg
This look like it just waits to attack you and eat your head!
And one is missing. The really rare and hard to find eppic.
Yeah I found it really interesting what it said about coconut crabs liking to steal shiny objects like pots and pans… not something I’d like to find rummaging in my kitchen cupboards!!
But think about how hilarious it would look when this crab runs around with a pan in the claw.^^
For A Second I though these were pics of the ppl that ran your old site LOL.
Come on now, play nice!
I’ve been known to produce about 20 liters of something or other when looking at your photo sets. And the result looks like a blobfish. TMI? >_O
LOL… yeah maybe you should have stopped before mentioning the blob fish!
The Aye-Aye is by far the creepiest of these animals. Those things have a really thin, skeletal finger that looks like it’s about to break off all the time. They use it to do stuff like tap on trees to mimic a woodpecker (and scare bugs out of their holes) or to jab holes in objects to get inside them. It’s like a little spike finger.
That coconut crab sounds pretty cool, though. Reminds me of the way certain types of squid will come up to divers and act friendly. Then they steal their camera lenscaps and other interesting objects cause they love to play with little objects and machines.
Interesting! I didn’t know that … Lol @ sneaky squid
Oh right! Now where you say that, I saw that Aye-Aye just a few days ago on Discovery!
That fingers look so sick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpkXHX_7ju0
The Blob Fish looks like Jabba The Hutt without a tan!