Galapagos Marine Iguana. Galapagos Marine Iguana The Galapagos (say gall-app-uh-pug-uss) Islands are located near Ecuador, South America.
They are home to some unique animals found nowhere else in the world. Cross River Gorillas: Footage of Rare Apes Captured in Cameroon. A camera placed in a forest in Cameroon has captured rare footage of a band of Cross River gorillas - one of the most elusive species on earth - in their natural habitat.
The two minutes of footage posted to YouTube by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows a troop of eight Cross River gorillas. Researchers say the number of the critically endangered primates has dwindled to only 250 to 300 left on the planet. (ABC News Videos) Found mostly on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, the Cross River gorilla, which is a subspecies of the Western gorilla, is the most endangered of the African apes. About Tropical Penguins. Rare calico-colored lobster spared the boiler pot, donated for research. Weimaraner Information and Pictures. Rescue a WeimaranerWeimaraner Puppies for Sale Weimaraner Shorthaired and Longhaired (Weimaraner Vorstehhund) (Grey Ghost) (Gray Ghost) (Weim) (Weimer Pointer) Udo the Weimaraner at 2 1/2 years old Bodie the Weimaraner at 3 1/2 years old—"Bodie is a 3½–year-old Weimaraner.
He is very sweet, yet very protective. Mystic Hollow Weimaraners, Alberta, Canada "Panu zum Laubwald is a longhaired Weimaraner bred by Dr. "This is our Weimaraner at 2 1/2 months old. "Charlie likes pretty much anything that he can play with such as...regular dog toys, cats, paper towel rolls, plastic cups, rubber rings and especially butcher quality beef bones and ribs. "There isn't much that Charlie doesn't like. "Good habits: He knows where to go to the bathroom. "Bad habits: Every chance he gets when he is outside is loves to find rocks to chew on. "Exercise: He gets lots of it! "I believe that Charlie is making great strides every day to becoming a well-balanced dog. 20 (More) Strange and Exotic Endangered Species. The bladder-chewing guppy not enough for you?
Can’t stop thinking about exploding ants, boyfriend-devouring she-monsters of the sea and blood-spurting lizards? Don’t worry – terrifying oneself is a common ailment of the intertubes. Unfortunately, there is no cure…but there is more to learn! Reader, prepare thyself. Your eyeballs are about to be flooded with some of the strangest, creepiest, crawliest endangered creatures on the planet. Mexican Walking Fish (Image via dillheady) The Mexican walking fish is on the verge of extinction. Goliath Bird Eating Spider (Image via cirrusimage) Top 10 Rare Animals. There are many beautiful animals on this great planet.
Some are familiar to us because we’ve seen them in person, on one of the many television shows devoted to animals, or in school books or biology textbooks. Other animals are rare. 25 Worlds Weirdest Animals. Okopipi: The Blue Frog. In 1968, the Dutch herpetologist Marinus Hoogmoed discovered a remarkable new species of frog living in Suriname’s remote Sipaliwini savannahs.
He called it Dendrobates azureus after its stunning azure-blue skin. The Trio Indians, in whose territory Hoogmoed was traveling and who had known of the frog’s existence for centuries, already had a name for it. They called it okopipi. Today, okopipi is considered one of the most vulnerable frog species on earth. The total wild population is thought to be no more than 300 individuals, and they can only be found in the valleys of the Four Brothers of Mamia, a small mountain range on the Surinamese border with Brazil. When I first heard of this “blue jewel of the jungle,” I realized it might be the perfect metaphor for a country so ecologically, economically and politically fragile, the elusive spirit of The Last Eden. Little did I know how difficult, dangerous and ultimately humbling this journey would be. Coqui. Mola (Sunfish), Mola (Sunfish) Pictures, Mola (Sunfish) Facts. As gigantic as the ocean sunfish can be, it still seems like only half a fish.
Sunfish, or mola, develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin which they are born with simply never grows. Instead, it folds into itself as the enormous creature matures, creating a rounded rudder called a clavus. Mola in Latin means "millstone" and describes the ocean sunfish’s somewhat circular shape. They are a silvery color and have a rough skin texture. The mola are the heaviest of all the bony fish, with large specimens reaching 14 feet (4.2 meters) vertically and 10 feet (3.1 meters) horizontally and weighing nearly 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms).
Mola are found in temperate and tropical oceans around the world. Ocean sunfish can become so infested with skin parasites, they will often invite small fish or even birds to feast on the pesky critters. They are clumsy swimmers, waggling their large dorsal and anal fins to move and steering with their clavus. Fish aquariums.
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