“Since 2013, the blobfish has had the distinction of officially being the world’s ugliest creature, according to an online poll conducted by the British-based Ugly Animal Preservation Society. They are not very active, moving primarily to open their mouths when a source of food comes near them.”

“The baiji is sometimes called the Yangtze dolphin, the White fin or the White flag. Baijis use echolocation to find food in the Yangtze River. The baiji has 30 to 36 sharp teeth. But, instead of chewing small fish and other prey, they swallow them whole.
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“The Douc can be called “A Casualty of War.” When these monkeys want to mate, they wiggle their eyebrows. Their long tails are not prehensile. A non-prehensile tail is a trait of Old Work monkeys. It does have a multi-chambered stomach. It needs this to break down the cellulose of all the leaves it eats.
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“We share around 98% of our DNA with gorillas. Despite our similarities, even the common human cold can have a detrimental impact on gorillas; they don’t have the necessary immunity to ward off something so simple. It’s amazing what a 2% difference makes. The Western Lowland Gorilla is very intelligent and can even learn to use sign language to communicate with people and other gorillas.”

“Not exclusively carrion eaters, these birds are also opportunistic hunters. Both parents play an equal role in raising their young. These vultures repair and add to their nest year after year”

“The ivory-billed woodpecker can drill into wood with its sharp beak. Woodpeckers make distinctive sounds as they chisel into trees. Experts can even distinguish between different species by the sounds they make by their burrowing. This species has tufts of white feathers around its nostrils to keep out debris while it’s drilling into wood.”

“Golden lancehead snakes climb trees to prey on birds. The island-dwelling golden lancehead snake is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Scientists say that their venom is 3-5 times more toxic than other lancehead species.”

“Gharials have between 106 and 110 interlocking, razor—sharp teeth, which help them catch slippery fish. Gharials are perhaps the most dedicated parents of all reptiles. Females lay eggs in lots of nests close together and guard them from the river. The females and the males then guard these creches from predators in the water and on the banks of the river.”

“The San Diego Zoo reports the black rhino can hit 40 miles per hour.(64 km/hr), making it one of the fastest large animals on Earth! Their horns can grow to 1.5m!”

“The Balkan lynx communicates mostly with its ears. Despite its rarity, the Balka lynx is North Macedonia’s national symbol and is even found on the reverse side of the country’s five denar coin. Lynkestis, an ancient land that covered what is now part of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia, translates as “land of the lynx.””