Unusual animals

70 Cool & Weird Animals Around the World, including unique mammals, strange amphibians, unusual nocturnal animals, weird birds, & more!

Okapi - resembles a zebra, but its closest relative is a giraffe. Okapis are native to the Congo. photo by Steve J

This American leaf-nosed bat, which was found at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, shows off the folded, spearhead muzzle for which it is named.

Not everything in nature is as beautiful or as hilarious as we're mostly used to. It has a dark side, too, and I'll completely understand if this list by *Bored Panda* forces you to build a pillow-fort in your living room and avoid going outside for a week.

Pangaea Wild: “Baby Malayan tapir 📸 || @s.okano521

These are some of the deadliest species on earth that you definitely don’t want to come in contact with!

Males also exhibit two large, frontally directed air sacs of olive-green skin and yellow combs. Both are inflated during breeding display. Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.

Real Animals That You Didn't Know Existed - This is a gerenuk, also known as the Waller's gazelle. They can reach higher branches and twigs than other gazelles and antelope by standing erect on their rear legs and stretching their elongated necks.

Handmade stuffed toy "The tarsier" Size: 8 cm. Materials: plush, glass, plastic, wire, wool. More: www.facebook.com/Irentoys-1389… irentoys.blogs... The tarsier [stuffed toy]