10 Unique Creatures You Will Regret If You Don't See Them!
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10 Unique Creatures You Will Regret If You Don't See Them!
When you think you finally have a grasp of how diverse the animal kingdom really is, we hit you again with another list. Today we’ll be looking at 10 of the most unique creatures you will regret if you don’t see them. Number one may remind you of the seemingly always drunk uncle that we all have so stay tuned for that.
Number 10. The Hoatzin
The Hoatzin is a chicken-sized bird with a blue face and an orange, mohawk-like crest, leading some people to call it the punk rock bird. But an awesome hairdo is not the only thing making this bird unique, as you will soon find out.
For one, you can call it a flying cow. They are ruminators. Like cows, goats, and sheep, Hoatzins digest their food with the help of bacterial fermentation. Those ruminating mammals have specialized sacs in their gut called a ‘rumen’, whereas Hoatzins have an enlarged esophagus and crop. The Hoatzin is the only bird in the world that uses these foregut compartments instead of a stomach to digest food. And like cows and goats, it favors plant material as its main food.
And because of its food of choice, it needs a lot of bacteria in its gut to break down cellulose in the tough leaf material. These bacteria unfortunately give off a bad smell, which eventually comes out of the bird’s mouth. This bad breath has given the hoatzin another, less flattering nickname of stinkbird.
Number 9. The Orchid Mantis
While it doesn’t actually live on orchids, the orchid mantis looks remarkably like a flower, with body parts that resemble petals. It lives in bushes and small trees that grow white and pink flowers. It is arguably the most beautiful insect in the world and it uses its shape and bright, flowery colors to attract food and fool potential predators.
Though generally white, the insect can turn itself shades of pink and purple within a few days to resemble the orchids found in its humid habitat in Malaysia. It adapts to different conditions by detecting humidity and light and then changing colors to blend in.
Unsuspecting insects that mistake the mantis for a flower may land nearby or even on top of it, allowing the pretty predator to snatch them up for a quick meal. Flying insects such as butterflies and moths are the mantis’s main source of food, but it will also eat jungle fruits.
Number 8. The Proboscis Monkey
Proboscis monkeys are unique because of one, glaringly obvious thing; its huge nose dangling in front of its face. Though it doesn’t really do favors for its looks based on our standards, you might be surprised to now that male proboscis monkeys use their fleshy, pendulous noses to attract mates. Scientists think these outsize organs create an echo chamber that amplifies the monkey’s call, impressing females and intimidating rival males.
They are endemic to the jungles of Borneo, never straying far from the island’s rivers, coastal mangroves, and swamps. They are a highly arboreal species and will venture onto land only occasionally to search for food. They live in organized harem groups consisting of a dominant male, probably the one with the loudest voice, and two to seven females and their offspring.
Aside from their comically large noses, they are the primate world’s most prolific swimmers. They can be seen frequently leaping from tree limbs and hitting the water with a comical belly flop. They’ve also evolved webbed feet and hands to help them outpace the crocodiles that are some of their main predators.
Number 7. The Honduran White Bat
The Honduran white bat is also known as the Caribbean white tent-making bat and is a species of bat that is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western parts of Panama. It gets the ‘tent-making’ name from the fact that this variety of bat builds ‘tents’ out of plant leaves that it first cuts carefully with its teeth. These bats roost in the tents during daylight.
It is unique to all bats in that it has a distinctive, completely white fur which occurs in only three of well over 1,300 species of bat. They have a yellow leaf-shaped nose and ears, and a black membrane on their wings.
The bat is currently listed by the IUCN as near-threatened and it meets this criterion simply because the population of this flying creature is in a significant decline. Habitat loss for the Honduran white bat in the form of conversion to farmland and an expanding human population are the main threats to this white bat species.
