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The aye-aye is a solitary, nocturnal primate that lives in Madagascar. It weighs about 6
pounds, has a bushy tail, long incisors, claws and a thin, long middle finger that it uses
to catch insects. These unique features make the aye-aye look like a cross between a
bat and monkey. Some humans in Madagascar kill these primates because they believe
the myth that aye-ayes can bring about death. However, these primates are also killed
by humans who consider them agricultural pests.

The giant spider crab is the largest known species of crab and may live up to 100
years. The Japanese name for this species is "taka-ashi-gani", which literally
translates to “tall legs crab.” Their armored exoskeletons help protect them from
larger predators such as octopi, but they also use camouflage for protection
The forbidding environment of East Africa’s deserts is home to one of the most bizarre
rodents, the naked mole-rat. These rodents wouldn’t win any beauty contests, but they
are fascinating animals. These odd little creatures with pink, wrinkly skin dig and live
in underground burrows the way moles do, and have skinny, rat-like tails. However,
naked mole-rats are more closely related to porcupines, chinchillas, and guinea pigs
than they are to moles or rats and are the only species of mole-rat that has practically
no hair.

Sometimes called a “living fossil” because it has changed so little since prehistoric
times, this eel-like shark is rarely seen by humans. The frilled shark is also known by its
Latin name anguineus, meaning “consisting of snakes” or “snaky.” Its mouth is lined
with 25 rows of backward-facing, trident-shaped teeth — 300 in all. It typically resides
in depths between 390 and 4200 feet, so people rarely see these sharks unless they
venture to the surface.
If you happen to visit the rainforests in the Northeast region of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and see an animal that looks a bit like a zebra and a bit like a
giraffe, you aren’t going crazy; you have just seen an okapi. The okapi is a relative of
the giraffe, but not of the zebra, so we aren’t sure where those zebra legs come from.
In any case, this mixed and matched animal is quite adorable. It’s also quite shy, which
is why it wasn’t discovered until 1900.

If you have heard of the blobfish, it’s probably because it was chosen as the world’s
ugliest animal in 2013. The fish has no skeleton and no muscles - it is simply made up
of a jelly-like substance. The gelatinous flesh substitutes a so-called swim bladder,
which usually allows fish to float and swim. Such an air-filled organ would collapse
under the extreme pressure the blobfish is exposed to, but in this form, it can easily
hover just above the ocean floor.