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    8 Oddly Colored Creatures

    You may be familiar with these animals, but maybe not their range of colors. No need get your eyes checked. Nature's just messing with you.

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    1. Blue Lobster

    Via wallz.eu

    Approximately 1 in 2 million lobsters is blue.

    2. Purple Squirrel

    Via loveatfirsttouch.blogspot.com

    Percy and Connie Emert of Jersey Shore, PA caught a purple squirrel in February, 2012.

    3. Pink Bottlenose Dolphin

    Via udalosti.noviny.sk

    In 2009, this pink dolphin was discovered in a Louisiana lake.

    4. All-Black Penguins

    Via polardiscovery.whoi.edu

    Very little is known about all-black penguins because they are extremely rare.

    5. Pink Katydid

    Via bugguide.net

    The naturally green katydids become pink due to a condition called erythrism.

    6. White Peacock

    Via fanpop.com

    This peacock is not an albino; it is a rare white variant of its normally colorful counterpart.

    7. Neon Blue Garter Snake

    Via Flickr: vabbley

    Wild populations of these brightly-colored fellows exist in San Francisco.

    8. Pink Turtle

    Via forum.sina.com.hk

    "Caramel Pinks" are a color morph of red-eared sliders.

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