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.

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.