15 Pics Of Unusual Animals That Will Make You Say "Wait What IS That?"

Capybaras, dugongs, and penis snakes, oh my!

1. The binturong, AKA the bearcat

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These mammals aren't related to bears OR cats, but apparently (and confusingly) they smell distinctly like popcorn!

2. The red-lipped batfish

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This unusual lipstick-lookin fish is only found in the Galapagos, and it's also famous for using its fins to "walk around" as pseudo-legs!

3. The Atretochoana eiselti, AKA the Penis Snake

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This caecilian species was first discovered in Brazil in 2011 and most likely breathes through its skin.

4. The ocean sunfish

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Also known as the common mola, this is the heaviest bony fish in the world and can grow to be as large as 14 feet x 10 feet!! They also apparently hang out near the water's surface so that seabirds can rip parasites off their body, so that's uh, cool.

5. The muntjac, AKA the barking deer

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These are, yes, FANGED deer who weirdly have fewer chromosomes than a fruit fly!!

6. The goblin shark

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This rare deep-sea shark have been mostly spotted off the coast of Japan, and so they're named for their resemblance to mythical goblins from Japanese folklore.

7. The naked mole-rat

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As all Kim Possible fans know, the naked mole-rat is a type of rodent that lives in communities, often led by one dominant queen.

8. The pink fairy armadillo

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This tiny species of armadillo lives in Argentina and spends most of its life digging underground.

9. The blobfish

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This fish has extremely soft bones and gelatinous flesh that helps it survive living under a ton of deep-sea pressure (and is also why they look like a gooey puddle when they're out of the ocean!).

10. The purple frog

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This endangered frog is found in the Western Ghats of India and lives most of its life underground.

11. The pangolin, AKA the scaly anteater

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These are technically not that closely related to actual anteaters, but they are able to roll up into a ball and are covered in scales.

12. The capybara

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As the world's largest rodent, capybaras are closely related to guinea pigs and love being around water.

13. The star-nosed mole

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As the world's fastest eater, the star-nosed mole can find and eat an insect or worm in a quarter of a second!

14. The Sunda flying lemur

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The Sunda flying lemur has an extremely light and thin skeleton, which helps them glide up over distances up to 100 meters.

15. And finally, the dugong

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Often confused with its close relative, the manatee, dugongs have fluked tails (like whales have) and small tusks.

This post was translated from German.