The Ugliest Animals on the Planet
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The Ugliest Animals on the Planet
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Not every animal is as cuddly as a giant panda or as extravagant as a peacock, but every animal has its role to play, and every organism is important.
As they say, beauty is only skin deep. Let's hope for the sake of these 7 unsightly animals that the same can be said for ugliness.
Aye-Aye
This gremlin-looking creature, called an aye-aye, is a primate found in Madagascar.Aye-ayes have a number of unusual traits, including long, bony, witch-like middle fingers that they use to pry insects and grubs from tree trunks. Additionally, aye-ayes have incisors that continually grow, which is unusual for primates, and extremely large ears. As it walks along a branch, the aye-aye taps it with its skeletal middle finger.
Proboscis Monkey
A human might run for cover with this nose, but for the proboscis monkey, the bigger the nose, the better. It turns out that nothing turns on a female proboscis monkey more than a big, bulbous schnoz. Scientists believe that the large nose has an effect on a male proboscis monkey's vocalizations that both attracts females and intimidates competitor males.
Elephant Seal
Baby elephant seals and female elephant seals are pleasant-looking. Males, however, begin developing a large nose when they reach sexual maturity, somewhere around three to five years. Much like the proboscis monkey, an elephant seal's large nose plays a role in mating, as it helps generate loud roars that fend off other males.
Star-Nosed Mole
The star-nosed mole might have the most bizarre nose in the animal kingdom. Their weird whiffers are defined by 22 fleshy appendages that act more like ultra-sensitive fingers than a nose. These snouts are lined with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors that help the mole feel its way through its underground lair.
Naked Mole-Rat
It must be difficult to maintain a vibrant self-image if you're a bald rodent, but it's not an issue for the naked mole-rat. It's certainly helpful that they are nearly blind. These animals live underground in insect-like colonies and have little need for good eyesight. Their nearly hairless bodies are also an adaptation for their underground environment.They can live for nearly 30 years. Additionally, they have a remarkable resistance to cancer.
Monkfish
These unappetizing, freaky-looking fish are a common food delicacy, but for years, people didn't want to eat the fish because it was so ugly. With mottled skin, an unsightly overbite, and a bizarre figure, monkfish are undeniably ugly. But because of their huge heads filled with razor-like teeth, they look awfully mean as well.
Blobfish
Perhaps it's unfair to judge a fish out of water, but the blobfish looks more like a ball of slime than a living creature.
Blobfish live deep in the ocean where pressures are exceedingly high. In fact, the blobfish's gelatinous appearance .
The aesthetically challenged blobfish was once voted the world's ugliest animal .
https://art.tn/view/1424/en/the_ugliest_animals_on_the_planet/
Not every animal is as cuddly as a giant panda or as extravagant as a peacock, but every animal has its role to play, and every organism is important.
As they say, beauty is only skin deep. Let's hope for the sake of these 7 unsightly animals that the same can be said for ugliness.
Aye-Aye
This gremlin-looking creature, called an aye-aye, is a primate found in Madagascar.Aye-ayes have a number of unusual traits, including long, bony, witch-like middle fingers that they use to pry insects and grubs from tree trunks. Additionally, aye-ayes have incisors that continually grow, which is unusual for primates, and extremely large ears. As it walks along a branch, the aye-aye taps it with its skeletal middle finger.
Proboscis Monkey
A human might run for cover with this nose, but for the proboscis monkey, the bigger the nose, the better. It turns out that nothing turns on a female proboscis monkey more than a big, bulbous schnoz. Scientists believe that the large nose has an effect on a male proboscis monkey's vocalizations that both attracts females and intimidates competitor males.
Elephant Seal
Baby elephant seals and female elephant seals are pleasant-looking. Males, however, begin developing a large nose when they reach sexual maturity, somewhere around three to five years. Much like the proboscis monkey, an elephant seal's large nose plays a role in mating, as it helps generate loud roars that fend off other males.
Star-Nosed Mole
The star-nosed mole might have the most bizarre nose in the animal kingdom. Their weird whiffers are defined by 22 fleshy appendages that act more like ultra-sensitive fingers than a nose. These snouts are lined with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors that help the mole feel its way through its underground lair.
Naked Mole-Rat
It must be difficult to maintain a vibrant self-image if you're a bald rodent, but it's not an issue for the naked mole-rat. It's certainly helpful that they are nearly blind. These animals live underground in insect-like colonies and have little need for good eyesight. Their nearly hairless bodies are also an adaptation for their underground environment.They can live for nearly 30 years. Additionally, they have a remarkable resistance to cancer.
Monkfish
These unappetizing, freaky-looking fish are a common food delicacy, but for years, people didn't want to eat the fish because it was so ugly. With mottled skin, an unsightly overbite, and a bizarre figure, monkfish are undeniably ugly. But because of their huge heads filled with razor-like teeth, they look awfully mean as well.
Blobfish
Perhaps it's unfair to judge a fish out of water, but the blobfish looks more like a ball of slime than a living creature.
Blobfish live deep in the ocean where pressures are exceedingly high. In fact, the blobfish's gelatinous appearance .
The aesthetically challenged blobfish was once voted the world's ugliest animal .