New Creatures Recently found
갈라파고 섬에서 발견된 이물고기는 사실 수영을 잘 할 줄 모르는 고기인데
바닥을 가슴지느러미를 써서 걸어 다닌다.
(Image credits: imgur)
도깨비 상어

This rare shark is sometimes even called a “living fossil”,
“is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae,
a lineage some 125 million years old.”
이 희기한 상어는 가끔 "살아있는 화석"이라고 불리워 지는 데
거의 125백만년된 미추큐리니대 가족의 유일한 현존하는 물고기다.
Goblin sharks inhabit around the world at
depths greater than 100 m (330 ft),
with adults found deeper than juveniles.
Given the depths at which it lives,
the goblin shark poses no danger to humans.
도깨비상어들은 세계각지에서
100미터 깊이에 살고있으며 성년의 상어들은
어린 상어들 보더 더 깊은 곳에서 발견된다.
그들이 사는 깊이를 고려할 때
이 도깨비 상어들은 인간들에게 위험을 주지 않는 다.
(Image credits: imgur)
The Panda Ant
판다 개미
3,000 species of wasps (despite the names)
whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants.
이 개미벌과는 날개 없는 암놈들은 커다란 머리털난 개미와
흡사한 3000 종이나 넘는 말벌(이름이 좀 그렇지만)의 일종이다.
hence the common name cow killer or cow ant.
칠레에서 발견된 이놈들은 아주 아픈 침으로 잘 알려졌기에
보통 암소죽이는 놈이나 암소개미로 불려진다.
as panda ants due to their hair coloration
resembling that of the Chinese giant panda.
흑백종류는 종종 중국의 거대한 판다와
털색갈이 비슷하여 판다개미로 알려졌다.
(Image credits: Chris Lukhaup)
자지 뱀
presumably aquatic, caecilian amphibian with a broad,
flat head and a fleshy dorsal fin on the body.
이 특이한 놈은....
특히 눈이 없는 이짐승은 매레토초아나 다이실티 라 불리운다.
이놈은 필시 물에서 사는 놈으로 다리가 없으며
양서류족으로 넙죽하고 평편한 머리에다
몸에 살같은 등지러미가 있는 놈이다.
(Image credits: fotos.noticias.bol.uol.com.br)
Umbonia Spinosa 움보니아 스피노사
and use their beaks to pierce plant stems to feed upon their sap.
Their strange appearance still poses many questions to scientists.
이 가시달린 곤충은 매미 종류로서
주둥이를 써서 나무 가지을 뚫어파고들어 나무의 수액을 빨아 먹고 산다.
이들의 기묘한 모양은 과학자들에게 많은 의문을 남겨주고 있다.
Lowland Streaked Tenrec
this small tenrec is the only mammal known
to use stridulation for generating sound –
something that’s
usually associated
with snakes and
insects.
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth

As this hawk-moth feeds on flowers and
makes a similar humming sound,
it looks a lot like
a hummingbird.
What’s interesting
is that it is
surprisingly good
at learning colors.
(Image credits:
Jerzy Strzelecki | unknown)
Glaucus Atlanticus
this creature is a is a species of blue sea slug.
You could find it in
warm waters of the
oceans,
as it floats on the
surface because of a
gas-filled sac in
its stomach.
Mantis Shrimp
and sub-tropical waters;
little is known
about them, however,
because of how much
time they spend
hiding in their
burrows.
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
this new species of alien-looking moth is still poorly explored.
Waiting for more info about them!
The Pacu Fish
why the residents of Papua New Guinea call this fish a “ball cutter.”
The local fishermen were really worried about the safety of their testicles
when they had to get in the water!
Giant Isopod
of a phenomenon known as deep sea gigantism.
than similar species
(Image credits: Littoraria)
The Saiga Antelope
is known for its an extremely unusual,
over-sized, flexible nose structure, the proboscis
. (Image credits:enews.fergananews.com)
of the Atlantic Ocean,
and spends 80% of its time searching for food.
(Image credits: imgur | depalmadise)
this species of frog have bloated body and an unusually pointy snout;
it only spends two weeks a year on the surface of earth,
leaving the underground for mating.
(Image credits: wikipedia.org)
Even though it was already known to ancient Egyptians and Arabs,
the bird was only classified in 19th century.
(Image credits: David Li | shoebill.info)
Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.
Despite the zebra-like stripes,
it is actually more closely related to giraffes.
(Image credits:marylandzoo.org | baynews9.com)
has been valued for over 1000 years by the Inuit people
for its meat and ivory.
The narwhal, however, is especially sensitive to the climate change.
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this lizard has a “false” head,
which he presents to his predators by dipping the real one.
(Image credits: imgur | Christopher Watson)
specifically on the abyssal plain in the Atlantic,
Pacific and Indian Ocean,
typically at depths of over 1000 meters.
and obtain food by extracting organic particles
from deep-sea mud.
New Creatures Recently found
The World's Smallest Deer
The leaf deer, the world's smallest deer species,
stands just over 2.5 feet, weighs about 25 pounds and lives in Myanmar (Burma). The deer is so small,
scientists affiliated with WWF first thought
it was the baby of another species.
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