Animals I didn’t know existed!
Ornate Cowfish: Aracana ornata
Posted 7th May 2026u/I_Reading_I
Compsus benoisti, the glitter weevil
Posted 6th May 2026u/SpecialNeedsBurrito
Temminck's ground pangolin: Smutsia temminckii
Posted 7th May 2026u/Hot_Challang
Red-eyed tree frog: Agalychnis callidryas
Posted 6th May 2026u/Hot_Challang
Look at its fuzzy boots! Ptilocnemus larrakia
Posted 4th May 2026u/Decapod73
Acropsopilio Harvestmen
Posted 4th May 2026u/Prackly
Sea Pens in the taxon Umbelulla
Stylephotus Chordatus Tube-Eye Fish
Stoplight Loosejaw(Malacosteus niger/australis) utilizes unique red bioluminescene to illuminate their surroundings and see prey. It also uses chlorophyll based bacteria in their diet to see red lights. It also has green lights to further see better.
Posted 3rd May 2026u/AyaOfTheBunbunmaru
Binturong ( Arctictis binturong ). Binnturongs are also known as bearcats.
Posted 3rd May 2026u/Huge_Macaroon_8728
This bizarre primate ‘hears’ insects inside trees before hunting them (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Posted 3rd May 2026u/butterbeanboi
Conehead Praying Mantis (Empusa Pennata)
Posted 3rd May 2026u/44th--Hokage
Cycerce Elegans / Fairy Butterfly Seaslug 🧚🏽♂️🐌
Posted 1st May 2026u/lilgogetta
Pteroglossus beauharnaesii: The Curl-Crested Aracari
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/larohear
The Painted Bat (Kerivoula picta)
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Time_Hater
The "Violin Larvae" of thread-wings (Crocinae, Nemopteridae). Related to antlions and lacewings, the larvae are predators of other insects.
Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Critter-Enthusiast
Agama mwanzae: The Mwanza Flat-Headed Rock Agama, also known as the Spider-Man Agama for... obvious reasons!
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/LazuliArtz
Not sure if this is allowed here but amphibians can be axanthic (which is a mutation that causes them to not produce/produce less yellow pigment!). Species in order: Bullfrog [Lithobates Catesbeiana], Green Frog [Lithobates Clamitans]
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Cold-Gur4509
Spanish Dancer Mollusk - Hexabranchus sanguineus
Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Poesoe
This is Bdelloid Rotifer, an aquatic microorganism with a chainsaw like mouth.
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Outrageous-Basket426
Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Openly_Unknown7858
This is a hooded nudibranch! Beautiful, but a little derpy.
Posted 25th Apr 2026u/musabbb
Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus)
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/DatLonerGirl
Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) looks like a domestic rabbit and pig mix
Posted 24th Apr 2026u/Openly_Unknown7858
Sharing water with a Coati in the heat - Nasua narica
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/butterbeanboi
The gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum). A rare, largely subterranean fish endemic to India.
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/dr-Guy_Horni
Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Peltophryne lemur)
Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/strumthebuilding
Here’s one I got to know last week: the hairy snail (most likely trochulus hispidus)
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/marsupilamoe
the black-napped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/planetarypartyy
Arabian Sand Boa (Eryx jayakari), otherwise known as Jayakar’s sand boa, is a living sock puppet
Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Ok-Location-8816
Great Argus (Argusianus argus), named after the hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology.
Posted 20th Apr 2026u/LightningDelay
A group of Narwhals(Monodon monoceros). The Narwhal is nicknamed “the unicorn of the sea”.
Posted 18th Apr 2026u/Comprehensive-Way482
Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) closest extant relative of the dodo
Posted 17th Apr 2026u/dr-Guy_Horni
The Gold-Fringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta): this bee builds its nest in empty snail shells, using crushed leaves and soil to form the inner brood chambers and then sealing the entrance with plant pulp, pebbles, and debris
Posted 17th Apr 2026u/SixteenSeveredHands
An extremely elusive creature endemic to the foothills of the Himalayas, the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) is one of the rarest lagomorphs in the world.
Posted 16th Apr 2026u/dr-Guy_Horni
Osmia avosetta: these solitary bees place their eggs in colorful nesting capsules that are constructed from flower petals, nectar, and mud
Posted 16th Apr 2026u/SixteenSeveredHands
Osmia orientalis, a bee species native in Japan that make their nest inside empty snail shell
Posted 15th Apr 2026u/Particular-Command49
Hyperoodon ampullatus, The northern bottlenose whale, a kind of beaked whale that has a very unique skull.
Posted 15th Apr 2026u/holyukulele
Animals you probably didnt know exist - Dingiso Tree Kangaroo/Bondegezou (Dendrolagus mbaiso)
Posted 14th Apr 2026u/knakr
The Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare) is endemic to the isolated Bonin Islands of Japan. On these islands, which are bereft of several types of birds, this white-eye evolved to occupy their niches: foraging among branches like a tit, on trunks like a woodpecker, and on the ground like a robin.
Posted 12th Apr 2026u/IdyllicSafeguard
Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) has a beautiful pattern and color.
Posted 10th Apr 2026u/Comprehensive-Way482
This Rove beetle(Austrospirachtha carrijoi) grows a fake termite on its back so it can chill in termite nests and termites feed it
Posted 9th Apr 2026u/Izzoh
Jackson's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel)
Posted 9th Apr 2026u/Anaphora121
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