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The World's Strangest Looking Animals
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
June 28 2008 | 78,056 views

Move over lions, tigers and bears; the animals in the pictures below look like they’re figments of someone’s wild imagination. Yet, they are just a small example of the intriguing creatures produced by nature.

Mata Mata Turtle

Mata Mata

The mata mata is strictly an aquatic species, but it prefers standing in shallow water where its snout can reach the surface to breathe.

Long-Beaked Echidna

Echidna

Echidnas are one of the two types of mammals that lay eggs (the other one is platypus).

Pink Fairy Armadillo

Armadillo

The Pink Fairy Armadillo burrows small holes near ant colonies in dry dirt. It feeds mainly on ants and ant larvae.

Long-Eared Jerboa

Jerboa

The “Mickey Mouse of the desert" has a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears.

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