It seems that we have already seen a lot in nature, but sometimes we come across unusual, beautiful and strange animals that can surprise and charm us.
The word "kangaroo" conjures up an image long familiar from nature photos and films. But take a closer look at this Australian tree kangaroo.
Is this an insect or an orchid? It's the Malaysian flower mantis, which is very adept at disguising itself as a flower.
Here is a bright and beautiful bird - the ruby kingfisher.
The jaguarundi is an unusual animal, resembling both a puma and a jaguar. These cats can imitate bird calls, howl, roar, whistle, and meow. Native Americans kept them as pets before the arrival of Europeans.
The juvenile surgeonfish is almost completely transparent.
Mini-dragon - Kalimantan earless monitor lizard.
The peacock pheasant is a very beautiful bird, as if it were a combination of a peacock and a pheasant.
Black jaguar - sometimes these cats with a normal coloring give birth to black cubs.
The saiga is a strange antelope, resembling both an elephant and a goat. Thanks to their unusual snout, these animals filter steppe dust from the air in summer and warm the cold air they breathe in in winter.
Native to Central Asia, saigas are among the oldest mammals.
The crowned pigeon is a vibrant coloring with a beautiful crest on its head. Although a pigeon, this bird is the size of a large turkey.
Babirusa is an Indonesian animal whose name translates as "pig-deer".
The cube boxfish is an unusual box fish with a non-streamlined body shape.
To protect itself from predators, it is capable of secreting poison through its skin, and its cubic shape is due to armor made of fused bony plates.
The inhabitants of the tropical islands where this fish lives eat it by frying it in its shell.
It's impossible to know the total number of animals on the planet. Estimates put the number at around 20 quintillion. Therefore, it's likely that many more discoveries and encounters with the most unusual creatures await us.
