Ugly Animals
Blobfish
Blobfish are truly ugly animals and are deep sea fish that live in the waters of Australia and Tasmania, they are basically a gelatinous blob that is slightly lighter than water and so float just above the sea bed eating anything they bump into.
They live at depths between 600–1,200 m (2,000–3,900 ft) where the pressure is several dozen times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient for maintaining buoyancy. Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. Its relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats in front of it. Invertebrates like crabs and sea pens make up the Blobfish diet.
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Ugly Animals – Naked Mole Rat
These truly ugly creatures are being studied by the University of Texas in San Antonio. Whilst they are ugly ironically they could play a role in keeping the rest of us beautiful. Naked mole rats are particularly good at discarding damaged protein so keeping the rest of the proteins at optimum quality. That means they don’t age as quickly, don’t have a menopause and maintain brain function. If we can emulate the naked mole rat we will all live longer and look better.
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Ugly Animals – Star-nosed mole
Touch and pain are not that different and one of the best ways to investigate is to look at animals with an enhanced sense of touch. The star nose mole has a nose with masses of nerves to sense its world there are few pain receptors so that it can nose around without having a painful experience. The star nose mole has 100,000 fibres in a 1 sq cm patch and is teaching us much about both touch and pain.
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Aye-Aye Lemur
Aye-aye lemurs commonly eat nuts, insect larvae, seeds fruits and love cerambycid beetles and have a specially elongated finger to reach into cracks for grubs, larvae and beetles. They come out at sunset and in the early evening and will take coconuts, eggs, mangoes from villages. Aye Aye tend to be loners and a male might have an 80 acre territory with several females having smaller territorial areas.
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Ugly Cat
Not a species but an example, whilst we may feel sorry for this sad looking feline cats do not have mirrors so is probably wondering what all the fuss is about.
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Ugly Hairless Rat Dog
Hairless Terrier is also knob as hairless rat dogs and are an energetic curious dog. They are intelligent but there i something about the hails breeds that is simply unnerving. Hairless Terriers are incredibly friendly and mix well with children and often even cats.
The fact that they are hairless dogs means they need protection from the summer sun and cold winter weather.
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Mongolian Death Worm
Cryptozoologists who’ve visited the Gobi Desert looking for the Mongolian Death Worm have yet to bring home an example. Many locals have claimed to have seen one being described as bright red and blood filled, 2-5 feet long with no recognisable head or tail. Drawings show a circular sucker-like mouth with in-pointing teeth. They are reported to live in the Southern Gobi Desert say that the the Death Worm can rise from the sand and kill by shooting an acidic substance at their prey. In addition it is reported to be able to Along with the acidic venom, the Mongolian Death Worm can deliver an electric shock powerful enough to kill camels. Below is a replica as described by locals.
Texas Giant Centipede
These are fast moving and aggressive animals that achieve a considerable size. These multi legged centipedes and millipedes feed on spiders and insects and have a bite that though painful and causing swelling goes down after about 3 hours.
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Wrinkle Faced Bat
Wrinkle faced bats have a hairless face but the folds and crevices have a purpose. They are used to improve reception of the bat’s sonar. The face and skull are wider than most bats and it allows for a stronger bite by about 20%. The sonar is used for navigation only as the bat’s diet is fruit.
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Sea Pigs
Sea pigs live 1000 metres down at the bottom of the ocean, their real name is scotoplanes and they feed on organic particles from the muddy bottom and their feet push food into their mouths. they are actually a type of sea cucumber. They are not at all exotic or rare and turn up in trawl nets in the hundreds.
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