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Freshly Caught

The newest weird animals in the zoo, hot off the @thewildzoofacts channel — newest first.

  1. Cottontail Rabbit
    NEWCottontail Rabbit

    This cute bunny survives by eating its own droppings, on purpose.

    #81
  2. Bat
    NEWBat

    This is the only mammal that can truly fly, and it hunts using sound.

    #80
  3. Crow
    NEWCrow

    This bird remembers your face for years, and can teach its whole family to hate you.

    #79
  4. Squirrel
    NEWSquirrel

    This backyard rodent accidentally plants thousands of trees every year.

    #78
  5. Opossum
    NEWOpossum

    This animal fakes its own death so convincingly its body does it automatically.

    #77
  6. Raccoon
    Raccoon

    This masked bandit has hands so sensitive it 'sees' the world by touch.

    #76
  7. Coyote
    Coyote

    This animal is so adaptable it now thrives in the middle of major cities.

    #75
  8. Skunk
    Skunk

    This animal can fire a burning chemical spray accurately from ten feet away.

    #74
  9. Hoatzin
    Hoatzin

    This bird digests leaves like a cow, smells like manure, and its chicks have claws on their wings.

    #72
  10. Saiga Antelope
    Saiga Antelope

    This endangered antelope has a bizarre, trunk-like nose that looks completely alien.

    #71
  11. Goblin Shark
    Goblin Shark

    This deep-sea shark can launch its entire jaw right out of its face.

    #70
  12. Giant Isopod
    Giant Isopod

    This deep-sea creature is a roly-poly the size of a cat — and can go years without eating.

    #69
  13. Maned Wolf
    Maned Wolf

    This isn't a fox on stilts — it's the tallest wild dog on Earth.

    #68
  14. Surinam Toad
    Surinam Toad

    This toad's babies erupt out of dozens of holes in their mother's own back.

    #67
  15. Potoo
    Potoo

    This bird can vanish in plain sight by pretending to be a broken branch.

    #66
  16. Okapi
    Okapi

    This forest animal looks like a mix of a zebra, a horse, and a giraffe — but it's its own thing.

    #65
  17. Blue Dragon
    Blue Dragon

    This tiny blue sea creature steals the stingers of its venomous prey and uses them as weapons.

    #64
  18. Harpy Eagle
    Harpy Eagle

    This eagle has talons longer than a grizzly bear's claws.

    #63
  19. Basilisk Lizard
    Basilisk Lizard

    This lizard can literally run across the surface of water without sinking.

    #62
  20. Fennec Fox
    Fennec Fox

    This tiny desert fox has ears bigger than its face — and never needs to drink water.

    #61
  21. Frilled Lizard
    Frilled Lizard

    When this lizard is scared, it unfolds a giant umbrella around its head and runs on two legs.

    #60
  22. Decorator Crab
    Decorator Crab

    This crab glues living plants and animals onto its body to wear as a disguise.

    #59
  23. Frigatebird
    Frigatebird

    To win a mate, this seabird inflates a giant red balloon on its throat for hours.

    #58
  24. Pink Fairy Armadillo
    Pink Fairy Armadillo

    This tiny pink animal swims through solid sand and is almost never seen alive.

    #57
  25. Gecko
    Gecko

    This lizard can hang from a sheet of glass by a single toe — and lick its own eyeballs clean.

    #56
  26. Velvet Worm
    Velvet Worm

    This ancient little worm hunts by firing two jets of sticky slime like a net.

    #55
  27. Shoebill Stork
    Shoebill Stork

    This giant bird stands completely still for hours, then kills with a machine-gun strike.

    #54
  28. Peacock Spider
    Peacock Spider

    This spider is the size of a grain of rice — and dances like a tiny rainbow disco.

    #53
  29. Aye-Aye
    Aye-Aye

    This primate has a long bony finger it uses to tap on wood and fish out grubs.

    #52
  30. Ocean Sunfish
    Ocean Sunfish

    This fish looks like a giant swimming head — and lays 300 million eggs at once.

    #51
  31. Bird of Paradise
    Bird of Paradise

    This bird transforms into a glowing alien smiley face to win a mate.

    #50
  32. Leaf Sheep
    Leaf Sheep

    This tiny sea slug eats plants and then runs on sunlight, like a living solar panel.

    #49
  33. Giant Squid
    Giant Squid

    This deep-sea giant has eyes the size of dinner plates — the largest of any animal alive.

    #48
  34. Kangaroo Rat
    Kangaroo Rat

    This desert animal can live its entire life without ever drinking a single drop of water.

    #47
  35. Tongue-Eating Louse
    Tongue-Eating Louse

    This creature eats a fish's tongue — and then becomes the new tongue.

    #46
  36. Bowerbird
    Bowerbird

    This bird builds an entire art gallery and arranges it by color just to impress a mate.

    #45
  37. Chameleon
    Chameleon

    This lizard fires a tongue twice the length of its body in under a tenth of a second.

    #44
  38. Orchid Mantis
    Orchid Mantis

    This insect is disguised as a flower so perfectly that bees pick it over the real thing.

    #43
  39. Hummingbird
    Hummingbird

    This bird's heart beats over 1,200 times a minute — and it nearly dies every single night.

    #42
  40. Sea Otter
    Sea Otter

    Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart in the night.

    #41
  41. Anglerfish
    Anglerfish

    This deep-sea monster fishes with a glowing lure on its head — and the males fuse into its body forever.

    #40
  42. Thorny Devil
    Thorny Devil

    This desert lizard drinks water through its skin — and never has to take a sip.

    #39
  43. Mudskipper
    Mudskipper

    This is a fish that spends most of its life out of the water — walking, climbing, and even fighting on land.

    #38
  44. Tarsier
    Tarsier

    This tiny primate has eyes bigger than its brain — and can turn its head almost all the way around.

    #37
  45. Horned Lizard
    Horned Lizard

    When this lizard is cornered, it shoots a jet of its own blood straight out of its eyes.

    #36
  46. Hagfish
    Hagfish

    When attacked, this fish turns the water around it into a bucket of choking slime in seconds.

    #35
  47. Secretary Bird
    Secretary Bird

    This elegant bird hunts by stomping venomous snakes to death — with the force of a hammer.

    #34
  48. Leafy Sea Dragon
    Leafy Sea Dragon

    This is not seaweed drifting in the current — it is a living fish in disguise.

    #33
  49. Pangolin
    Pangolin

    This is the only mammal on Earth covered head to toe in scales — and it rolls into a ball even lions can't crack.

    #32
  50. Dung Beetle
    Dung Beetle

    This beetle steers using the Milky Way galaxy while rolling a giant ball of poop in a straight line.

    #31
  51. Flamingo
    Flamingo

    Flamingos are not born pink — they hatch dull grey and have to earn their color by eating it.

    #30
  52. Wood Frog
    Wood Frog

    This frog freezes into a solid lump of ice every winter — heart stopped, brain silent — then thaws back to life.

    #29
  53. Vampire Bat
    Vampire Bat

    Vampire bats throw up blood into a starving friend's mouth to keep it alive — and remember who helped them.

    #28
  54. Sea Cucumber
    Sea Cucumber

    When this animal gets scared, it fires its own guts out of its body at whatever is attacking it.

    #27
  55. Star-Nosed Mole
    Star-Nosed Mole

    This mole sees with 22 pink fingers growing out of its face — and eats faster than your brain can react.

    #26
  56. Glass Frog
    Glass Frog

    This frog has see-through skin — you can literally watch its heart beat through its body.

    #25
  57. Assassin Bug
    Assassin Bug

    This bug stabs its prey, drinks it from the inside out, then wears the empty corpses as armor.

    #24
  58. Naked Mole Rat
    Naked Mole Rat

    This wrinkly rodent feels no pain, almost never gets cancer, and barely seems to age.

    #23
  59. Cassowary
    Cassowary

    This bird is basically a living dinosaur — and it can open you up with one kick.

    #22
  60. Goliath Birdeater
    Goliath Birdeater

    This spider is the size of a dinner plate — and it really does eat birds.

    #21
  61. Archerfish
    Archerfish

    This fish shoots its prey out of the air with a jet of water, like a living water gun.

    #20
  62. Blue-Ringed Octopus
    Blue-Ringed Octopus

    This octopus is smaller than a golf ball, and it carries enough venom to kill 26 people, with no antidote.

    #20
  63. Cuttlefish
    Cuttlefish

    This animal hypnotizes its prey with a moving light show on its own skin.

    #19
  64. Komodo Dragon
    Komodo Dragon

    This lizard is venomous, ten feet long, and can take down a water buffalo.

    #18
  65. Cone Snail
    Cone Snail

    This gorgeous seashell fires a venomous harpoon that can kill a human in minutes.

    #17
  66. Peregrine Falcon
    Peregrine Falcon

    This bird hits 240 miles per hour in a dive — faster than a Formula 1 car.

    #16
  67. Bombardier Beetle
    Bombardier Beetle

    This tiny beetle fires boiling acid out of its body — like a built-in machine gun.

    #15
  68. Platypus
    Platypus

    This animal is venomous, lays eggs, and glows in the dark — and scientists thought it was a hoax.

    #14
  69. Owl
    Owl

    This bird can spin its head almost all the way around — without cutting off the blood to its own brain.

    #13
  70. Tardigrade
    Tardigrade

    This animal got launched into the vacuum of space, unprotected — and survived.

    #8
  71. Mantis Shrimp
    Mantis Shrimp

    This animal throws the fastest punch on Earth — and sees colors you can't even imagine.

    #7
  72. Axolotl
    Axolotl

    This animal can regrow almost any part of its body — including parts of its brain.

    #6
  73. Honey Badger
    Honey Badger

    This animal can get bitten by a cobra, pass out, then wake up like nothing happened.

    #5
  74. Electric Eel
    Electric Eel

    This fish can generate 860 volts of electricity — enough to stun a horse.

    #4
  75. Lyrebird
    Lyrebird

    This bird can perfectly copy a chainsaw, a car alarm, and even a camera shutter.

    #3
  76. Octopus
    Octopus

    This animal has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.

    #2
  77. Immortal Jellyfish
    Immortal Jellyfish

    There's an animal on Earth that can literally never die of old age.

    #1