Freshly Caught
The newest weird animals in the zoo, hot off the @thewildzoofacts channel — newest first.
#81NEWCottontail RabbitThis cute bunny survives by eating its own droppings, on purpose.
#80NEWBatThis is the only mammal that can truly fly, and it hunts using sound.
#79NEWCrowThis bird remembers your face for years, and can teach its whole family to hate you.
#78NEWSquirrelThis backyard rodent accidentally plants thousands of trees every year.
#77NEWOpossumThis animal fakes its own death so convincingly its body does it automatically.
#76RaccoonThis masked bandit has hands so sensitive it 'sees' the world by touch.
#75CoyoteThis animal is so adaptable it now thrives in the middle of major cities.
#74SkunkThis animal can fire a burning chemical spray accurately from ten feet away.
#72HoatzinThis bird digests leaves like a cow, smells like manure, and its chicks have claws on their wings.
#71Saiga AntelopeThis endangered antelope has a bizarre, trunk-like nose that looks completely alien.
#70Goblin SharkThis deep-sea shark can launch its entire jaw right out of its face.
#69Giant IsopodThis deep-sea creature is a roly-poly the size of a cat — and can go years without eating.
#68Maned WolfThis isn't a fox on stilts — it's the tallest wild dog on Earth.
#67Surinam ToadThis toad's babies erupt out of dozens of holes in their mother's own back.
#66PotooThis bird can vanish in plain sight by pretending to be a broken branch.
#65OkapiThis forest animal looks like a mix of a zebra, a horse, and a giraffe — but it's its own thing.
#64Blue DragonThis tiny blue sea creature steals the stingers of its venomous prey and uses them as weapons.
#63Harpy EagleThis eagle has talons longer than a grizzly bear's claws.
#62Basilisk LizardThis lizard can literally run across the surface of water without sinking.
#61Fennec FoxThis tiny desert fox has ears bigger than its face — and never needs to drink water.
#60Frilled LizardWhen this lizard is scared, it unfolds a giant umbrella around its head and runs on two legs.
#59Decorator CrabThis crab glues living plants and animals onto its body to wear as a disguise.
#58FrigatebirdTo win a mate, this seabird inflates a giant red balloon on its throat for hours.
#57Pink Fairy ArmadilloThis tiny pink animal swims through solid sand and is almost never seen alive.
#56GeckoThis lizard can hang from a sheet of glass by a single toe — and lick its own eyeballs clean.
#55Velvet WormThis ancient little worm hunts by firing two jets of sticky slime like a net.
#54Shoebill StorkThis giant bird stands completely still for hours, then kills with a machine-gun strike.
#53Peacock SpiderThis spider is the size of a grain of rice — and dances like a tiny rainbow disco.
#52Aye-AyeThis primate has a long bony finger it uses to tap on wood and fish out grubs.
#51Ocean SunfishThis fish looks like a giant swimming head — and lays 300 million eggs at once.
#50Bird of ParadiseThis bird transforms into a glowing alien smiley face to win a mate.
#49Leaf SheepThis tiny sea slug eats plants and then runs on sunlight, like a living solar panel.
#48Giant SquidThis deep-sea giant has eyes the size of dinner plates — the largest of any animal alive.
#47Kangaroo RatThis desert animal can live its entire life without ever drinking a single drop of water.
#46Tongue-Eating LouseThis creature eats a fish's tongue — and then becomes the new tongue.
#45BowerbirdThis bird builds an entire art gallery and arranges it by color just to impress a mate.
#44ChameleonThis lizard fires a tongue twice the length of its body in under a tenth of a second.
#43Orchid MantisThis insect is disguised as a flower so perfectly that bees pick it over the real thing.
#42HummingbirdThis bird's heart beats over 1,200 times a minute — and it nearly dies every single night.
#41Sea OtterSea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart in the night.
#40AnglerfishThis deep-sea monster fishes with a glowing lure on its head — and the males fuse into its body forever.
#39Thorny DevilThis desert lizard drinks water through its skin — and never has to take a sip.
#38MudskipperThis is a fish that spends most of its life out of the water — walking, climbing, and even fighting on land.
#37TarsierThis tiny primate has eyes bigger than its brain — and can turn its head almost all the way around.
#36Horned LizardWhen this lizard is cornered, it shoots a jet of its own blood straight out of its eyes.
#35HagfishWhen attacked, this fish turns the water around it into a bucket of choking slime in seconds.
#34Secretary BirdThis elegant bird hunts by stomping venomous snakes to death — with the force of a hammer.
#33Leafy Sea DragonThis is not seaweed drifting in the current — it is a living fish in disguise.
#32PangolinThis is the only mammal on Earth covered head to toe in scales — and it rolls into a ball even lions can't crack.
#31Dung BeetleThis beetle steers using the Milky Way galaxy while rolling a giant ball of poop in a straight line.
#30FlamingoFlamingos are not born pink — they hatch dull grey and have to earn their color by eating it.
#29Wood FrogThis frog freezes into a solid lump of ice every winter — heart stopped, brain silent — then thaws back to life.
#28Vampire BatVampire bats throw up blood into a starving friend's mouth to keep it alive — and remember who helped them.
#27Sea CucumberWhen this animal gets scared, it fires its own guts out of its body at whatever is attacking it.
#26Star-Nosed MoleThis mole sees with 22 pink fingers growing out of its face — and eats faster than your brain can react.
#25Glass FrogThis frog has see-through skin — you can literally watch its heart beat through its body.
#24Assassin BugThis bug stabs its prey, drinks it from the inside out, then wears the empty corpses as armor.
#23Naked Mole RatThis wrinkly rodent feels no pain, almost never gets cancer, and barely seems to age.
#22CassowaryThis bird is basically a living dinosaur — and it can open you up with one kick.
#21Goliath BirdeaterThis spider is the size of a dinner plate — and it really does eat birds.
#20ArcherfishThis fish shoots its prey out of the air with a jet of water, like a living water gun.
#20Blue-Ringed OctopusThis octopus is smaller than a golf ball, and it carries enough venom to kill 26 people, with no antidote.
#19CuttlefishThis animal hypnotizes its prey with a moving light show on its own skin.
#18Komodo DragonThis lizard is venomous, ten feet long, and can take down a water buffalo.
#17Cone SnailThis gorgeous seashell fires a venomous harpoon that can kill a human in minutes.
#16Peregrine FalconThis bird hits 240 miles per hour in a dive — faster than a Formula 1 car.
#15Bombardier BeetleThis tiny beetle fires boiling acid out of its body — like a built-in machine gun.
#14PlatypusThis animal is venomous, lays eggs, and glows in the dark — and scientists thought it was a hoax.
#13OwlThis bird can spin its head almost all the way around — without cutting off the blood to its own brain.
#8TardigradeThis animal got launched into the vacuum of space, unprotected — and survived.
#7Mantis ShrimpThis animal throws the fastest punch on Earth — and sees colors you can't even imagine.
#6AxolotlThis animal can regrow almost any part of its body — including parts of its brain.
#5Honey BadgerThis animal can get bitten by a cobra, pass out, then wake up like nothing happened.
#4Electric EelThis fish can generate 860 volts of electricity — enough to stun a horse.
#3LyrebirdThis bird can perfectly copy a chainsaw, a car alarm, and even a camera shutter.
#2OctopusThis animal has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.
#1Immortal JellyfishThere's an animal on Earth that can literally never die of old age.