Size: Length: 2.4 feet Weight: 1.76 to 3.52 oz Habitat: Brazil near the mouth of the Amazon and in the Madeira River READ MORE: 40 Fascinating Christmas Traditions in Mexico Atretochoana eiselti, also known as the “penis snake”. Once a staple of the Aztec diet, they’re now the focus of conservation efforts in Mexico City, where local NGOs are building “Axolotl shelters.” They’re frequently used for research by scientists due to their ability to regenerate limbs. They’re weird animals because they don’t go into metamorphosis like other salamanders: Even adults remain aquatic and gilled. Size: Length: Up to 12 in Weight: 2.11 to 8 ozĭiet: Trout, salmon pellets, bloodworms, earthworms, waxwormsĬonservation Status: Critically Endangered, population decreasingĪlso known as the Mexican Walking Fish, this amphibious salamander is critically endangered, and nearly went extinct in 2010.
Habitat: Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco STRANGE AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES Male Axolotl via Maxpixel 1. READ MORE: What is Ecotourism? (The History & Principles of Responsible Travel) If you’re attracted to weird birds, unusual amphibians, and other cool creatures like we are, then you’ll love our epic guide to 70 cool, strange, and weird animals around the world! Getting to see strange animals such as the Baird’s Tapir (in Corcovado National Park), Bushbaby (in Meru National Park), Flightless Cormorant (in the Galapagos Islands), and Hoatzin (in the Peruvian Amazon) in the wild has been one of our favorite parts of traveling the world together. Today we feel special affinity for weird looking animals such as the Pangolin and the Dugong, which we snorkeled with in Coron, Palawan. The Duck-billed Platypus and the Praying Mantis were both early childhood favorites of mine.
I even studied ornithology and entomology in high school. Growing up feeling like a bit of an odd bird myself, I’ve always been fascinated by strange animals and weird insects. The world is a wild and wonderful place, filled with millions of cool animals most of us have never even heard of.
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