The Strange! - Animals
Strange
Animals
There
are
many strange animals in the world. In this webmaster's
opinion, none
are quite as strange as the newly discovered Hot-Headed
Ice Borer. This mammal,
related to the
common mole, has a head made up of a very thin skin covering
many large,
throbbing veins filled with very hot blood. With a body
temperature
of over 140 degrees F, this creature melts the ice
around its prey,
creating a water hole that traps its dinner so that the ice
borers can
eat it alive. The ice borers move together in packs
under the ice
of Antarctica. (The only known habitat of the ice borers.)
Their main staple
consists of mostly penguins. However, it is believed by
the experts
that men have been eaten by the ugly creatures on
occasion. Some
of the accounts of early Antarctica explorers seem to describe
"death by
ice borer". 
Update: This animal appeared in the April issue of Discover
Magazine
several years ago.
It is said to be a joke. However, there have been many tales
of strange arctic rodents melting the snow under people and
animals....
and eating them as well. Rather slowly I would imagine.
Another
strange
animal is known as the Amazon
Leaf
Fish. This fish is very
flat and thin
with the shape of a leaf. It has a jaw that looks like
a leaf stem
and it has a stripe down it's middle section that looks like
a leaf vein.
It lies on it's back and floats on the top of the river
waiting for another
fish to get close enough to snatch and eat.
And
how could we leave out the Duck
Billed Platypus?
The
Duck Billed Platypus is a strange animal native to
Australia. It
is a member of the Monotreme family, of which there are only
two other
members which are both Spiny Ant Eaters. The Platypus is
a warm blooded
mammal but it lays eggs like a bird or reptile. It has a
bill very
much the same as a duck that it uses to gather food from the
bottom of
small creeks near the coast lands. It also has webbed
feet which
allow it to swim like a fish but give it quite a bit of
trouble on land.
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