25 amazing things that are very rare (26 photos)

Today we are looking at photographs that depict unusual, unique things - something that definitely cannot be seen every day. Rare animals with genetic mutations, amazing plants you've never heard of before, and fascinating facts about the human world. An excellent photo selection for the curious!





1. Golden Bee Cordovan. The breed was bred by American breeders



2. A snail with a completely transparent shell





3. Blue bees exist! This is a blue carpenter bee Xylocopa caerulea



4. This is what grains of sand from a Hawaiian beach look like, magnified 100-300 times



5. Transparent butterfly, inhabitant of the Ecuadorian Amazon



6. Cat with Sauron in his eyes



7. Curly horse. Bashkir curly, an ancient breed



8. This is Baikal Zen



Rocks on Lake Baikal occasionally heat up from the sun's rays and melt the ice underneath them. After the sun sets, the ice becomes solid again, forming a small support for the stone at the top.

9. Leaf-like sea slug. It can go without food for 9 months thanks to its ability to photosynthesize



10. This is what a “split lobster” looks like. This coloration occurs once in every 50 million lobsters.



This colorful lobster exhibits a condition known as gynandromorphy, meaning it is half male and half female. In this case, the blue side is feminine and the brown side is masculine.

11. How the zoo feeds the chicks of the two-horned hornbill (hornbill)



14. There are very rare pink and purple grasshoppers



This coloration is the result of erythrism, a genetic mutation characterized by a violation of the pigmentation of the outer integument in favor of reddish-pink shades.

13. Albinos are also found among peacocks



14. Extremely rare serval (bush cat) with melanism



15. This is a musical typewriter: how music was typed before the advent of computers



16. Murchison meteorite. It is 4,600,000,000 years old and probably existed before the Earth itself was fully formed



Interestingly, it also contains amino acids, the chemical building blocks of DNA.

17. Baby Vest - a vest for saving babies in a children's hospital in case of emergency evacuation. It fits six toddlers



18. Fin whale vertebrae (minke whale) underwater near Kongsfjord, Norway



19. Blooming tulips under the snow



20. Blue Java bananas. They say they have the consistency and taste of vanilla ice cream.



21. Australian Merino sheep wool



22. Two-tone sunflower



23. Wallonia potbellied (bladder algae) is the largest single-celled organism on Earth. Yes, this is one living cell



24. This butterfly is a bipartite gynandromorph, half male, half female.



25. Leg of ex-world champion cyclist Janez Brajkovic, after the race