Life on Earth is diverse, and we still have many discoveries of different species to come. Experts estimate that we have studied only 1.2 million species out of the 8.7 million estimated animal species living on the planet. This collection contains several unusual creatures that you may not have seen before. 
1. Lampreys are jawless fish that live in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic. Their feature is a funnel-shaped mouth studded with teeth. 
2. The jerboa is a jumping desert rodent native to Africa. They can run at a speed of 50 km/hour 
3. The South American harpy lives in Central America. Its wingspan is 2 meters, which allows the predator to fly with ease even in a dense forest 
4. Darwin's pipistrelle is a ray-finned fish whose lips appear to be painted with red lipstick. This is designed by nature to attract females 
5. Musk deer are deer from South Asia that naturally produce a substance used to treat strokes and seizures. 
6. Guidak is a large mollusk that lives off the northwestern coast of the USA and Canada. It is edible and its meat is mainly eaten by the Japanese and Chinese 
7. Axolotl is a larva of the Mexican Ambystoma (salamander), which has stopped developing. They are native to Mexico and are endangered due to pollution. 
8. Okapi. No, it's not half zebra. The closest relative of these artiodactyls is the giraffe. 
9. Humpback insects of the genus Bocydium. Distinguished by their large branched dorsal process 
10. Star-nosed mole from North America that has more than 25,000 tiny sensory receptors in its sense of touch 
11. The maned wolf is a mammal of the canine family that lives in South America. They have very long legs, unlike other canids. Height at withers is 74-87 cm 
12. Blobfish - the most bizarre deep-sea fish. Lives at depths of 600-1200 meters off the coast of Australia and Tasmania 
13. Eiselt's caecilian is a legless amphibian from South America. They do not have lungs and breathe through their skin 
14. The Ecuadorian umbrella bird lives in Colombia and Ecuador. Their unusual feature is that males have an overhanging crest of feathers on their heads. 
15. King nut moth. This creepy horned caterpillar then turns into a beautiful moth 
16. Saiga is an even-toed ungulate that lives in Europe and Asia. Over the past 15 years, 95% of the population of these animals has decreased 
17. Tarsiers - primates from Southeast Asia. They have the largest eyes relative to body size of any mammal. 
18. Howliods are deep-sea fish that are found at a depth of 500-1000 meters 
19. The water possum is an inhabitant of Central and South America. They prefer to live on the banks of rivers and eat shrimp and fish. This is the only marsupial mammal adapted to life in water. 
20. The Venezuelan poodle moth is an insect that was recently discovered. So far there is no reliable scientific data on it 
21. Blue dragon is a gastropod, common in the seas of all oceans of the tropical zone. Their body length is only 5-40 mm 
22. Japanese spider crab is a deep-sea crab whose leg span reaches 3 meters. Lives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, at a depth of 50-300 meters 
23. Sea feathers are colonial coral polyps that include about 450 species. 200 of these species live at great depths 
24. The blue-footed booby is a seabird with bright blue legs. They live in the tropical waters of the west coast of America 
25. Madagascar bat - an inhabitant of the tropical forests of Madagascar. The weight of an adult is 2.3 kg. They are nocturnal and feed on insects 
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