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Japanese spider crab Yeti crab Velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) Galapagos, or red-lipped, batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) Common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera). Three blobfish (Psychrolutes phrictus) with pale, gelatinous bodies and drooping faces rest on a metal surface. Tarsier Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) Gharial, or gavial (Gavialis gangeticus) Star-nosed mole
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Someone call Mr. Sandman, because these strange animals will keep you up at night.
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Japanese spider crab
© Rixie/Fotolia
Yeti crab
Actually a squat lobster, the creature dubbed the “yeti crab” (Kiwa hirsuta)...
© Alexis Fifis/Ifremer
Velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
Walter Dawn
Galapagos, or red-lipped, batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini)
© Stephen Frink/WaterHouse
Common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera).
Retama
Blobfish
NOAA
Tarsier
© iNNOCENt/Fotolia
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
Lior
Gharial, or gavial (Gavialis gangeticus)
© Gerry Ellis Nature Photography
Star-nosed mole
FLPA/age fotostock