The most unusual animals in the world. Children about nature
The world is full of strange and unusual creatures. But, unfortunately, not everyone had a chance to look at them - these animals are extremely rare. For one reason or another, the species either dies out or is poorly adapted to environmental conditions. But while all these individuals that excite the imagination exist, it is worth taking this chance and looking at the rarest and most unusual creatures at least in a photograph - however, in many cases it is better not to meet these animals in wildlife.
Weird and Wonderful Animals:
Photo: The Last Survivors
Slittooth - insectivorous mammal. They look like rats on high legs. The tail is bare and scaly. For insectivores, these animals are quite large: from 28 to 32 in length, together with the tail, their dimensions can reach values of about half a meter. In addition to their unusual appearance, the sloth teeth are also one of the few poisonous species mammals. But, ironically, these animals do not have resistance to their own poison, so even an accidental light bite of their relative can kill this creature.
photo: Penny Hyde
Outwardly, this animal resembles a hyena, although, contrary to its name, it looks more like a large fox with thin, long legs. Nevertheless, this species is not a close relative of foxes, this can also be seen by the absence of fox vertical pupils.
photo: Thomas Retterath
This charming animal received the poetic name African civet. As can be understood from the name of the species, these animals live in Africa, from Somalia to Senegal. The civet has one charming ability, which every domestic cat also has: when excited, the civet rears up its long and thick hair, which makes it seem much larger and more intimidating.
photo: CI_Singapore
Prochidna - oviparous mammal echidna family. This is a rather large creature, reaching 80 cm in length (not including their pretty 5-7 cm tail), and weighing about 10 kg. This species is very reminiscent of the familiar echidna, but the paws of the prochidna are longer, and the claws are much sharper and longer.
photo: Neil Morris
The capybara is considered to be the largest living rodent. The capybara resembles a huge guinea pig with a large head, however, it differs a little in its liking. A favorite pastime of the capybara is lazy rolling from side to side, lying in the sun, and nibbling something nutritious.
photo: Pamela Schreckengost
- a representative of the order of placental mammals. This beast looks quite specific: its entire body is covered with large diamond-shaped plates. These scales are mobile, so that when moving, the pangolin resembles an unusual natural transformer. These plates have a protective value, but they are also erased from time to time, but in this case they are immediately replaced with new ones, so that the number of scales in a pangolin always remains unchanged.
"Infernal Vampire" is a mollusk. Although this sea monster strongly reminiscent of an octopus or even a squid, these creatures have nevertheless been isolated in separate detachment on a number of grounds. Scientists know very little about the "hellish vampire" - all the information that is available about him is collected from random encounters with sailors and marine researchers. When trying to catch and place the animal under observation, only its defensive abilities were observed. So the "hellish vampire" remains another mystery of the deep oceans.
photo: Rico Leffanta
Aardvark, also known in Africa as the aardvark. In Russian, this means "earth pig", although the face of the creature is more like a kangaroo, but its ears are very similar in structure to those of a hare. But, nevertheless, the animal has a massive and strong tail, which has an obvious resemblance to the tail of the Australian kangaroo.
photo: Paul Williams
The Japanese salamander would not stand out too much against the background of the general diversity of amphibians, if not for its incredible size. It is also called gigantic. To date, this species has the proud status of the largest amphibian on Earth. Its length can reach 160 cm, and weight up to 180 kg. But not only the size of this creature is incredibly large - this tailed animal is able to live up to 150 years, although the maximum recorded age giant salamander so far is only 55 years, which, however, is also very unusual.
Sulawesian Bear Couscous
The Sulawesi Bear Couscous is a possum-like marsupial. These animals live in tropical forests. The beast has a long, hairless tail, which is almost half the length of the couscous itself. Such a tail serves as a fifth paw, performing both a grasping function and helping to move through the dense rainforest.
photo: Joachim S. Müller
Galago is a funny "unknown little animal". Its large fluffy tail is compared to a squirrel's. And grace and flexibility clearly reflect his feline trait. This animal is incredibly dexterous and cunning. Many even compare him to a kangaroo, although his cunning and curiosity resemble monkey habits, and his laziness and love for long sleep evokes persistent associations with a sloth.
photo: The-resa
- the size of this incredible fish can reach about three meters or more, and weigh about one and a half tons. The body of the fish is round in shape, and the color is usually light. Adults swim on their side, slowly moving their fins. This fish is completely unique in its outward signs and parameters. It is thanks to its size, shape and color that it received such a funny name.
photo: Lyalka
Although many are familiar with the pictures in textbooks and encyclopedias, this is a very unusual representative of the crocodile family. As the gharial matures, the muzzle of the gharial stretches more and more and becomes narrower. As a result, his jaws resemble two saws, closing with each other.
photo: Matt
Fossa, so similar to the cougar, unfortunately, is the only representative of its kind. In addition, it is the largest predatory mammal that lives on the island of Madagascar. Fossa is also called the Madagascar lion, and for good reason: the ancestors of fossa reached truly colossal proportions. This large cat looks like a puma, has a massive body and not too long legs. Now the size of the fossa reaches an average of 65-70 cm.
photo:JJ-Merry
The palm thief got its name because coconuts, which are known to hang from the very tops of tall palm trees, are the main food of palm thieves. It used to be believed that these crayfish could split a whole coconut with their claws, but later it turned out that this was not so: palm thief able to eat only already split nuts. In addition, these pranksters like to play pranks in coastal cities, hiding in trash can, eating up what people so generously pour into the trash, not suspecting that this is all they are waiting for in the tank. By the way, this species is really not small: it reaches 32 cm in size and weighs a lock of 3-4 kg - like a small domestic cat.
photo:George Tiew
The mudskipper is an amazing fish that many read to amphibians. Settle mudskippers in places where more salty water meets with fresh water, as well as in intertidal zones. These extraordinary fish can sometimes jump onto land, and sometimes some of them are simply carried along with the silt during the tidal season.
Belttail
photo: Mickaël Leger
Belttail - As a rule, lives in the rocky regions of Africa, and this species is also noticed in Madagascar. The entire body of the girdletail is covered with rigid plates - its body resembles the body of the pangolin, which was written about above, however, the girdletail is much more flexible and is able to curl up into a ring and thus quickly hide in an unknown direction if it senses danger.
Photo: Russell Docksteader
Guydak - strange gastropod, which can reach a weight of up to one and a half kg. Guydak has a thin, fragile shell, from which its “leg” sticks out, which is three times stronger and larger than its own shell.
Photo: Luckybon
The star-bearer is a creature that is extremely reminiscent of a mole, but with a very strange, unlike anything, muzzle. This mammal is indeed from the mole family. And, as it was noted, this species differs from other representatives in its unusual stigma in the form of a star of 22 moving rays.
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Regional State Educational State Institution for Orphans,
and children left without parental care
"Special correctional school– boarding school for orphans,
and children left without parental care,
with disabilities in the city of Sayansk "
"Amazing Animals of Planet Earth"
Completed:
3rd grade student
OGOKU SKSHI, Sayansk
Kuleshov Andrey
Supervisor:
teacher primary school
Pilipenko Natalia Yurievna
Sayansk 2015
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….…….2
Theoretical part……………………………………………………………...……3
a) Marmoset ……………………………………………………………………..……....3
b) Hoatzin……………………………………………………………………………….. 3- 4
c) Holothuria…………………………………………………………………………………4-5
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4. List of literature used…………………………………………………..……6
Introduction
Research topic "Amazing Animals of Planet Earth..." I chose,
because I'm interested in learning about the life of animals on our planet. I like to read books, magazines, encyclopedias, look at pictures about animals. I wanted to know what unusual animals live on Earth: where they live, how they look, what they eat.
I really like to learn everything new, surprising, unusual, so it was very interesting for me when preparing for the conference.
Relevance of the chosen topic- Many animals have disappeared due to the fault of man, so it is very important to know what animals have survived on the globe, whether there is a danger of their extinction.
Objective: study, select and organize scientific material on this topic.
Object of study: various animals, their life and adaptation to external environment by studying the material in the scientific literature.
Based on the object to achieve the goal, the following tasks:
Discover unusual animals of the planet Earth, the existence of which I did not even suspect.
Collect interesting, unknown to me facts about unusual animals.
Determine if there is a danger of their disappearance.
1. Introduction
A huge number of living organisms live on our planet, striking in their diversity. Among them are polar bears - the kings of the Arctic and scorpions - the kings of the desert. These are penguins, the indigenous inhabitants of Antarctica and the amazing animals of Australia. And what unusual marine animals live in the seas and oceans. The air is the habitat of a variety of birds and insects. For many inhabitants of the animal kingdom, rivers and soil are their home.
In total on earth lives about 1 million 500 thousand species varied animals. They inhabit the entire globe: land, seas, rivers, oceans. In other words, their habitat is diverse: water, air, earth.
2. Theoretical part
Today we will present to your attention stories about the most amazing and incredible animals on the planet, the inhabitants of the earth, air and water.
marmoset
Amazing creation of nature - marmoset mammal.
This is rare, 
the little-known animal is the smallest monkey in the world. The length of her body is about 12 cm, and the length of her tail is 15 cm. Despite her small size, marmosets are relatives of both the huge orangutan and the man himself.
They live in dense tropical forest. South America, in swampy and humid areas. They are on the list of protected species.
The marmoset is dark or dark brown in color, and the hair on the head and tail is sometimes red, white, or silvery brown.
Marmosets lead a strictly diurnal and predominantly arboreal lifestyle. They mainly feed on plant foods: tree sap, fruits, seeds, flowers, nectar and mushrooms. Insects are also an important food source.
Animals have fast, sharp and completely unexpected movements. Sometimes they manage to disappear so quickly that a person seems to have no time to blink an eye. This ability is the marmosets' only defense when they come face to face with a stronger opponent. They live big family, raising children as a pack.
Marmosets in nature are very shy and cautious. Their enemies are snakes, cats, birds of prey. But this little monkey can be tamed and then it becomes a real friend to a person. In captivity, marmosets live 18 years, 5-6 longer than in nature.
Hoatzin
Lives in the rainforests of the Amazon bird with arms . it amazing bird the size of a crow - hoatzin. The main color of the color is red-brown with a greenish tinge, decorated everywhere with colored inserts: the tips of the tail feathers are white, on the head there is a red-orange crest of thin feathers, the face is blue, and the breast is light brown or reddish. All this beauty is securely held on strong legs. The tail is long, the wings are wide. The long neck ends with a small head with a chic decoration in the form of a high tuft.
Unlike their feathered relatives, in addition to two ordinary paws, the chicks have additional ones that perform the duties of hands. These are modified wings with claws. Wings-paws help to hold tightly to tree branches, as well as to hang for a long time. With their help, hoatzins deftly move within a few days after birth. When a fledgling chick, deftly moving all four limbs, climbs up or down a tree trunk, it is very easy to mistake it for some outlandish lizard. Another strange hoatzin chicks can swim. In the water, they hide from enemies if they find them not in the nest. Turning into an adult bird, the hoatzin loses its claws and the ability to swim. But he gets the opportunity to "sing."Interestingly, he does not sing like many common birds and croaks like a frog.Hoatzin almost does not fly, most of the time it rests onand rarely comes down to earth.His appearance Hoatzin resembles the first bird - Archeopteryx.
The hoatzin feeds on leaves and builds its nest from them. Hoatzins are the only ruminants. Its strong defensive weapon is its pungent odor, and its meat is unfit to eat.
The main danger of the extinction of the marmoset and hoatzin is the deforestation of the rainforest.
Holothuria
The next unusual animal lives in sea depths- this isHolothuria.
They are also called sea pods or sea cucumbers. Their closest relatives are sea stars and sea urchins. They usually live on seabed. Only a few live near the surface of the water.
The holothurian has an elongated, cylindrical body and can be red, black, blue, green or brown. The size of the sea cucumber depends on the species. The smallest can be around 30 cm, while large view can reach up to 1 meter in length
Despite the fact that the sea cucumber has a skeleton, it is soft to the touch, as the skeleton is made up of plates and spines. These marine inhabitants do not have a brain. Sea cucumbers have five rows of tentacles on the surface of the body. Thanks to them, they move and use them for feeding.
When faced with danger, the sea cucumber is able to push internal organs together with toxic substance. All missing organs can be restored in the next 1.5-5 weeks.
The lifespan of sea cucumbers is 5 to 10 years wild nature.
Sea cucumbers play an important role in the cleansing of nature. Their activity is mainly at night.
These animals are used as a delicacy, and in Asia - as part of. Although exploitation of sea cucumbers is increasing, they are still abundant in the wild and are not on the list of endangered species.
When conducting research, my teacher and I used a variety of materials: encyclopedias, the Internet, educational literature. The magazines In the World of Animals, Funny Animals, Geolyonok, Anthill, Animals of Our Planet, etc., helped us a lot.
Conclusion
Having studied the materials of books, encyclopedias on my topic, I came to the conclusion that the animal world is large and diverse. No encyclopedia is able to even briefly tell about absolutely all representatives of animals. It is possible that scientists have yet to discover new species that are still unknown to science.
Mir animal interesting,
And wonderful in riddles
As in nature, where they live,
How they walk or run.
What do they eat, how do they get it?
Paths where they hide theirs,
And a source of knowledge!
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"Animals of our planet".
AT new article I would like to tell you about the ten most unusual representatives of our planet. At the same time, in this article I did not show and talk about the ugliest representatives of the fauna, such as drop fish and hagfish, but about the most unusual species, looking at which any reader will smile.
Amazing red panda
This animal of the raccoon family lives in Central Asia. He lives in the highlands in mountain bamboo forests in conditions temperate climate. And more often it can be found in Nepal, Burma and Bhutan.
Its main distinguishing characteristic is a long fluffy tail, the length of which is slightly less than the body of the animal. Like all raccoons, the red panda has a pronounced pattern in the form of a mask on its face. At the same time, the main difference from other types of raccoons is only in the walnut-red coat color.
Interesting fact. Despite their long and clumsy tail, the red panda is excellent at climbing trees, but on the ground they are awkward and move slowly. They spend most of the day in a hollow in a tree, returning in a ball and hiding with their chic tail.
Alpaca - mountain analog of a camel
Alpaca is a short animal of the camel family, which has an original coat of wool. This mountain analogue of the ships of the desert lives in the Andes at an altitude of 3500-5000 meters above sea level. Despite the fact that these animals are relatives of camels, their growth is not high - on average, alpacas grow up to 60-86 cm.
Alpacas are valued mainly for their wool, which surpasses even sheep in its properties and has as many as 24 natural shades. And from one alpaca a year they get up to five kilograms of wool. At the same time, this animal in ancient times was paid hard for such a value - the Indians believed that you could get sacred wool from an alpaca by killing it by cutting out a heart from its chest.
Interesting fact. Alpacas do not have front teeth, so they eat by picking up food with their lips and chewing it with their side teeth. Such an interesting feature of the animal's jaw gives it a special funny look.
Sloth - funny dormouse
The habitat of these funny animals is Central and South America. As its name suggests, it is a very lazy animal and spends almost its entire life in a tree. The whole point of a sloth's life is to move as little as possible and not expend energy. This is the reason for their diet - low-calorie leaves do not provide much energy, however, due to the fact that sloths sleep 15 hours a day, all food can be digested for up to a month in the animal's stomach.
Sloths do not like to descend to the ground, where they are completely helpless, and come down to the ground only once a week for their natural needs. By the way, their laziness to energy consumption is manifested in the very way of eating. sloths have long neck and this helps them reach for food without leaving their seats.
Interesting fact. These funny animals are so lazy and inactive that they often have insects such as moths living in their fur.
White-faced saki - a checkerboard-faced primate
This original and amazing primate for all of us lives in Central and South America. Their most common habitat is forests. And it does not matter whether it will be impenetrable jungle in a rainy area or arid areas of the savannah.
A distinctive feature of these primates is the unusual color of the muzzle, which, unlike the main part of the body, is not black, but light tones, on which a dark nose clearly stands out. The hair of the white-faced saka is thick and soft; they have a long tail, but it does not have the ability to grasp, which is inherent in most tree-dwelling monkeys. By themselves, these primates are small - their weight does not exceed two kilograms, and their height is 45-50 cm.
Interesting fact. These primates spend almost all their lives outside the ground, and only sometimes they can afford to go down from the top of the trees to the lower branches in search of suitable food. And at the first sign of danger, they make long jumps, returning to the crowns of trees.
A monkey with a protruding nose
The proboscis is a species of thin-bodied monkeys of the marmoset family with one outstanding feature, which gave the name to this family of primates. The birthplace of this primate is the island of Borneo, where it lives in coastal areas.
The proboscis himself is no different from his other brethren, except for one thing - a nose as huge as a cucumber. Moreover, only male primates of this species have this feature. Their coat is yellowish-brown in color, and on the limbs it has a gray tint.
Interesting fact. Nosachi are the best swimmers among all types of primates. They jump into the water directly from the trees, and can overcome up to 20 meters underwater.
Incredible lemurs
And again, one more representative of the primate family, lemurs, can be recorded in the detachment of amazing animals. These primates, despite their small habitat - Madagascar and the Comoros have as many as a hundred various kinds. Moreover, recently they were attributed not to semi-monkeys, but to a separate suborder - wet-nosed primates.
Based on their diversity, in nature one can meet both microscopic individuals, whose weight does not exceed 30 grams, and ten-kilogram giants. Common feature of all lemurs is the presence of fluffy wool of various shades, large pronounced eyes and an elongated claw on the hind legs with which they comb.
Lemurs are peaceful animals. Most of them follow a vegetarian diet. However, in recent times their peaceful stance has led to the fact that the lemur population began to decline rapidly due to poachers hunting for their unusual fur coats. Below is a photo of the most original lemurs.
The most popular and unusual lemurs
Australian hedgehog
Echidna is one of the rarest animals in the world. Its habitat is distributed on the islands of New Guinea, Tasmania and Australia. Despite their appearance, short stature, like a pygmy dog, and all in large needles, and similarity with hedgehogs and porcupines, the echidna has nothing to do with these animals. Scientists estimate that the echidna is a distant relative of the first egg-laying mammals, such as tritylodont.
echidnas most lives in burrows, which she herself digs with the help of large claws on her paws in thickets of small shrubs. And in case of danger, he skillfully hides, burrowing into the ground. An interesting feature is that the echidna's ability to dig holes is often used by other animals, for example, rabbits, which force these animals out of their homes.
Another interesting feature. Scientists for a long time tried to understand why the echidna needed one large nail on its hind legs. It turned out that with its help these animals keep their prickly fur coat clean, because it is simply impossible to get through the prickly needles to the fur with ordinary paws.
Tarsiers - an animal with an "unattached" head
Tarsiers are small mammals from the genus of primates. Their sizes are very small - from 9 to 16 cm. Their habitat is limited to the South-Eastern part of Asia.
These animals are primarily distinguished by their huge head with large bulging eyes, which can rotate almost 360 degrees around the body.
In addition to the head of another distinctive feature tarsiers are long, outstretched fingers and a long tail, which sometimes exceeds the size of the animal's body itself.
It's amazing sea creature is the closest relative of the seahorse. True, unlike the skate, it has multiple processes of the head and body, similar to leaves, for which it got its name. The habitat of these marine fish are the waters of Australia.
Sea dragons like to hide with the help of their appendages in the grass in shallow water. And they move with the help of small fins on the neck and back of the dragon.
Axolotl - the most incredible fry on Earth
This creature is an ambistoba larva, which grows up but does not change its external data. She looks the same as a child and as an adult. These amazing creatures live in Mexican mountain ponds.
Their parameters do not exceed 30 cm. They lead a calm rhythm of life and most often just lie at the bottom and rest, periodically rising to the surface for a breath of air. At the same time, despite their friendly and comical appearance, axolotls are predators and ambush their victims. No wonder their name, translated from the Aztec language, sounds like a water dog.
Interesting fact. Axolotls have the amazing ability to breathe with both lungs and gills. In case of poor oxygen saturation of water, they switch to pulmonary respiration.
The animal world of our planet is rich and diverse. Some representatives of the fauna have such an unusual appearance that sometimes it seems that they cannot exist in reality. However, nature is a real magician, and everything is possible in it.
Their distinguishing feature is the complete transparency of the skin, through which all internal organs are perfectly visible, up to the eggs in pregnant females. These amazing animals are found in the tropical forests of South America, in the Amazon and in Brazil. There are several varieties of glass frogs, most of which do not exceed 2-3 cm in length. The color includes all shades of green: from yellowish to dark olive.
In most species, the muscles are as transparent as the skin, but the bones are green in color. They live on the banks of fast-flowing streams and waterfalls, but at the same time they spend most of their life on land, among the leaves of trees. The eggs are laid on branches hanging over the water to protect them from predators. Males guard the clutch on a par with females, maintaining its moisture and removing diseased larvae. 
This unique artiodactyl is the only representative of its species. Outwardly, more like a horse, but genetically it is rather distant relative giraffes. The only place on the planet where okapi live is rainforests Congo. But due to the fact that there are endless military conflicts in the country, there is no way to establish a reliable number of these fearful and secretive animals in the wild. 
The color of the okapi is very unusual. The body and neck are brown with a reddish tinge, and the legs are striped, exactly like a zebra. The length of the okapi's tongue allows it to lick its own eyes with ease. Okapis feed on tree leaves, as well as grass and fruits, just like giraffes. 
This species is the most unusual of all the crocodiles living today. The main external difference is a very thin elongated muzzle, the ratio of length to width of which is 5:1. Thanks to this shape of the jaws, it is easier for the gharial to hunt fish, since water resistance is reduced. Fish is the main food of the gharial. Gharials live in deep-sea reservoirs with strong currents and muddy creeks, leaving the land only to lay eggs or keep warm, the rest of the time they live in the water. On land, they move by crawling, because they cannot lift the weight of their body from the ground. They live mainly in the northern part of the Hindustan peninsula. 
This unusual animal is one of the largest crocodiles, the average length of a male is about 5 m. Unlike ordinary species of crocodiles, which need strong and strong teeth to eat mammals, gharial teeth are slanted, oblong and thin, allowing you to tightly hold the fish. Their number exceeds 100, which is more than that of an ordinary crocodile. Gharial is considered a rare species animals, is listed in the Red Book and is considered sacred in India and Nepal. 
This unusual mammal is a relative of the anteater and armadillo. The length with the tail is up to 1.5 m, and they weigh up to 27 kg. The entire body, except for the muzzle and abdomen, is covered with horny scales resembling tiled masonry. The edges of the scales are sharp, wear out over time, and the scales are replaced. But the number of scales themselves never changes. Pangolin scales are not genetically related to the keratinized tissues of reptiles. Pangolins have a gray-brown color. The tongue reaches a length of 40 cm, and the muscles that set it in motion are so long that they reach the pelvis. There are several varieties of pangolins, some of which live in Africa, and the second part - in southeast Asia. 
These are nocturnal animals that live on the ground or in the canopy of trees. rainforest. They spend their daytime in underground burrows. Pangolins are very slow, they can stand on their hind legs like a kangaroo, and in a dangerous situation they curl up into a tight ball, which can only be unfolded by a large predator, such as a leopard. Pangolins can hardly see or hear, but they have an excellent sense of smell. The diet of pangolins consists of termites and ants, which are attracted to the sweet smell of the saliva of these unusual animals. Pangolins are on the verge of extinction, their meat is edible, it is especially popular with the Bushmen. And healers believe that pangolin scales have healing properties. 
This is the only tapir that lives in Asia. It is most common on the island of Sumatra, in Thailand and Malaysia. A characteristic external feature is the presence of a white spot (saddle) on the back and sides against the black or brown color of the rest of the tapir's body. This color helps to confuse the predator in the dark, hiding the silhouette of this unusual animal. 
This is the most large variety tapirs, average weight which is 300 kg. Tapir is a nocturnal animal that lives in the depths of rainforests near water bodies and other sources of moisture. They feed mainly on young grass. 
population black-backed tapirs constantly declining due to active deforestation.
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