10 Unique and Interesting Animals that became extinct

1.Gumprecht 's Pit Viper Green

This bright green snake striking, commonly known as green Gumprecht's pit viper, found in Southeast Asia over the Mekong ruler.
this Snakes, which has an official name gumprechti Trimeresurus, was first discovered by scientists in 2002, although the scientists finally decided to exterminate them.

2.Snakefish

In 2002, snakefish (or Channidae) is described as having "a voracious appetite, often consuming all other fish in the lake or pond. This animal can walk on land, leaving water for three days, to seek new food sources." Norton also warned that once on the ground "snakefish can eat almost any small animal in the street .... They even attacked people in China are already too close to the area they spawn '" According to Wikipedia.,

Snakefish can be up to more than one meter in length and weighing more than 6 pounds. Most snakefish measuring 2-3 meters.

They also reproduce quickly without natural enemies outside their native environment.
In their native environment, small snakefish eaten by larger fish, while adult snakefish eaten by crocodiles.
Because of their ability to move into new habitats and remove the local ecosystem, and to then jump out of the water and wander to find new pools of snakefish trying eradicated in 13 states of the United States and other countries (eg Australia).

3.Giant Isopod

this Predator is similar to the Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), a carnivorous crustacean that spends the time to scavenge the ocean floor in, to a depth of 6,000 feet at the bottom of the sea where no light. Dark and cold room, they survive by eating dead and rotting fish or other marine animal carcasses.

4.Aye-aye



Considered by locals as a sign of misfortune, Aye-aye is one of the most rare and bizarre primates in the world.

For the Malagasy people, aye-aye is a magical beast, and is believed to bring death if he appeared in the village - the local village, so they are often killed. body length of 16 inches (40 cm), bushy tail length of 2 feet (61 cm), and weighs about 2 pounds. Aye-aye has a pair of big round eyes, black hair, and a large spoon-shaped ears. has a 5-finger hand with flat nails, with a long middle finger 3 times the other fingers.

5.mole

One of the most interesting animal in the universe: is around the star-nosed rat (Condylura cristata). From the appearance and location, one would think maybe it is a sensitive olfactory organ, helping these mice are virtually blind to recognize the underground environment, or extra hands to capture prey and manipulating objects. Some researchers have hypothesized that these mice can detect electric fields, so that his nose to function like a kind of antenna. But in reality, star nose is an organ in rats sensors for exceptional touch with more than 25,000 sensory receptors, called Eimer organs

6.Frilled lizard

frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) is an Australian lizard fawn has a large frill at the skin side of the neck and throat. reached 90 cm in length, and when angry or scared, he developed a frill, which may be up to 25cm wide in diameter, to give the impression that he is bigger. frilled lizard generally live in trees but they can sometimes spend time on the ground, where they run with their forelimbs in the air.

7.Giant leaf-tailed gecko

Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is endemic to Madagascar and the islands Bohara Mangabe nosy and meddlesome. These geckos live in tropical rain forests and reached a length of 330 mm. nocturnal geckos are big size, berjhari Gecko day it will be attached to trees and if disturbed it will flick its tail and head, opened his mouth and shouted

8.Kerivoula Kachinensis

Other species found in one of the last regions in the scientific world that has not been explored, Asia, Greater Mekong, Kachinensis Kerivoula is one of the most disturbing bats ever discovered.

9.Desert Rat

Heterocephalus glabe diggers are animals native of East Africa is famous for a eusocial lifestyle, is unique among mammals, and a very unusual physical characteristics that allow for growth in the harsh underground environment, the skin is almost immune to pain, and bloody metabolism cold.

10.Cat caterpillar


Caterpillar cat is the most poisonous caterpillar in the United States. thorn poison is hidden in the cavity between her hair. This hairy caterpillar is found in southern states, ranging west through most of Texas and north to Maryland and Missouri. He ate on shade trees such as elm, oak, and sycamore. Puss caterpillars vary in size from 1.2 in. (32 mm) to 1.4 inches (36 mm).

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