The incomparable David Attenborough has introduced me to a few especially the star-nosed mole which has feelers protruding from where its nose should be positioned and the disgusting naked mole rat which even at birth has the body of a wrinkled superannuated rat on its death bed.
Main picture: The star-nosed mole which only its mother could love
Even the insightful Charles Darwin would have been fascinated by these wonders of nature.
The Pink Fairy Armadillo
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise in courtship mode
The Blob Fish in blobby mode
The Blob Fish in cartoon character mode
Cantor’s Giant Soft Shelled Turtle
The Dugong with its sucker like mouth
The long-legged Gobi Jerboa
The Gobi Jerboa imitating a rabbit
The playful Irrawaddy Dolphin
The Japanese Spider Crab
The Sunda Colugo
The Babirusa
The Fossa
The Gerenuk
The Maned Wolf
The Aye-Aye
All of these specimens are probably the last of their line and unless rigorously conservation efforts are embarked upon and vigorously pursued, all will face the prospect of extinction within this century. With the world’s population doubling during this period, the competition for the available space and resources will allow for only one winner – MAN
