Freaky Fauna Friday

These freaky little flowers are often miss IDed as a fungus and funny enough, that's what they feed on!

This aquatic group of fish is famous for their not totally unique toothed rostrum which makes up one third of their total body length.

Listener Joe V submitted this request for your peaceful podcast hosts. This creature only eats one species of fig, makes leaf huts to sleep in and its one of only 2 all white bats.

These massive Mustelids are making a comeback in some of their North American ranges, and even recently being seen in Ohio again! Bonus fact: One of the fewest animals that specializes in hunting porcupines!

This amazing fish is known for its inhabitation of deep and cold waters, its impressive set of teeth, as well as a complex breeding and social structure.

These mucus scrapers can cause great irritation on Earth's biggest residence but also allow us to show and track their migration paths. The Sloth Moths of the sea.

These guys, as far as we know, are the largest, terrestrial year-round inhabitants of Antarctica but being smaller than a grain of rice. Also, their genetics are helping us study the ebbs and flows of the Antarctic ice sheet. Thank you, BK, for the suggestion! Have it your way!

These ancient organisms are known for their extremely long rostrum.

These almighty amphibians are known for their extremely flat bodies, long fingers and their ability to give birth out of the skin on their back.

The largest endemic rodent to Cuba! They can get up to 20 pounds! Now that's a big rat!

One of Mr. E's favorite birds in the world! While they look like a duck and walk like a duck, these amazing birds aren't actually ducks!

This fish recommended by listener Brett from our Patreon group, are small and noted for their dazzling colors, their lack of swim bladder and of course their cute little hands!

These fish are famous for being buttheads.... NO LITERALLY! Their anus is on their chin!

These incredibly unique and cute cetaceans are quickly vanishing before our very eyes. Within the past decade, going from several hundred to less than 25 left. These creatures serve as a reminder of what happens when we don't take care of a species.

Really good at hiding

The only thing in the ocean the Orca is scared of! While they may be smaller than their cetacean cousin, they outnumber them 100 to 1 and are known for even better coordination.

This amazing Pulver lives in our front yard! The Killdeer is an intercontinental shore bird that has a talent for acting. You've probably had one yell at you or try and run you off! This is one of Jay's favorite animals.

This episode is dedicated to Brian Wolf, creator and host of Wolf Rock Rock radio! This special Moth lives entirely on the back of a living animal, the Sloth!

The Great and Peaceful Mr. E and Jay talk about the wonderful burrowers known as Naked Mole Rats. These amazing little burrowers are not only famous for their ability to chew through almost anything but also for their social structure that is more similar to insects than any other mammal.

This amazing group of fish is known for their odd face, their ability to bury in the sand, and not once but two separate times evolving the ability to shoot electricity out of their face.

These crocodilians are extremely strange among their brethren. Having a lack of webbed feet, being semi-social and hunting on land, they are also the most intelligent crocodile left on the planet.

The Great and Peaceful Mr. E and Jay talk about how stoneflies start their life in pristine river and lake environments and then emerge just for a short while to breed. They are also one of the earliest insects to develop wings.

These compact marsupial super predators are famous for their ferocity but through more research we are finding they're actually more social and gentler than we once thought. Also, they're being wiped out by a face tumor disease.

These ancient lobed-finned fish are famous for their long lives and their ability to breathe air.

This ice age relic is famous for their exaggerated proboscis and are poster children for dwindling rare species.