15 Truly Unique Animals That It’s Hard to Believe Actually Exist

Nature loves to experiment and create different artwork that we can only imagine. The world is full of strange animals and plants that we might have never seen before. Some may look fictional, as if they are from a sci-fi movie, but they are actually real, and you might encounter one of them in your lifetime.

5-Minute Crafts has created a list of animals that have distinctive appearances.

1. “Found this little guy on my counter. I think he’s trying to look like an owl.”

2. “Cousin found this today in his yard.”

3. “Today I was lucky enough to stumble across one of the most elusive and largest moth’s on the planet.”

4. “What is this caterpillar? Denmark.”

5. “Sailfish have been clocked at speeds in excess of 68 mph/112 km/h.”

6. “Has anyone ever seen one of these rodents before? Google isn’t helping to identify.”

7. “What type of fish is this? Found it washed up on the top of Rockaway, New York, or Breezy Point.”

“A stargazer. They are venomous, not lethally so, but it’s painful, so you probably shouldn’t pick them up. Fascinating fish, though.” © Cichlid97 / Reddit

8. “My Sheltopusik European legless lizard, weird animals, man.”

9. “Hydrosaurus sailfin lizard”

10. “This red and black snail”

11. “Cicada emerging from its shell”

12. “The amazing camouflage of these birds”

13. “Then there was this guy...”

14. “Aquatic isopod at an aquarium.”

15. “Very cool female Dobsonfly at my porch light. Southern Illinois.”