And this is why they live underground.The Pink Fairy Armadillo is one part warm fuzzy, one part cold prickly. The plates of armor-like skin protect this lilliputian armadillo species (~4 inches) against abrasion whilst digging underground, where it spends nearly all of its time. The supremely creepy animal is currently endangered in central Argentina, where it is found.
"It's like a lion and a tiger mixed...bred for its skills in magic." - Napoleon Dynamite
Behold, the Lion/Tigress hybrid: the Liger. For real. A Liger is the product of a male Lion and a female Tigress, whereas a Tigon is produced when a male Tiger is mated with a female Lioness. In nature, this type of combo would never take place, but in captivity, anything goes.
Watch this video of Sinbad the Liger. He is also the largest cat ever at 900 lbs – likely the result of hybrid giantism:
Aesop would disapprove.
Behold, the Giant Rabbit. Carl Szmolinsky of Germany breeds these monster bunnies that are literally the size of a dog. No matter how many times we look at photos of these giant rabbits, they never cease to amaze us with their massive size.
This particular specimen might be larger than a first grader.
Now let’s compare to regular rabbits – note the striking difference in ear size:
This is just ridiculous.
This is the stuff dreams are made of.
When we were young, we would obsess over all kinds of fantastical animals – unicorns, rainbow glitter butterflies and pink dolphins. Looks like one of them is for real. This gorgeous specimen was first seen in 2007 in a Louisiana estuary, just north of the Gulf of Mexico. It is actually an albino and has the red eyes of the devil…but we prefer to call it pink and giggle at the thought of it flipping around in paradise.
This anomaly is not to be confused with the pink dolphin species that lives in the Orinoco rivers in the Amazon – note the difference in the shape of the beak:
Also pink. Kind of.