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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jamiezue" data-source="post: 9299854" data-attributes="member: 115905">WORLD'S WEIRDEST AND ENDANGERED SPECIES-from web ecoist and other sources.kakapothis is not only the rarest, but the strangest parrot in the world.  Imagine a rather portly nocturnal bird that never flies, preferring to  hike through hilly forest for miles every night. It weighs in as the  heaviest parrot in the world at 8 pounds. Imagine this and you have the  very real (but virtually extinct) <a href="http://www.kakapo.net/en/" target="_blank">kakapo</a>.  A resident of New Zealand, which is home to a number of rare birds,  there are only 62 kakapos remaining on earth. (Bonus fact: New Zealand  is full of unusual creatures. It originally had no native land mammals,  so its many unique birds evolved in unusual ways – which unfortunately  has made them very vulnerable to mammals that were brought in during  European colonization.)<img src="http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1040511180315_2002/12/27/wide_kakapo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />leaping lesbian lizardOfficially named Cnemidophorus uniparens, these American desert <a href="http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&searchvalue=208947" target="_blank">lizards</a> reproduce despite the fact that they’re all female. Interestingly, some of them simulate sexual acts (above, left)  with each other just like male and female lizards, and it’s been  discovered that when they do they reproduce more successfully than their  abstemious sisters.<img src="http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lesbian-lizards.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />anglerfish-from natgeo             The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky. It  is quite possibly the ugliest animal on the planet, and it lives in  what is easily Earth's most inhospitable habitat: the lonely, lightless  bottom of the sea.There are more than 200 species of anglerfish,  most of which live in the murky depths of the Atlantic and Antarctic  oceans, up to a mile below the surface, although some live in shallow,  tropical environments. Generally dark gray to dark brown in color, they  have huge heads and enormous crescent-shaped mouths filled with sharp,  translucent teeth. Some angler fish can be quite large, reaching 3.3  feet (1 meter) in length. Most however are significantly smaller, often  less than a foot.Their most distinctive feature, worn only by  females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths  like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous  flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their  mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow  prey up to twice their own size.The male, which is significantly  smaller than the female, has no need for such an adaptation. In lieu of  continually seeking the vast abyss for a female, it has evolved into a  permanent parasitic mate. When a young, free-swimming male angler  encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. Over  time, the male physically fuses with the female, connecting to her skin  and bloodstream and losing his eyes and all his internal organs except  the testes. A female will carry six or more males on her body.                               Fast Facts  Type:FishDiet:CarnivoreSize:8 in (20 cm) up to 3.3 ft (1 m)Weight:Up to 110 lbs (50 kg)Group name:SchoolDid you know?The anglerfish's lighted lure glows with the help of millions of bioluminescent bacteria.Size relative to a tea cup: <img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/graphic/size-anglerfish-160-2596-cb1273160349.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                          Looking like something out of a science fiction movie, the anglerfish uses a natural lure to draw its next meal nearer.                                                                                Photograph by Bruce Robison/Corbis<img src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/002/cache/angler-fish_222_600x450.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />   thawa tikak pasuwata... honde..</blockquote>

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