TPO - Throughout history, humans have discovered and created many strange animals and here are the Top 10 strangest animals still living on the Blue Planet.
1. Silk chicken
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Silkie chicken, also known as Silkie chicken, is a breed of chicken that originated in China. The reason for this name is because their fur is like silk and especially their skin, flesh, and bones are all black. In addition, this breed also has the difference of blue earlobes, each leg has 5 toes while most other chicken species have only 4.
2. Flying lemur Sunda
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This exotic animal is found in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Despite the name "flying lemur", they do not know how to fly, but only pass from tree to tree thanks to the wide membrane connecting the limbs. Their main food is fruit and young shoots.
3. Fire Wolf
Fire wolf or fire wolf, red wolf, also known by other names such as Asian Wild Dog, Indian Wild Dog is a carnivore of the Canidae family, the only member of the genus Cuon. They are highly social species, living in small groups.
4. Pakistani mountain chamois
The Pakistani mountain chamois or the Markhor chamois is a large wild goat found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. This species is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, as there are fewer than 2,500 adults.
5. Snub-nosed monkey
The snub-nosed macaques are a group of monkeys in the Old World monkey family, living in various regions of Asia. They get their name from the short nose on the round face, with the nostrils facing forward. This animal has a relatively long, colorful coat, especially on the shoulders and back.
6. Dog Badger
The dog badger or Tanuki is an animal native to East Asia and the only extant species of the genus Nyctereutes. This is a very good climber and they live mainly on the branches of tall trees.
7. Mane wolf
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The mane wolf is an animal in the canine family. This is the largest dog in South America, looks like a large fox with reddish fur. In the wild, there is an individual mane wolf up to 1.07m high, nearly 1.5m long and weighing up to 34kg.
8. Gerenuk . antelope
The Gerenuk antelope, also known as the Waller's antelope, is a species of long-necked antelope found in East Africa. They are the only members of the genus Litocranius first described by naturalist Victor Brooke in 1879.
9. Royal Amazonian Flycatcher
It is a species of tyrant flycatcher found in forests and woodlands across most of the Amazon Basin. In the wild, this species builds very large nests (sometimes up to 2m long) on tree branches near the water to avoid predators.
10. Striped-backed gazelle
The striped antelope is a species of mammal in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. This species was described by Gray in 1838. The striped gazelle is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. It has also been discovered recently in southeastern Guinea.
