Strange 'best' things in the animal world

The natural world around us always contains a multitude of diverse discoveries in every way. Earth ecosystems are extremely diverse and each animal has its own characteristics to pay attention to. For some species, it is surprisingly surprising like dolphins, chimpanzees, some other species with unusual customs such as hibernating bears, baby seahorses .

In this article, we will explore and summarize a bit on the aspect of unusual body proportions in some animals. The odds of an abnormal body here may be that of a tail that is twice as long as a body or a short, mutant leg, but their body structure is not an abnormality but is due to the evolution of self. of course to suit the situation. The animals listed below are species that have been summarized through many processes of understanding, researching and contributing to the list of species with the most unusual body proportions in the world.

The tap of hawk butterflies in Madagascar

Normally we are quite familiar with taps of species like hummingbirds or moths to effectively probe or suck nectar. And so are Madagascan butterflies, and their taps are used to suck bile from orchids. With environmental characteristics as well as circumstances, nature has given this species a hose with a long length to perform its tasks. This butterfly's hose is 28cm long, 3 times their body length, specialized in sucking bile from a very deep pistil orchid species.

In the animal world, the proportions of the tap and the body of the Madagascan butterfly can be said to be unique. Not only that, this hose can also be retracted into the mouth tightly. This feature helps them avoid the inconvenience of moving and the attack of other species. Interestingly, the existence of this species has been predicted for decades before by the famous biologist Charles Darwin before the species was officially found on the island in 1903.

The feather ribbon tail of Astrapia species

Astrapia is a paradise bird and their unique feature is the striking white long feather tail. Their tail is considered to be the longest feathered tail compared to the body size of birds. Astrapia birds originated in the mountainous areas of New Guinea region. The tail they own is three times as long as their body length. Their tail feathers can be more than 1 meter long while their bodies are only about 30cm longer.

Its long tail was originally judged to be a huge obstacle to its daily life, it could be caught anywhere and reduce the speed of the bird's movement. Sometimes it makes this bird difficult to fly because of the imbalance in body weight. Its true effect is only promoted during the breeding season, it helps male birds show off and attract their partners. However, if it is assessed, it still causes more trouble than it helps.

Hummingbirds and strange long beaks

We have encountered many birds with pretty small or lovely beaks used to store food reserves. This time, however, we will talk about a bird that seems to fly quite hard because of its long beak - hummingbirds.

The adaptation to the wall forced it to develop a part - the mine - becoming quite strange. This mine will help the bird take advantage of specialized foods - fuchsia and some other deeply pistil flowers. This species is the only bird in the world that has a longer beak than its own body. Normally, the hummingbird's beak will last about 10cm more than the head and tail. Moreover, the even longer tongue allows the bird to suck the bile of nearly every flower they approach. This bird exists in South America with an incredible number of individuals and almost no competition for food.

Black-winged stilts

Most birds have fairly balanced legs that are even smaller than their body size. But this is not true for black-winged stilts. As its name suggests, the legs of this species are two true stilts. The reason for this strangeness is due to adaptive pressures. Therefore, not only stilts but also some species such as herons, storks, flamingos have developed long legs, making them easy to feed in the water without actually swimming.

Overcoming all of the above species, the legs of the stilt bird hold the record of the longest legs compared to the body, even the ostrich species cannot keep up with this ratio. This bird has a body length of 35-40cm from the tip of the beak to the end of its tail and its length is 17-24cm long. We can easily see that feet account for up to 60% of the entire body's height. Their legs are not only long but also have a red color that looks quite outstanding.

Worming shoe laces with incredible length

We all know that most worms and worms have a long and slender body. Normally we may have been exposed to many types of worms that thought they were very long like roundworms, earthworms . But the body length of the shoe worms will surprise you. The shoelace is a non-combustible species, because of its non-combustibility, it has amazing growth potential and seems to have no limits. The development length of up to 9m is very normal and the longest known specimen of this species has a length of up to 55m. When put on the ground, you may feel nauseous when a shoelace looks like a long intestine.

This creepy animal also produces and secretes an unpleasant spicy slime. The effect of this slime is to chase the enemy when they close it. This allowed them to exist at the bottom of the sea until now even though it is considered an animal from ancient times.

The penis of the dodder

Ha or Ha Hai is a special type of arthropod, similar to sea oyster. Ha lives only in saltwater areas, usually shallow water and tides. Ha is a species that lives on cliffs, does not move throughout life. Now people know about 1,220 species of galaxies. The gut's part looks just like inside an oyster - a mollusk. Scientists have also been mistaken for a long time and even now many people still think that oysters and oysters have relatives. It's unbelievable that this swimmer has a family of shrimp and crabs.

In the animal world, if the blue whale is known as the largest penile species, then the silk-footed species is the most abundant. In fact, this may sound monstrous, but it will help this species with a lifestyle anchored and necessary for direct mating. Even their penis can stretch and size varies depending on environmental conditions. According to research at the University of Alberta's Department of Biology, it was found that their penis became longer and thinner in terms of light waves and became thicker, shorter in more extreme conditions. Their penis can become 8 times as long as the body's length.

The long tongue of bile-sucking bats

In fact, the bat is the second most abundant set of animals in the Beast class with about 1,100 species, accounting for 20% of mammals. About 70% of bat species eat insects, the rest mostly eat fruits and only a few species eat meat. Bats are necessary for ecology because they play a role in pollen pollination or dispersing seeds, the dispersion of many plants depends entirely on bats. One of the famous bats is the bile-sucking bat. The popularity of this species is due to its long famous tongue. The fact that no animal can match the length of the tongue compared to the body with bile-sucking bats. A small bat about 5cm in size has a tongue about 9cm long - almost double the body.

The mechanism and effect of the tongue is similar to that of hummingbirds. This bat will fly back and forth with flowers with deep pistons and take bile. After finishing, their tongue will automatically be retracted and collapsed in the animal's chest. This bat was first discovered in 2005 in Ecuador, becoming one of the latest bats discovered by science.

Fiddler crab with a giant one

The crab is a particularly recognizable crab species with a giant size, male crabs are often larger than females. This giant is also very strong, it can be used to resolve disputes between male crabs in a war for partners, but the special thing is that this one is not used much in finding food.

Another study of this crab shows another effect of the giant. These crabs are often found in hot sands due to sunlight, while crabs often feed on the surface, causing their body temperature to rise. The study between normal male crabs and the loss of a male crab shows that their body temperature is different, the lost crab has a much higher body temperature. So the scientists judged that the more of the crab's crabs could help regulate their body temperature under the hot sun.