Variety of animals that we know little about

Pink grasshopper, flat-headed lizard

Pink grasshoppers, flat-headed lizards "red and blue green red" . are the animals that are favorably colored by the Mother Nature.

The animal world always contains many surprises and interesting things. Besides the animals with monstrous shapes and strange behavior, there is a big part of animals that Mother Nature wears on her unbelievably colorful clothes.

See the look of those "brilliant" colored animals through the comprehensive list of Cracked pages below.

1. Flat-headed lizard wearing "Spider-Man" costume

Mwanza Agama is known for its 'Spider-Man Lizard' because they can walk on the wall and look as if they are dressed in Spider-Man costume.

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This animal lives a lot in Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya. Mwanza Agama is about 15 - 23cm long, the head, neck and shoulders of this lizard species are usually purple or red while the rest of the body is covered in dark blue. What is special is that only males have colorful colors while females are only brown.

At the hottest time of the day, Mwanza Agama flat-headed lizards often expose themselves to Kenya's rocks and hills. More specifically, in the right temperature environment and a balanced diet including grasshoppers, crickets and worms, they can become pets and live up to 15 years.

2. Pink grasshopper

First discovered in 1887, this pink grasshopper is the result of a process called erythrism - similar to the process of gene diving in albino animals. This genetic transformation process causes their bodies to produce too many red pigments, which leads to changes in the external color.

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Normally grasshoppers are green, this will help them easily hide in nature and escape the pursuit of insect-eating animals. However, having brought in outstanding colors and living in non-tropical areas such as Osaka and the Midwestern United States, pink grasshoppers are easily discovered and eaten by enemies.

Of the 500, only one is the pink grasshopper. Currently, scientists are trying to create this species and have achieved the first success when the Audubon Laboratory in New Orleans welcomed the first batch of pink grasshoppers in brilliant colors in 2009.

3. Spiders jump "seven colors of rainbow"

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Spider dance is an animal that is favored by nature for its outstanding colors. There are studies that say this is a spider that slides because its belly scales function to help them glide smoothly in the air. However, in fact, this covering of male spiders has the function of helping them perform mating rituals.

When the partner is discovered, the spider will 'pop' the thin scales covering the abdomen and begin to flutter its legs, looking as if it is dancing to attract the attention of the opponent. Because the body is small and only lives in some parts of Australia, there is not much research about this particular animal.

Male dance can be repeated many times with different female spiders. The more attractive a child is, the easier it is to maintain the breed.

4. Pink pink blue dove

Pale green pigeons are a species of pigeons, they settle in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand alongside regular gray pigeons.

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Besides the rainbow-colored plumage, this rose-necked pigeon also possesses an extremely catchy song , described as a "repeated and repeated chirping and chirping song".

However, only the female pigeons have such special colors. Their favorite habitat is fruit trees. Besides, the colorful fur helps the pink pigeons easily hide in trees.

5. Pink snail

This is a newly discovered species of snail on Mount Kaputar (Australia). According to experts, volcanic eruptions 17 million years ago made the land of this mountainous region rich and nutritious, different from other areas of Australia, creating an ideal habitat for many animals. strange, including the pink snail.

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Scientists believe that this pink snail has the ability to camouflage, hide in good habitats because they often live on the leaves of red eucalyptus trees. However, this theory is rejected when the snail is often 'exposed' by clinging to the trunk rather than foliage.

So the most common explanation that experts present today is that pink snails are abandoned children of natural evolution, so they have a color that is not the same as their peers.

Update 16 December 2018
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