Sunday, January 16, 2011

Dracula Fish

The dracula fish (also knows as "Danionella dracula") is a species from tropical danionin fish category. This Ugly Animal originates from Burma and it is a freshwater fish. If you want to know why it is called as a Dracula Fish, check out its "fangs" then you will know for yourself.

This fish was identified in April 2007 when a payload of Aquarium Fish speciment were shipped to the United Kingdom. Till date, these Ugly Animals are found only in small number at Sha Du Zup between Tanai and Mogaung in the northern part of Burma. It is a colorless creature and it can grow up to 17mm (that is 0.67 inches) at the maximum.

The Dracula fish has an elongated stretched body shape with a real large head and big eyes. It however does not have scales and its upper body is prevailed by the jaws. If you think you can feast on these ugly animals for your dinner then you are wrong because a lot of the fish's flesh is rubbery.
Wiki says, The natural diet of the dracula fish is unknown but in captivity it eats shrimp larvae, small nematodes and fish flakes. Close relatives of the fish feed upon small crustaceans and invertebrates.
Ugly Animals - Dracula Fish



Blobfish

Some people think Blob Fish are comical looking and the others think they are disgusting. These Blog fishes are completely made up of gelatinous substance and have no muscles at all. They just drift and float in the same place all the time expecting their next meal. They do not put any effort in searching for their food. Aren't they just lazy asses?

This Blob fish are seen off the Australian coast and also in Tasmania but hey do not anticipate to see them on your holidays because they are very rare to come by.

Ugly Animals Blob Fish



A recent study says that
The blob fish, which can grow up to 12 inches, is in danger of being wiped out by over-fishing in its south eastern Australian habitat. The fish, which lives at depths of up to 800m, is rarely seen by humans but it lives at the same depths as other ocean organisms, such as crabs and lobsters and other edible sea creatures. As a result the fish, which is inedible, is being dragged up with other catches by trawler fishermen

Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper

Snakes are always ugly. An exception to it is Cobra. yep! No matter what you think, I personally love cobras. They are venomous, dangerous, poisonous - I agree to all that but still they are cute and beautiful! :)

The species we are gonna see today in Ugly Animals is "Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper". It  is a green colored snake. The formal name for this snake is "Trimeresurus gumprechti". This species is found in the Greater Mekong especially in the Southeast Asian regions. 2002 is the year when this Ugly Animal was first discovered.

I do not think this guys looks like he is happy that we found it, does he? :D

Ugly Animals - Green Pit Viper



Saturday, January 15, 2011

Oriental Yeti

Yeti are hairless creatures and are said to be found in the China's remote woodlands. There is no more information from me or the Science world to say about this animal. All I know and heard of is - this Yeti is transported to Beijing by the Scientists to carry out the DNA tests for learning and trying to understand what exactly this animal is!

Here are some pictures of Original Yeti for you:

Ugly Animal Original Yeti


Apart from saying this looks as ugly as hell, I really feel pity towards this creature. I don't know why but I just do!

Baird Tapir

You sure must have heard of Tapirs.
Tapirs are Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout
Now, talking about the, "Baird Tapir" they are the largest mammal found in Mexico up to South America. The statistics say these ugly animals grow 6.6 ft in length and 3.9 ft in height on an approximate rate. As if these Baird Tapirs are not ugly already, GOD has given them have only three toes on each back foot and four toes on each front foot.

I am not gonna try to justify why Baird Tapirs are ugly animals. I let the pictures do the job for you:

Ugly Animal Baird Tapir


Baird Tapir's Rear Foot

Little Lorikeets

Do you know what Lorikeets are? They are the smaller ones of "lories". Now, do not ask me what are lories :D
Lories are Small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
Here is the picture of a Lorie

You may even think - "Are you nuts? This is not ugly! This is nowhere near ugly and this can never be ugly in no one's eyes" I agree :)

This is plain beautiful and even attempting to call it ugly will be nothing but pure stupidity. If it is that beautiful why is it even here in this Ugly Animals blog then?

Now, that is a surprise! There is saying, "Even the little ones of a Pig look cute!" but hey there are exceptions always to every thing we say and this Lorikeets are an exception too! Do you want to see the little ones?

Okay, here is the Lorikeets that are just 12 days old. These are native to the East Coast Australia. While Lories are really beautiful their little ones still need some coloring to do. Until then they sure are Ugly!

Ugly Animals - Little Lorikeets

Vampire Flying Frog

This froggy creature is called as the "Vampire Flying Frog". Now for those who love Vampires this one may not look ugly :D

Ugly Animal Vampire Flying Frog


Coming to the facts, this Ugly Animal (Is Frog an Animal?) has been found in the mountain jungles of the Vietnam. This species was first found during 2008 and this 5 centimeter long frog is said to be found only in the cloud forests of Southern Vietnamese. This Ugly Animal glides from tree to tree using its webbed fingers and toes.

Now you may wonder why did I list here in the Ugly Animals - valid question! The uglier part is yet to come...

Guess what?

This Vampire frog tadpoles have small black fangs. The scientists found out in 2010 that its tadpoles have the strange curved black "fangs".

However, what the scientists do not yet understand is - what is the purpose of these fangs? Nevertheless, these frogs often feed their tadpoles by laying unfertilized eggs as meals. Now that is disgusting! There is a guess that these fangs could be helpful in slicing or slitting up those eggs, may be? :)