8 Eccentric Animals in the World, from Dabbah to Prairie Chicken
- U-Report
VIVA – Animals are one of the living things that inhabit the earth. It turns out, there are many unique and eccentric animals that are rarely encountered by people. Usually, these rare animals have exotic patterns and amazing colors.
These eccentric animals existence is rare and almost extinct because many people are interested in the uniqueness of these animals.
1. Amazon Royal Flycatcher
This bird is known as the Amazon Royal Flycatcher. This animal is usually found in forests and in most of the Amazon basin.
This bird can generally be found in low densities but overall remains widespread and common. The length of this unique and mysterious animal reaches 6.5 inches.
2. Snub-nosed Monkey
The Snub-nosed Monkey is one of the most eccentric but also scary monkey species. This animal has a body that can reach 51 to 84 cm in length with a tail length of 55 to 97 cm.
The name snub-nose was chosen because it was inspired by the shape of these animals' short noses and their round faces with nostrils towards the front. In addition, this monkey also has fur that is quite diverse and long enough.
3. Sunda Flying Lemur
Animals that have the scientific name Galeopterus variegatus or also known as Sunda Colugo. This animal cannot fly, but it can jump and slide from one tree to another.
This one animal is also very active at night and will usually eat soft plant parts, such as young leaves, shoots, flowers, or fruits.
This Sunda Flying Lemur is found in all regions of Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and even Singapore.
4. Dabbah
Dabbah is an animal that is said to be capable of speaking. There are several characteristics possessed by this dabbah animal. One surely thing from the character of this animal is different from other animals in general on earth.
The appearance of this one animal also a sign of the apocalypse because this animal can talk.
5. Prairie Chicken
The prairie chicken is a North American chicken that lives in the Midwest. There are two species of prairie chicken, namely large and small chickens.
The large prairie chicken is found in the high prairies and mixed prairies of the Midwest or northern plains. Meanwhile, smaller species inhabit the drier, shorter prairies of Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and Oxlahoma.
6. Bearded Reedling
Bearded Reedling is a songbird that is unique because it lives solitary or Monotypic. This one bird has a characteristic small orange-brown color with a long and wavy tail.
Bearded Reedling is a wetland species that breeds in large bamboo nests above lakes or swamps.
Usually, these animals eat bamboo aphids in summer and young bamboo in winter. The largest population of this animal can be found at the mouth of the river Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
7. Mambruk Victoria
Mambruk Victoria is a bird species in the bird family Columbidae. This Victorian mambruk is one of the three species of crown pigeon and is the largest species among pigeon species.
This Victorian Mambruk bird has a large size with a length of up to 74 cm and has gray-blue feathers, a fan-like crest with a white tip, a purplish maroon chest, a gray beak, with a thick red stripe on the wings and the tip of the tail.
8. Zebra Duiker
The Zebra Duiker usually can be found on the Ivory Coast and other parts of Africa.
This animal has golden or reddish-brown coats with distinctive zebra-like stripes. In addition, this unique and mysterious animal has dark markings on the upper legs and a golden-brown face.
It can grow up to 90 cm long, 45 cm high and weigh up to 20 kg. The horns of this animal are also similar to branches with a length that can reach about 4.5 cm.Zebra Duikers live in lowland rainforests and most of them eat leaves and fruit.