Explain to me what kind of animal this is? (18 photos)

Here is a new special issue of the “Explain to me what kind of joke this is?” section. Instead of different things, people decided to find out from Internet experts the names of curious animals that they came across. Let's see what unknown animals are included in the selection. As always, it will be interesting.

"What is this strange duck?"





This is a spectacled eider.

"Saw this creature in Mozambique"



This is a marbled reed frog.

“And what is this cute rodent?”





This is a baby groundhog.

“I don’t know who it is, but he knows how to pose for a photo!”



This is a Comorian day gecko.

"What a strange fat snake"



This is the eastern hog-nosed snake. She is not poisonous.

“Eh, friend. Why are you hanging your nose? Who are you, anyway?”



This is the Chilean pine weevil.

"Very glamorous and a big slug!"



This is a red triangle slug.

"Stunning. I found a little dragon!"



This is a sun horned lizard. She can shoot blood from her eyes.

“They recently flew to my site. Who are these couple?”



These are sandhill cranes.

"I won't lie, I squealed in fear when I saw it!"



This is "Aphrodite" - a genus of marine polychaete worms that live in the Mediterranean Sea, the eastern and western parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

"Wow, is this some kind of baby Cthulhu?"



This is a bristly pleco with albinism.

"Never seen a video of triangle turtles in my life!"



This is a musk turtle.

"I'm not a coward, but I'm scared. Who is this... dude?"



This is a male tube spider.

"Very small, sweet and extremely clever guy"



This is a rock hyrax.

“What a funny dog. Looks like a toy. What breed is this?”



This is a cross between a Wire Fox Terrier and a Bichon Frize.

“It’s either a bear, or a wolverine, or someone else. But he behaves like a cat!”



This is a binturong.

"It's a rat, right? With a mutation? Splinter?"



This is a white-toothed shrew.

"Saw this in Phuket"



This is a feather star.