Giant African Land Snail

Achatina Fulica is better known as the giant African land snail, and it’s often linked with pest issues globally. The invasive snails breed at a fast pace, given that they are hermaphroditic having both female and male reproductive organs. 

They are also vectors for pathogens that cause severe damages to native plants and crops. Also, they’re known to feed on the concrete on houses around Miami for calcium, which they need to maintain their shells. Even with all that in mind, they are popular pets with YouTubers like Emzotic being proud owners of these giant snails.

Proboscis Monkey

The proboscis monkeys are also known as long-nosed monkeys. They usually have long tails with reddish-brown skin. However, they acquire their long noses as adults, and the younger proboscis monkeys have smaller noses. The monkeys are endemic to the mangrove forests of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

They also have bulging stomachs resembling pot bellies. The infants have blue-colored faces when they are born, which gradually darkens to a grey color as they grow and finally a cream color when they become adults. Several of the proboscis monkey species also have webbed toes.

Blue Dragon (Glaucus Atlanticus)

The blue dragon is a small sea slug species that belongs to the Glaucidae family. They are also known as blue sea slugs, blue angel, blue glaucus, or blue ocean slugs. The pelagic slugs are known to float upside down, working with the water’s surface tension to stay up. 

Their stomach also stores an air bubble, which helps it stay afloat. The slug is quite small, measuring just about 3 centimeters in length. They primarily feed on the marine hydrozoan, the Portuguese man o’ war as well as other pelagic creatures. They also steal appendages from the man-of-wars’ adding them to their own as a protection mechanism to scare off predators.