Science for All

There’s thousands of animals living on planet Earth like us. We saw a lot of cats, dogs, giraffes, hippo and a lot more animals on the streets or in zoos. However, sometimes nature has new designs. Today I will talk about 3 blizzard animals in the world.        First encountered by Europeans in 1798, a pelt and sketch of a platypus were sent back to Great Britain by Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales. At first, scientists back then thought it was a hoax, assuming that a duck beak had been stitched into a beaver body. After confirming that the animal is real, we discover a lot of fun facts after that. Most of the platypuses lived in Australia, a place with a lot of strange animals such as kangaroos. Also platypus are venomous. The venom is made in venom glands that are connected to hollow spurs on the two behind legs; it is primarily made during the mating season. Also platypus lay eggs, even though they are mammals, which make them a strange creation of nature.           The second animal being listed is the blobfish. Yes I am not mistyping, there’s a species of fish named blobfish. This strange-looking fish swims in deep underwater regions ranging from 600 to 1,200 meters. Unlike many other fish species, blobfish don’t have scales. They have loose, flabby skin instead. Females lay up to 100,000 eggs in a single nest in rocky areas, on top of deep ocean platforms with warmer water temperatures. The diet of this fish includes crustaceans, sea urchins and even mollusks. They sit on the bottom of the ocean and wait for prey to come into their mouth. One interesting fact about this fish is that their original look isn’t a blob of fat and skin like we saw here. Instead they look like any other fish if they lived in their habitat, deep under the ocean. Because of the change of pressure, they inflate and turn into what we see now.     The final animal on this list is the axolotl. Also known as the Mexican walking fish, the Axolotl is one of the most unique amphibians in the world. In Aztec culture, axolotls are the salamander form of the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl. They are neotenic, meaning that the adults remain underwater and gills instead of having lungs and moving on land like frogs. They also have the ability to regenerate most of their body parts. In the wild, they’re mostly dark gray or  brown, or even black in color. Lighter colored axolotls, especially those with white bodies and pink gills, are usually bred as pets. While axolotls are nearly extinct in their native Mexico, they have been raised in labs for research purposes and being raised as pets by the public.