Animals with Astonishing Powers Part One!
Published by Meet Nature’s Super Animals: From the pufferfish pack with deadly poison, to the leafcutter ants with amazing strength, to the hummingbirds that flaps its wings with lightning speed; the natural world is full of animals with astonishing skills and amazing powers.
Animals With Astonishing Powers Part One!
Meet Nature’s Super Animals: From the pufferfish pack with deadly poison, to the leafcutter ants with amazing strength, to the hummingbirds that flaps its wings with lightning speed; the natural world is full of animals with astonishing skills and amazing powers.
Tarsier- Precise Night Vision
Possessing enormous eyes that are larger than its brain case and also its stomach, the Philippine tarsier truly deserves to be called a “Super Animal”. An excellent night hunter, it make use of its eyes to hunt for prey such as insects, worms, lizards and other small animals. Though, its eyes are fixed into the skull, the neck is flexible and can rotate almost 360°. Also, it has acute hearing due to its oversized ears. Endemic to the Philippines, this miniscule primate measures about 85-160 mm in height and weighs 113-142 grams. It has rough gray fur, narrow tail about 13 to 28 cm long, padded finger and toes, sharp teeth and elongated ankle bone. The Philippine tarsier is arboreal and solitary animal, spending its entire life in trees.
Pufferfish – Inflatable Body, Deadly poison
Don’t be deceived by its charming face. The pufferfish, mostly found in tropical waters, comprises about 120 species. Small to medium in size, and sporting bright colors, pufferfish are known to be slow swimmers or movers. But what it lack in speed and agility, is compensated by its unique and potent natural defenses. In addition to its pointed spines, puffers has the ability to inflate its elastic stomach with water to intimidate or escape from potential predators. Though a popular delicacy in Japan, most species of pipefish are highly poisonous. Its skin contains tetrodoxin, a potent and paralyzing poison, which is said to be up to 1,200 times more lethal than cyanide!
Chameleon – Invinsibility
If there is an award for the “Best in Costume” in the animal world, then, the chameleon is a crowd favorite. This highly specialized lizard can easily blend its appearance to its surroundings. It can easily change its color from green, yellow, orange, brown, black, blue, gold and even pink. That is what we call perfect adaptability! In so doing, chameleon seems to be invisible to its potential prey and predator. Most of chameleons are found in sub-Saharan Africa, although some species are found in Middle East, Europe and parts of Southeast Asia. They inhabit savannahs, rain forests and even deserts They vary in size from as small as 3.3 cm to 68.5 cm . Chameleons are expert climbers and have excellent visions, aiding them to see clearly their target. One remarkable trait chameleons have is their long, sticky tongue used in catching prey.
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On March 3, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Fantastic post, interesting and well written. Thanks for share.
On March 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm
A nice entry
On March 3, 2011 at 3:18 pm
What a fantastic article, papaleng. Really well researched and beautifully presented. I have learnt such a lot from it.
Christine
On March 3, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Incredible with awesome research papa. Keep it up.
On March 3, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Amazing article. Well researched and well presented.
On March 3, 2011 at 5:35 pm
cool
On March 3, 2011 at 10:07 pm
thanks paps for the info….some those are really new to me….
On March 3, 2011 at 11:04 pm
really astonishing powers… pufferfish and the sea cucumber really made me afraid of the sea more…LOL
I like the sea dragon anyways…really interesting…
On March 3, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Interesting topic. Well researched and written. I am particularly interested in seeing Tarsier rotates its neck almost 360°.
On March 3, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Cute & fantastic animals
On March 4, 2011 at 12:20 am
I’m afraid of that pufferfish!
Another great post paps!
On March 4, 2011 at 12:28 am
It\’s like reading bios from Marvel mutants.
On March 4, 2011 at 12:42 am
Very well researched, Papa. Wow…remarkable.
On March 4, 2011 at 1:02 am
excuse me, the pufferfish is really pretty and cute! lol. wala pang nakaisip na gawing sapatos yan! hehehe.. pwede.
On March 4, 2011 at 2:16 am
Nice write, very fantastic info!! Thanks for sharing
On March 4, 2011 at 3:14 am
most beautiful great work
On March 4, 2011 at 3:33 am
Loved this papaleng. These creatures are amazing.
On March 4, 2011 at 4:37 am
Those animals are really wonderful.
On March 4, 2011 at 5:32 am
Honestly idol,from the three,I’ve seen only the pufferfish in person,lol! I didn’t know it’s poisonous!
On March 4, 2011 at 7:44 am
first time I saw these creatures. Thanks papz!
On March 4, 2011 at 9:04 am
Some amazing animals. Thank you for sharing.
On March 4, 2011 at 9:52 am
I’ve always loved the chameleon..and as usual I enjoyed your pictures. Fantastic work!
On March 4, 2011 at 11:25 am
wish i’d been a chameleon… with the tarsier’s sight.. lol!
On March 4, 2011 at 4:36 pm
nice post,
On March 4, 2011 at 6:09 pm
nice animal trivia
On March 4, 2011 at 7:37 pm
yeeek, I don’t live near the sea so I wont need to worry.
On March 4, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Your articles are always so interesting and enjoyable to read.
On March 4, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Aside from tarsier, I like the chameleon. The sea cucumber’s melting when it senses danger is cool. Very informative article. Great photos too.
On March 4, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Your great writing adds to the pics so well.
On March 4, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Wow. Amazing. I love hummingbirds the most not only because of their speed and hovering powers but also their beautiful colors and everything.
On March 5, 2011 at 3:22 am
Cool pics, cool abilities! Thanks, papaleng!
On March 5, 2011 at 8:00 am
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On March 5, 2011 at 6:41 pm
I am so happy the tarsier is included. This animal of ours is really amazing not to mention very cute. Good article, kuya
On March 5, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Weird little creatures.
On March 5, 2011 at 8:09 pm
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On March 6, 2011 at 11:35 am
Interesting read. Some of them have weird looking appearance!
On March 6, 2011 at 11:37 am
Interesting read but some of them have weird looking appearance!
On March 7, 2011 at 1:11 am
Really interesting and fantastic animals.
Nature never ceases to amaze me
On March 8, 2011 at 9:43 am
A great piece!
On March 9, 2011 at 1:34 pm
crazy awesome!
On March 10, 2011 at 5:36 am
I’d like to add skunk here papaleng! Hahaha. It’s weapon would be the worst.
On March 18, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Nice one papaleng. I think the last one should be invisibility.
On March 19, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Excellent article man
On March 28, 2011 at 3:28 am
A chameleon is just an amazing animal!
On April 2, 2011 at 9:57 am
Amazing information.
On April 4, 2011 at 4:27 am
that spiky little fish looks lethal – I wouldn’t want to step on one!!
On August 14, 2011 at 11:39 am
Great article papaleng.