10 animals with strange abilities

10 animals with strange abilities

BPO - Spraying water to shoot insects, mimicking the appearance of other species are two of the strange abilities of animals on the planet.

10 animals with strange abilities

Wood frog hibernates. The wood frog Rana sylvatica lives from North America to the Arctic Circle. This frog goes into "hibernation" as soon as their skin feels the cold of winter. They stop the functioning of internal organs and breathing like a dead frog. When spring comes, the blood of the wood frog begins to circulate, and the animal returns to normal activities. Photo: Joe McDonald/Corbis

10 animals with strange abilities

Hairy frogs make claws from bones. The hairy frog Trichobatrachus robustus can break their bones to form claws. The special thing is that these claws only protrude from the toe pads when they are threatened. Scientists still do not know how this bone shrinks. They acknowledge that amphibians have regenerative tissue that helps wounds heal. Photo: DeAgostini

10 animals with strange abilities

Giant spider web. The spider Caerostris darwini weaves giant webs with anchored silk threads up to 25 meters long, spreading across bodies of water (puddles, ponds, lakes...). The silk they release is very strong and tough, used to catch bait. It is two  times stronger than any other silk and 10 times stronger than Kevlar (the lightweight, ultra-strong material used in bulletproof armor). Photo: Gallo Images

10 animals with strange abilities

"Water Bear" has super intense vitality.  nicknamed "water bear", Tardigrade is a very small invertebrate, ranging in length from 0.25 to 0.5 mm. This creature survives in pressures 6 times higher than the deepest ocean floor, waters with temperatures up to 149°C and even in space. Photo: Corbis

10 animals with strange abilities

Planarian flatworms regenerate severed bodies. A planarian flatworm (family Planariidae) is difficult to kill because of its ability to regenerate a whole body from a small part of the body that is severed. Photo: Corbis

10 animals with strange abilities

Fish spray water to shoot insects. Archer fish possessed the ability to hunt with high accuracy marksmanship. They shoot water jets at prey above the water (for example, a small insect), causing the prey to fall into the water and the fish simply snaps. Photo: Nature

10 animals with strange abilities

Beetles lift heavy objects. The Horned Beetle Onthophagus Taurus is one of the strongest animals in the world with the ability to pull objects weighing 1,140 times its own body weight. Photo: Aaron Ansarov

10 animals with strange abilities

Octopuses mimic other animals. The species Thaumoctopus mimicus lives in the dark seabed areas, around Indonesia and the Great Barrier Reef (the world's largest coral reef). They can arbitrarily change shape, color to skin texture to "turn into" toxic sea creatures such as sea snakes or lion fish. This feature helps them to protect themselves and against predators. Photo: Thinkstock

10 animals with strange abilities

Moles are immune to cancer. The mole Heterocephalus glaber has a strong immune system. Their lifespan is about 30 years, 9 times longer than ordinary mice. The special thing is that they never got cancer. Photo:Corbis

10 animals with strange abilities

According to scientists, humans may have hidden abilities that researchers have not yet discovered. Artwork: Thinkstock