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Caecilians are amphibians like salamanders and frogs, but they are often mistaken for earthworms or snakes. They don't have any limbs and their tails are short. Most of Caecilians have toxic glands in their skin that sometimes protect them from being eaten by other animals.
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The anglerfish are one of the strangest creatures on earth. They have the most unusual mating method known as parasitic reproduction. More interestingly, in some fish there can be multiple males incorporated into a single female, with some species having up to eight males per female.
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On average, Ocean Sunfish weighs about 1,000 kg and range between 6 and 10 feet across, making them the largest bony fish species. They doesn't have a normal-looking tail. Instead, it has a lumpy appendage called a clavus, which evolved through the fusion of the fish's dorsal and anal fin rays.
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The hammerhead worm is a terrifying, toxic terrestrial flatworm. Several species are considered as invasive to the United States and to Europe. They detect prey using chemoreceptors located under the head or ventral groove. When digestion is complete, the worm's mouth also serves as its anus.
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The gulper eel is one of the most bizarre looking creatures in the deep sea. Its most notable attribute is the large mouth and the enormous mouth is much larger than the eel's body. The mouth is loosely hinged, and can be opened wide enough to swallow an animal much larger than itself.
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Blue sea dragon have a flat, tapering body and six appendages that branch out into rayed, finger-like cerata. Like most nudibranchs, this species incorporates toxic chemicals or stinging cells from its prey into its own skin. In addition, the venom of the them remains active even after it dies.
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