The world is still a lot unknown.
It would seem that the land of our beautiful planet studied by scientists so thoroughly that to expect the discovery of new, unknown species of animals is not necessary. But no, biologists still continue to amaze us with their next discoveries. And the waters of the World ocean and does not speak. According to experts, there are still hundreds of thousands of creatures whose existence we do not even suspect. We offer you to get acquainted with new kinds of living creatures opened in this century.
“Walking” shark
The shark, discovered off the coast of the Indonesian island of Halmahera belongs to the family of Asian big cats, sharks and knows how to walk. Amazing fish moves along the sea floor using four front fins.
Giant land turtle
The population of these animals lives on the island of Santa Cruz. Last year it was allocated in a separate kind of Head of right.
Deep sea angler
On a new species of deep-sea angler fish, the researchers came across in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of about 1.5 km.
Horned beetle
First horned beetle was discovered in 2008 in Peru. By a curious coincidence he was like the character of disney’s “a bug like a beetle, released in 1998.
Psychedelic clown
Unknown until 2008, the representative of the family klounovyh met scientists off the coast of the island of Ambon, Indonesia. Colorful fish almost swims and moves it, jumping on the bottom and pushing off the legs like pectoral fins.
Seahorse-baby
The sizes of the crumbs are 1.5 cm in length and 1 centimeter in height. It dwells in the heart of the island Derawan, Indonesia, where he caught for the first time in 2008.
Burmese snub-nosed monkey
The monkeys have opened in 2010, very strange nose. During rain the water gets in her nostrils and she starts to sneeze, and if you don’t find a shelter, it may choke.
Frog-Pinocchio
In the Foya mountains in Indonesia in may 2010 research expedition came across the amphibian with an unusually long nose. When the frog starts to scream, her nose rises.
Microquake
Endemic to Papua New Guinea, opened in 2009, has a length of less than 7 millimeters.
Spider Darwin
On the territory of Madagascar is home to a tiny, size 3-6 millimeters, the spider, the area of the web which can reach 3 square meters, and toughness is 10 times higher than Kevlar.
Raccoon olegito
The size of that raccoon living in Colombia and Ecuador, the smallest in the entire family. It weighs in the order of pounds, and in length does not exceed 40 cm.
Vietnamese stick insect
In 2015, not far from Hanoi (Vietnam) scientists have found a very large insect, body size which is 23 centimeters. It’s amazing how much time he was able to remain unnoticed in the territory, many times studied by entomologists.
Malaysian zlatovlaska
This jade zlatovlaska accidentally was discovered in Malaysia. In 2012, photographed by her Amateur photographer posted a picture in one of the social networks to help determine its species affiliation.
The Philippine monitor lizard
Six-foot lizard lives in the trees on the island of Luzon, Philippines. Loving creating it eats only fruit trees and snails. At the moment, described in 2010 the species is under threat of extinction.
Sad monkey
In 2012, in the house of one school teacher in Congo, scientists first saw a specimen of this species. Local residents of its existence had been known for a long time.
Glowing clam
Whelks live near a Japanese island and knows how to glow. Finally, biologists were able to find the medium between the shellfish that eat the polyps, and those who prefer the coral diet.
Shrimp-skeleton
The form of this creature is truly fantastic. Its body length is no more than 3 millimeters, and she lives in the Pacific ocean, off the coast of California.
Snake-wicked (Sibon noalamina)
This snake, discovered in 2012, only pretending to be dangerous, by copying the pattern of the poisonous coral snakes. In fact, she feeds on snails, worms and slugs.
Fish-man (Halieutichthys intermedius)
Creature belonging to the family netopyrej, was first detected in 2010. It is floating, and to be precise, crawling, leaning on the fins in the Gulf of Mexico. While hunting predatory fish buries itself in the soil and releases into water-smelling substance that attracts its prey.
Transparent blind snail
These snails live in the dark Croatian caves where they were discovered in 2010. They have no eyes, their shell has no pigmentation, and they move extremely slowly — a few centimeters per week.
