Vampires, ghosts, and swimming skeletons? These monsters aren’t supernatural creatures—they’re real animals! Watch these monsters transform into real creatures below!
1. Vampire Squid
This vampire is no bloodsucker though! The vampire squid doesn’t prey on live animals, instead it feeds on dead plankton, algae, and other expired stuff floating in the water. Its spooky name comes from the squid’s red body, blue eyes, and cloak-like connective tissue between its arms.
2. Ghost Bat
This Australian bat is nocturnal, which means it’s most active at night. But the long, soft fur is a dead giveaway that this little bat is no ghost.
3.Thorny Devil
The thorny devil’s spiky skin warns predators that it is off the menu, this Australian lizard also uses its skin to stay hydrated! When the thorny devil brushes past some dewy grass, water flows through little grooves between the spikes and toward its mouth.
4. Skeleton Shrimp
With their slender, see-through bodies, it’s easy to see how these creepy crustaceans got their name. Living in oceans all over the world, these shrimps hook onto seaweed and other animals, then reach out with their pincers for just about anything that floats by.
5. Death’s-Head Hawk Moth
Markings on this moth’s look similar to a human skull (do you see it?). But that’s not the only strange thing about this moth, common in Europe and Asia. When disturbed, the moth makes a squeaking sound from muscles behind its mouth.
6. Goblin Shark
Although it looks like a fierce predator, this shark doesn’t chase its food. Scientists think that goblin sharks simply wait for a fish to swim close enough to become its food.
7. Gila Monster
Like a creature hiding under the bed, the gila monster will spend most of its life underground (but in a burrow). This lizard, which lives in the southwestern United States, may eat only three or four big meals a year. Its venom is about as toxic as a diamondback rattlesnake’s, but they don’t have as much of it and don’t inject it like a snake does.
8. Yeti Crab
The crab lives in deep-water oceans near hydrothermal vents, where the temperature of the water could be well over 1292°C. Finding food in this harsh environment can be scary, so the crabs have hairlike structures on their chest and arms to attract—and even grow—bacteria.
Credits: TeenNews