Very Exotic Shape/Size/Colour of Tropical Animal, Present Yours?

[Chlidonias]

regarding the Bay Cat, the original source simply says "In some cases important specimens were not preserved at all, such as the male Bornean bay cat, Catopuma badia, which was received from Beherend on 1st December 1934 and died on 18 January 1935, according to the zoo's records." (The italian zoological gardens and their role in mammal systematic studies, conservation biology and museum collections (PDF Download Available))

 

[vogelcommando]

And another strange one, a pipefish - don't know which species :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=470702733284383

 

[Komodo99]

Few more
Frilled Shark
Oarfish
Mola Mola or Giant Ocean Sun Fish
Short Beaked Common Dolphin
Blue legged Mantella

 

[vogelcommando]

The Archduke caterpillar :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155646444544252

 

[vogelcommando]

And another caterpillar :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10156369195026840

 

[vogelcommando]

A lot of ( very ) strange deep-sea creatures ( pictures start on page 28 ) :

Deep-water bony fishes collected by the B/O Miguel Oliver on the shelf edge of Pacific Central America: an annotated, illustrated and DNA-barcoded checklist | ROBERTSON | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Strange ( but beautiful ) kalydid-species :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1098088923611686

 

[Kakapo]

Ah, Markia hystrix, a famous one (the video is unavailable but the image is clearly visible). One of the various kinds of lichen-mimic katydids. However it's just a nymph.

 

[vogelcommando]

And another very strange one :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1956106848041323

 

[vogelcommando]

And another strange one :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1597312483685886

 

[Moorish]

Threetooth Pufferfish look very strange. It's a shame they aren't held in any aquariums.

 

[Kakapo]

Yes, one of my favourite of the tetraodontiforms (probably my second favourite after pygmy sunfish).

 

[vogelcommando]

Some kind of squid ? :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154916562856442

 

[gentle lemur]

Some kind of squid ? :

It's a sea slug (a k a sea hare) swimming; possibly Aplysia fasciata.

 

[vogelcommando]

It's a sea slug (a k a sea hare) swimming; possibly Aplysia fasciata.

Thank you very much gentle lemur !

 

[vogelcommando]

Several jellyfishes :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1271347409664181

 

[vogelcommando]

Deep-sea anglerfish :

 

[vogelcommando]

First thought was Barbapapa ( ) but it seems to be a placental jellyfish ( Deepstaria enigmatica ) :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=442201406221543

 

[vogelcommando]

A whole range of strange and beautifull onces ! :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1809447505788019

 

[vogelcommando]

Nice sepia-species :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=549684102169376