Animal wonders color changing species

In the world there are most extraordinary species that are able to change their body color according to the environment.

They are:

1.Side swimming bottom feeding flounder

2.Shape and species shifting mimic octopus

3.Classic color changing chameleon lizards

4.Insect stalking duo tone spider

5.Madly laughing quick changing tree frog

6.Shell switching faux ladybug beetle

7.Arctic foxes and other seasonal color shifters

If you notice the picture clearly you will be able to see a lizard the blends perfectly. At the times the ability to change color seems to be an animal super power.

Some species are still more exciting that they can change their body shape as well the color according to the surrounding. Outfit change is normal for other species and it is seasonal as this helps them to avoid their predators. But this culled species are remarkable ones in the animal history.

First lungless frog discovered

In the jungles of Borneo a frog that breathes through its skin has been discovered. The frog does not posses lungs for its respiration. The biologist Bickford said that “it’s like a cookie, it’s almost completely flat. So initially when you pick up in the water you know this thing is strange”. The frog is so ugly as well as so cute. The frog is named as Barbourula kalimantanensis.

In the globe many frogs breathe through lungs but the Bornean flat headed frog is the one without the lungs. It appears that the frog has shed its lungs millions of years ago to adapt themselves to the fast flowing cold water rivers. Since cold water contains more oxygen making them possible to breathe through skin.

Apart from this frog only three other amphibians are found to evolve without the lungs. They are two species of salamander and caecilian a worm like creature.

The biologist believe that the lungs may have made the frogs ancestors to optimistic in the fast flowing waters increasing the risk of being swept away.

Cone snail

Cone snail is the popular species of the snail family. Their scientific name is conidae. These snails have cone shaped shell, fleshy foot different from other snails. They are mainly found in Indian and Pacific Ocean, Caribbean and red sea and the in the coast of Florida. Many of these species live near the coral reef. The subspecies of the cone snail are found under the rocks. These can be seen even in Australia.

Cone snails are medium sized predators. The shell of this snail ranges in the not less than 9 inches. The shell has the shape of an ice cream cone. The narrow end of the shell is the anterior end of the snail.

Cone snails are carnivorous animals and are predators. They hunt on the worms, small fish, mollusks and other cone snails for their food. This type of snail uses the venomous harpoon to catch the fast moving prey as they are slow movers. This venom of the adult snail is harmful to the humans as they might kill them.

The cone snails are attracted to the human eyes by their bright colors and patterns. This coloration tends the human to lift the animal and keep them in their hand. But this highly risky and we should avoid contact with this species. As this snail has the ability to sting on the human body and the harpoon can penetrate even through the gloves and suits. The toxins of this snail are more likely to the ones of the puffer fish and blue ringed octopus.

Half zebra and half horse

An animal that lived before 1883 is Quagga that was once found in huge numbers in South Africa Cape Province and in the southern part of the Orange Free State.

• Kingdom: Animalia


• Phylum: Chordata


• Class: Mammalia


• Order: Perissodactyla


• Family: Equidae

This animal belongs to the subspecies of the plain zebra, but it is has the vivid marks of zebra in the front part of the body only. The stripes are faded in the mid-section and the inter stripe space became wider and plain brown appears in the hindquarter and with withers is about 1.30 meters long.

In 1788 Quagga was classified in to an individual species and a great confusion revolved around the naturalists and explores since no two zebras were same. So because of the great confusion and the farmers hunting the quagga this species became extinct.

For meat and leather the Quagga were hunted by the South African farmers. The DNA study about the extinct animals was first started from Quagga.

Yeti Crab

This crab was discovered in 2005 along the South Pacific Ocean. The scientific name is Kiwa hirsuta. It is approximately 6 inches long. This creature is notable for its silky blond resembling fur covering the thoracic legs and claws.

This creature was found about 1,500 km south of Easter Island, at a depth of 7,200 feet living on hydrothermal vents. This species form a new genus and family called Kiwaidae. The animal is thought to be blind since it has strongly reduced eyes which lack pigments.

This crab gets rid of the poisonous minerals in the water emitted by the hydrothermal vents by the filamentous bacteria contained in the pincers. It feed on bacteria. It also feed on the green algae and small shrimp.