These Things Are Not Supposed To Exist But We Have Seen Them We think we understand the orld, but there comes a time when something comes along that defines all
logic. Today, we will be looking at some weird animals that shouldn’t really exist, but defy logic by
existing. Do you think you’re safe swimming in lakes and rivers? Stay tuned for number one to find out
that you’re gravely mistaken.
Freshwater Seals
We normally associate seals with saltwater, but there is a species of seal that live exclusively in fresh
water. Known locally as the Nerpa and possibly half a million years old as a species, the Baikal Seal is the
only true entirely freshwater seal species on the planet, restricted to the deep and mysterious Lake
Baikal, which is in fact the deepest lake on Earth. These aquatic carnivores are a species of uncertain
origin, still presenting a mystery to biologists who have yet to precisely pin down the circumstances
leading up to their establishment in the lake as an endemic species.
Lake Baikal is not only extraordinarily deep, it is also extremely cold, with ice that remains into the
spring breeding season. Well adapted to their environment, female Baikal Seals have developed the
ability to create ice dens, in which they take shelter and subsequently give birth, usually to one pup. A
small seal, the Baikal Seal may reach just past 4.5 feet in length and weigh no more than 154 pounds in
most cases. The gray colored, docile lake seals maintain breathing holes in the ice and haul out along
rocky shorelines in warmer weather.
Lizards in the Ocean
People often relate lizards to desserts, or sometimes on a rocky outcrop or a fallen tree in a jungle
somewhere, but them and the ocean just isn’t clicking. Yet, a member of this vast and diverse group of
small dinosaur lookalikes has done the unimaginable and become marine, basking on wave splashed
rocks and foraging under the surf. Native to the Galapagos Islands and surrounding waters, the large and
colorful Marine Iguana is a lizard that has mastered the sea, hauling out on rocks like a sea lion in
between dives below the waves, where they forage on marine algae and seaweeds chewed off the
surface of submerged rocks.
Their plant-based diet is easily harvested with the help of the iguana’s razor like teeth. Measuring over 3
feet in length and weighing up to 22 pounds, the Marine Iguana is the only ocean-going lizard on the
planet. Large groups of breeding females jockey for space in the breeding season, while males fight
fiercely for a chance to mate with the female of their choice. The dinosaur-like creatures are normally
blackish or greyish in color, but the males stand out with its greenish and reddish hues that come into
color during the breeding season, signaling dominance and urging females to select them as mates.
Poisonous Birds
When one thinks of poisonous animals, our minds immediately go to various reptiles like snakes, or even
amphibians like poison dart frogs, and sometimes even mammals like the platypus, but never in our lives
would we think that there are poisonous birds. But the fact is, there are. The different species of Pitohui
from New Guinea are toxic feathered beauties from the rainforest, to be approached with great care.
Native to the rainforest environments of New Guinea, the Hooded Pitohui is correctly termed as a
poisonous species as a highly dangerous batrachotoxin is present throughout the bird’s feathers, skin
and flesh. The bird’s toxicity became apparent in 1989 when a California Academy of Sciences based
researcher named Jack Dumbacher who had set out to study birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea
noticed burning pain in his hands when scratched by the peculiar Pitohuis caught in nets originally
intended to catch birds of paradise for closer inspection.
The toxins that make up the chemical arsenal of these birds are in fact the same lethal compounds
found in poison dart frogs notorious for being capable of killing predators and humans alike. Exactly why
the birds possess this toxicity remains a matter of scientific interest, with associated speculation that the
bright colors of these birds warns potential predators of their chemical laden bodies.
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