Weird Animals – A List Of The World’s Strangest Species

Atretochoana Eiselti
Atretochoana Eiselti
Image: Tobias von Anhalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific name: Atretochoana Eiselti

Type of animal: Amphibian

Family: Typhlonectidae

Where found: South America

Conservation status: Unassessed

Caecilians are a group of amphibians with snake-like, limbless bodies. All caecilians are weird animals, but Atretochoana Eiselti, is one of the weirdest.

Found in the Amazon basin, Atretochoana Eiselti grows up to 75 cm / 30 in. long and resembles a huge earthworm with a flat head, small eyes, and ringed body.

This bizarre rainforest animal obtains oxygen through its skin, and is the world’s largest lungless vertebrate.

Little is known about Atretochoana Eiselti, but the species is believed to be a burrowing predator that feeds on small invertebrates.