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Real or Fake? 15 Animals So Strange You'd Swear We Made Them Up

<div><p>The internet is full of weird and wonderful things - many of them are made up. </p><p>The world, however, is full of strange creatures that are totally legit - even if they do look like someone handed lab keys to your drunk brother.</p><p>It doesn't come as a surprise that most of these weird things come from the deep sea, but you might be surprised to learn that a few of these freaky creatures live on land too!</p><p>See how many do you think are real or fake?</p><h3>1. Aye-Aye</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>2. Star-Nosed Mole</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>3. The North American Batcoon</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3.png" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_550px.png 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_650px.png 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_750px.png 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_850px.png 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3_GH_content_950px.png 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>4. Blob Fish</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3></h3><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><h3>5. Japanese Spider Crab (man for scale)</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>6. Striped Elephant</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-4.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-4_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>7. Red-lipped Batfish</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>8. Umbonia Spinosa ( I think it flies)</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-6.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-6_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3></h3><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><h3>9. Flying Shark-Hawk</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-7_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>10. Hummingbird Hawk-Moth</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-8.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-8_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>11. Majestic Sea Pig</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-9.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-9_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>12. Super Rodent: The Patagonian Maras </h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-10.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-10_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3></h3><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><h3>13. Maned Wolf</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-11.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-11_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>14. The Dalmatian Butterfly Larva</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-12.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><h3>15. Lowland Streaked Tenrec</h3><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-13.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2250303105-3-13_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>So, which ones do you think are real? Which ones are made up?</p><p><em>Did you guess: 14, 9, 6 and 3? You were right!</em></p><p><strong>Like and Share!</strong></p></div>

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