LIST: 12 Weird Animals You Didn't Even Know Existed!

What's Weird: If the way of eating you see above wasn't enough, consider that the gerenuk can go ITS ENTIRE LIFETIME without drinking water.

What's Weird: Beyond the long legs, what we find fascinating here is that, when it senses danger, the mane around the wolf's neck stands erect.

What's Weird: You're looking at it. No, really, what you see is a male performing its mating ritual. Weird, huh!?

What's Weird: Part Herpestidae, part Viverridae, part Felidae (and maybe part Eupleridae), the fossa has bee notoriously difficult to properly classify.

What's Weird: The Japanese Spider Crab can tip the scales at 41 pounds. Enough said.

What's Weird: See those curly things on its head? Look closer. Those are its tentacles!

What's Weird: Away from where they graze, alpacas actually use a communal dung pile.

What's Weird: The tail of a margay can span as much as 20 inches, which is roughly 70% of their body length.

What's Weird: Axolotls exhibit neoteny, meaning that they can reach maturity without metamorphosis, making it so that they can reproduce sooner in their lives.

What's Weird: They got their name because their mustaches make them look like German Emperor Wilhelm II.

What's Weird: It's all about the head--they have a flexible neck; they have 15-20 pairs of teeth; unlike what we usually think of when we think about dolphins, they don't have a beak.

What's Weird: They only call the Andes Mountains home. What isn't weird about that is the fact that human action is making the Andes unlivable for this now-endangered species. You can read more about the Andean Cat below.