Who needs Aliens

Let's first fathom these aliens on our planet.. then we'll worry about the ones on the outside. *not my photographs*

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The Leaf Nosed Snake

Madagascar is their only crib. With that pointed tip nose and a head shaped like just another leaf in the forest, they own camouflage. Although quite easily stressed out and not fatal to humans they attack with the same vicious power as their viper friends and are the most difficult to spot, ever. 

Intricate design pointers.

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The Emerald Jewel Wasp

Freaky Lady is a born neuro surgeon. The female has perfected the art of turning its prey into a zombie! They have the greatest precision at injecting toxic venom that destabilizes the cockroach's brain to carry out normal functions but makes sure to keep it living and functional. Then she stuffs it in to a corner and lays her egg into its body. a few weeks later a brand new wasp pops out after slowly eating the cockroach alive.

Well, something can kill a cockroach. I'm happy.

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The Angora Rabbit

There's a rabbit in there somewhere. Devils of love, have something close to the greatest amount of patience while you can peacefully pet it's softer-then-cashmere fur. They are so lovable, I tell you, they're aliens. Even cats can't resist the heavenly comfort of their puffy fur!

There's interstellar communication going on underside.

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The Mantis Shrimp

These multicolored freaks are undisputed lightweight power punchers. The shock waves from their snaps have known to crack aquariums! and their claws are as fast as a .22 calibre bullet! That's just for starters, they can even see polarized light and a large range in the spectrum.

Tyson gets a spectral blackout.

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The Hagfish

Don't mistake them for eels, they're fishes. These jawless and boneless, cartilage skulled invertebrates (but closer to being vertebrates) are a slippery cause. They secrete lump sums of slime when threatened and leave their predators stuck up, while they coolly sneeze out the slime to prevent it from getting stuck themselves!

Their teeth are made of the same protein as our hair - Keratin!

Barbers, No Vacancy

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The Common Potoo

They are so weird, you can almost never spot them. Besides being highly nocturnal, the few times they're out in the day, they position themselves to look like a stub of a branch. We call it 'cryptic plumage' and they're pros at it. 

Legend has it, the call of the Common Potoo is the mournful lament of a spirit in love with, but separated from the spirit of the moon.

Big Mouths.

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The Vampire Bat

The list of their alien-ness is too long to pen down, but here's the three most bloody facts on them.

1. They need three times their body weight of blood for each meal and they feed 3-4 times a day

2. Mammalian to the bone, they share their victims with otherbats in need and if not reciprocated back later they give them a cold shoulder.

3. Their sense of sound is so impeccable, they can tell different individuals by the sound of their breathing!

I'm hanging one of those skeletons outside my door to ward off evil. 

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Draco Volans

Back in the day, this lizard got so fed up with being a sitting as prey on the ground for a long list of predators, that it decided to grow a few extra ribs outside it's body and cover them up with skin so that it can fly. Duh! It also decided to flatten its body to catch wind besides size zero was a thing..

The males are so ferociously territorial, they can perform 30ft long flying kicks to ward off the competition!

Bruce Lee on wings.

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The Bigfin Squid

We've seen this only a dozen times in the life of humans. We don't know scat about it except for two things - It lives in the deep seas (aphotic region) and that it has elbows!

(Also) those tentacles are freakishly long

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The Blue Dragon Sea Slug

Being smart is one thing, being intelligent is another. What you're looking at is the underbelly of this sea slug, adapted to camouflage the color of the sea. The top of the body is a dull grey to blend in with its shadow while hunting hydrozoans (jellyfish and its kind).

This mettle slug feeds on one of the most dangerous floating creatures in the sea - The Portuguese Man of War!! and not just that the slug swallows their stinging cells and uses it against it's other prey to defend it's own self!!

Mental Case. 

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The Giraffe Necked Weevil

So apt the word alien is for these deviant looking creatures. There's just NO explanation as to why they need those bizarre looking necks. None of their cousins have it and they could really just do without it.

The males' necks are thrice as long as the females, they use it combat to win over the female while she temporarily assumes the role of a referee! Although very small in size their brilliant red colored backs catch your eye immediately.

Hinge design freaks. 

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The Proboscis Monkey

The ones with the stubby long noses are the males. As if the nose were not enough, they have a pot belly and webbed feet! Now you're probably thinking pot belly... yeah he's a couch potato.. WRONG! They are ace swimmers being able to go upto 20 meters while underwater! 

That nose though, is the showstopper, they use it make sounds exactly like HONKING! as a means of communication.

Don't need a car to be alien.

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The Yeti Crab

The Yeti Crab is not just a new species, it's also a brand new Family of crustaceans. Lives in the deep sea where hydrothermal vents are erupting infinitely. 

Oh what's so alien about them you ask? You see those furry 'forehands' they have? they are covered by (millions of) dense colonies of filamentous bacteria and the speculation is that the crab allows them to grow profusely.. you know for a snack every now and then!

Keratin Creep.

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The Naked Mole Rat 

Wait till you read this.

1. They are neither moles nor rats, they are related to porcupines and guinea pigs

2. They are one of the ONLY two mammals that are Eusocial - meaning they use hierarchy - Queen, Soldiers and Workers

3. The Queen isn't born a queen, she has to fight her way to the top!

4. Their underground network can expand to more than 5 football fields.

5. Their burrows have separate rooms like bedrooms, baby rooms, dining rooms and toilets!

6. They can move each of their tooth independantly!

7. They have never got cancer and are said to be perpetually resistant to it!

I'm Done.

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The Tail-less Whip Scorpion

Stomach churning looks and jaws that are modified into long spiny, barbed appendages make these scorpions a terrorizing sight. Their first pair of legs are made of more than a 100 joints to help them 'feel' their environment (even around corners!) When they spot prey, the strategy is a humble 'grab and stab', 'munch and swallow'.

Hell Mongers.

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The Peacock Spider

You'd be super lucky to spot one, they grow to just about 2mm! Their abdomens are iridescent colored and they use it as a flap to show off their colors to attract a female. Their dance is a mix of hypnotism with acrobatic moves of manning a traffic signal. 

CMYK.

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The Horned Viper

Here's our bodies response to it's venom - massive local swelling, acute pain, excessive bleeding, blood clotting, nausea, abdominal pain, sweating, exhaustion, kidney failure and heart irregularities.

Also severe headaches, paralyzed facial muscles & imagined evil smells!

And you seek for aliens is it?