Of those animals that one may encounter in one’s life, a few are cutest, friendliest and downright attractive. However, some animals are not fortunate enough to have that attractive look. These species are sometimes considered nasty, although some of them are not that dangerous. Such species are found in different parts of the world. Here is the list of some of the ugliest animals on earth. Feast your eyes on the 7 most ugly animals in the world.
Star-nosed mole
The 6th world ugliest animal is a resident of North America. This animal is weird because of its ugly star-shaped nose. It has the most unique noses in the animal world, a hairless nose that is a star of 22 fleshy tentacles. It spends most of its time in water, however, it also ventures above ground consistently to feed and often takes departure to a network of infinite tunnels. Star Nosed Moles are found in low wet areas of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
Turkey Vulture
Vultures aren’t bad looking, if you only focus on the body. They’ve big and strong body with a pair of nice broad wings. They’re beautiful, if you not look at those piercing eys, wrinkly neck and bald head.
Vultures, generally are associated a lot of bad qualities, including greed, cruelty and treachery. But perhaps the worst thing about Turkey Vultures is their facial features, which only a mother could adore. It’s among the ugliest animals on our planet. When you look at those knife-like eyes, their bald head and wrinkled neck is enough to make you flinch.
Blob Fish
Blob fish is one of those animals that doesn’t have much to smile about. The bad-tempered and sulky looking ocean creature become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. This named the fish the unofficial title of “ugliest animal in the world”. Blobfish voted world’s ugliest animal, according to a campaign, run by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society to decide its new mascot, an ugly mascot, a champion for all the endangered and aesthetically challenged animals.
Aye-Aye
Besides being one of the world’s ugliest animals ever, this creature has many weird traits. The Aye-Aye only comes out at night. It has large ears. It’s found only in the island of Madagascar, and is currently an endangered species.
The body and the long tail is wrapped with brown or black fur with the layer that has white guard hair. Aye-Aye’s large rounded ears are extremely sensitive which gives them first-rate hearing. They also have bony fingers with sharp claws at the ends. By look, they’re some of the creepiest creatures, too.
Red-lipped Batfish
These odd fish are generally found around the Galapagos Islands and near Peru. Divers may meet this fish at depths greater than 100 feet, but they are rare. They’re also known as Deep-sea Batfishes. Scientists judge that the reason they have the bright red pucker of the species is to attract the another gender. The maximum length of the red-lipped batfish is about 40 cm long. They are terrible swimmers, they prefer crawling about on the sea floor.
Horseshoe Bat
Horseshoe bats have a twisted appearance that looks more like an ear than a face. It’s counted among the ugliest animals one can ever find. They are more responsive to sounds. Horseshoe bats are found in tropical and temperate regions. They are typically brown but rarely red. They are about 3.5–11 cm (1.4–4.3 inches) length, and weigh 5–30 grams (0.17–1 ounce). The bat is one of the ugliest and most feared animals in the world.
Proboscis Monkey
The monkey is non other than a whole lot of nose! This long-nosed monkey is found in the South East Asian island of Borneo. The most unique feature of this monkey is its protruding nose. Its obtrude nose makes this rare living thing easily identifiable. Interestingly, these monkeys are born with a blue face and a small nose. The face color changes and the nose become bigger and bigger making them look uglier.
