Weird Creatures: A Menagerie of Oddities
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In Episode 2 of Weird Creatures, Nick sets off on Mexico's Highway Number 1, which runs the length of the Baja peninsula. His aim: to track down the mole lizard, also known as the five-toed worm lizard. Somewhere on its evolutionary journey, this lizard lost its rear limbs, leaving it looking like a strange chimera of a snake and a lizard, with a bit of earthworm thrown in for good measure. (The Science Channel)
The mole lizard is found only at the southern tip of the Mexico's Baja peninsula. To reach it, Nick travelled a thousand miles through one of the weirdest landscpaes on the planet. (The Science Channel)
Somewhere on its evolutionary journey, this lizard lost its rear limbs, leaving it looking like a strange chimera of a snake and a lizard, with a bit of earthworm thrown in for good measure. (The Science Channel)
In the premier episode of Weird Creatures, Nick studied the leafy sea dragon. Such an extreme body form is all about camouflage, and this creature displays one of the most complex and convincing disguises in the natural world. (The Science Channel)
More unusual critters uncovered in the quest, in this case the hairy frogfish. (The Science Channel)
Later this season, we'll see Nick chase down the slow loris. To do so, he travels to the depths of the Bornean jungle to find the only poisonous primate in the world. It looks like a cuddly toy, but it carries a poison that can prove fatal, delivered by its large, powerful teeth. (The Science Channel)
In the final episode of the season, Nick heads to a group of desert islands in Panama, where strange things have been happening to animals. He hangs out with the pygmy sloth, a species identified only in 2001, and discovers a species of frog with an identity crisis. (The Science Channel)
In the final episode of the season, Nick heads to a group of desert islands in Panama, where strange things have been happening to animals. He hangs out with the pygmy sloth, a species identified only in 2001, and discovers a species of frog with an identity crisis. (The Science Channel)
In season two of Weird Creatures, Nick encountered a very strange creature: the mimic octopus, which can contort its body and arms and alter its color in order to imitate sea snakes, crabs, flounders, jellyfish, and other sea creatures. (The Science Channel)
In season two of Weird Creatures, Nick encountered a very strange creature: the mimic octopus, which can contort its body and arms and alter its color in order to imitate sea snakes, crabs, flounders, jellyfish, and other sea creatures. (The Science Channel)
In season two of Weird Creatures, Nick tracked down the swamp thing: an alligator snapping turtle. The critter, the largest freshwater turtle in America, can grow to 400 pounds. (The Science Channel)