/r/AIDKE
Animals I didn’t know existed!
Welcome to AIDKE - Animals I Didn't Know Existed!
Reddit's digital zoo for the weirdest, wildest, most interesting and mysterious animals on the web.
We hope to meet and learn about as many cool critters as possible!
RULES:
Post titles MUST include "scientific name: genus species". This is to ensure the animal is correctly identified so we can find out more about it!
Posts must be a photo or video of animals. As cool as plants, fungi, and the other kingdoms can be, we're here for the kingdom of animals. Please try to include photographer/videographer or source of media in a comment on your post - this is appreciated but not mandatory. No illustrations or animations.
Search before posting. Eponymous with our name, this is for animals "I" didn't know existed. If it's been posted here before, "I" know about it. We prefer new and interesting content.
No blood or animals being munched on. We prefer pictures of living animals, but make exceptions for high quality, whole preservations.
If you have or know of a blog, podcast, etc. specifially related to rare or unusual animals and would like to post it, please message the mods and we will review it.
Be civil. It may be the "law of the jungle" out in the wild, but we're a community of animal lovers. No name calling, belittling, or bickering.
No religion or politics. While there can be intersection between animals, environmental policies, and scriptures we're just here for the animals.
No selling or marketing. We appreciate that you may own or know of a business where people can see or purchase animals. However, vetting businesses for ethical anmial acquisition and treatment is beyond the scope of our moderation team.
If your post or comment has been removed and you believe this was an error, feel free to message the mods. We are willing to work with you to meet our posting and commenting guidelines.
If you see a post or comment which breaks the rules, please use the report button. The mod team does its best but we can't be everywhere at once. We depend on you to help keep this sub an interesting and welcoming place to visit.
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Owl fly larvae
Not sure if this is allowed because it’s a bug, but the larvae looks so wild!
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TBT, Platybelodon was a bizarre Proboscidean (prehistoric elephant) from the Miocene Epoch. It was once thought to have eaten only soft swamp plants (pictured), but it is now thought to have grasped foliage with its trunk and then sliced it with its shovel-like lower incisors.
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Salmon sharks look like tiny great whites. They are named because they prey on salmon and are considered a nuisance for stealing fishing catches.
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Red cornetfish
17:48 UTC
Saw a Snowy egret for the first time yesterday. [OC]
13:27 UTC
Greater Egyptian Jerboa (jaculus orientalis)
14:19 UTC
Show me some crazy critters.
Been scrolling here for like an hour while watching deep sea animal videos and just wanting to know about some insane looking, or just impressive adaptations that are uncommon or unique. Just kinda looking for a new animal to hyper focus on for a few days, looking forward to seeing what you got.
08:19 UTC
The Vaquita is the most endangered marine mammal in the world, with approximately ten left in the wild.
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A sea pen (Pennatulacea spp.) is actually a colony of individual polyps — one polyp becomes the stalk of the sea pen and the bulb that attaches it to the sea floor, while the rest form feathery branches. Some sea pens have only a few polyps, while others have as many as 35,000.
20:11 UTC
Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina niedda)
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Poecilotheria Miranda (Bengal Spotted Ornamental)
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Jacutinga / Black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga)
02:33 UTC
Panda skeleton sea squirt
17:22 UTC
Pink See Through Fantasia
Its name makes it sound like a piece of sexy lingerie, but don’t be fooled: the pink see-through fantasia is a sea cucumber, found about 1.5 miles deep into the Celebes Sea in the western Pacific, east of Borneo. It was only discovered a little over a decade ago, back in 2007, but the curious sea cucumber has a survival tactic that points to its longtime evolution: bioluminescence to ward off predators. The pink see-through fantasia is named for its transparent skin, through which its mouth, anus, and intestines are all visible.
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