7 Animals Difficult to Recognize Due to Lack of Hair
In the animal kingdom, there are thousands of species, some of which look better than others. We think we can identify all the species we know, but in reality, we don’t know everything about them! In many cases, animals lack fur due to disease or genetic changes, which makes them difficult to identify. This time, Luo Ge brings you: 7 animals that are difficult to recognize because of lack of hair.
1, Pangolin
Pangolins are typical animals of the region south of the Sahara, a nocturnal animal that feeds on ants. It has ears like a rabbit, and a tail like a kangaroo. They hide in cool underground caves in the hot African afternoons, using their strong feet and shovel-like claws to dig holes. After sunset, pangolins use their claws to hunt their favorite food: ants.
A hungry African anteater can dig open an ant mound with its front claws and use its long, sticky, worm-like tongue to eat the insects inside. It can close its nostrils to prevent dust and insects from entering its nose. Its thick skin protects it from being bitten. It uses similar techniques to attack underground ant nests. Generally, female pangolins give birth to one offspring each year. The cubs and mothers live together for about 6 months, then move out to dig their own holes, which may have many different openings.
2, Koala Bear
Koala bears are Australian animals similar to bears and hairless bears. They are as fluffy as teddy bears, but when they are small, they have very little hair, which makes them look like cute little mice. Despite genetic studies of the koala family having been conducted, little is known about the evolution of the family. It is estimated that koalas are relatively early in their evolutionary history than other Australian marsupials, dating back about 40 million years, and some estimate dating back about 25 million years. Although some theories consider koalas as miniature relatives of double-toothed elephants such as rhinoceros-sized double-toothed elephants, recent studies have classified koalas as a separate family with clear parallel evolution.
3, Sphynx Cat
It is also known as the hairless cat, its appearance is enough to shock us because it is so different from the cats we are used to seeing. At a glance, it looks completely bald, but in fact, it has very thin, almost invisible beautiful fur. It is also due to the lack of fur that ordinary cats, it feels very warm and easy to find warm places.
4, Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs are small rodents, usually with smooth, fluffy fur. However, there is a hairless guinea pig breed called 'Baldwin guinea pig' which appeared in 1978. They only have fur on their legs and mouth-nose, which is ideal for people who like rodents but are allergic to hair.
5, Lost Hair Bear
The bear, named Dolores, lives in the Lilienthal Animal Park in Germany. Experts believe that due to poor diet and climate, it and other bears living with it lost all their hair. The lack of hair made it look completely unrecognizable.
6, Small Koala
Of course, the koalas here are adult koalas. Although everyone knows the image of koalas, if newborn koalas, many people may find it difficult to recognize them. In fact, koala babies are very cute, because they are premature, they have no hair when they are born. Then they spend 9 months in their mother’s pouch until they mature.
7, Hairless Horse
Whether you believe it or not, hairless horses actually exist in the world. The horse in the photo is from Turkmenistan's Akhal-Teke. It lacks hair due to a genetic change called Naked foal syndrome (NFS), which makes it look very strange.
