Weird animals

Linton Zoo

If you thought that beauty pageants were for people only, you might be surprised to find that there are beauty contests for camels, badgers, cats, and even goats. And, if typically the contestants who enter the pageants are absolutely gorgeous, a different kind of beauty is valued in goats, especially Damascus goats.

With golden plumage, a tiny beak obscured by fluff and huge round eyes, the great eared nightjar looks like a plump little dragon hatchling.

If you've never seen a hermit crab use a discarded doll head as a shell, well, you're about to.

Not mine

Check out these bizarre and unique animals to get a glimpse of the diverse life on our planet!

Black Crested Macaque

These are the most bizarre aliens ... err, animals ... in the ocean.

(Not my pic)