Sep 23, 2024
Although wild animals are usually seen as harmful, and people ‘actively’ try to protect themselves, there are certain animals in the wild whose spotting is a total delight! Here we mention 10 rare animals spotted recently.
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Although many would feel what is so special or rare about a Polar bear being spotted, in Iceland one was spotted after 8 long years! Although it did not meet a good fate, the sighting was a nice surprise.
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Peacocks are one of the most colourful and beautiful animals on the planet. But their ‘Albino’ mutation makes them all white, from body to feathers, and they are very rare to spot. Back in 2022, it was spotted in Mizoram, India.
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Pink dolphins too are extremely rare to spot and have a certain condition or mutation that gives them a very light-pink shade. Back in July 2023, a pink Dolphin was spotted in Louisiana.
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Spotting a white giraffe is also a rare phenomenon in the wild. While the classic, spotted-brown ones can be seen easily, there in only one white-coloured giraffe and was spotted back in 2020, and had a GPS fitted to its body.
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While ‘Albino’ animals turn all white, the Melanistic ones turn ‘black’. A Melanistic jaguar is usually spotted only once a year.
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The vaquita porpoise is one of the most critically endangered animals on the planet, and studies claim that lesser than 10 are left in the wild. In 2024, 6-8 Vaquitas were spotted in Gulf of California.
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A two-headed snake is also a rare occurrence caused by a condition called bicephaly. A two-headed snake was found and rescued in Jaipur, India, back in 2022.
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Giant squids too are rare to spot animals, and these are particularly at threat owing to their poaching and killing. In 2023, a Giant squid was spotted in Japan.
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The Amur leopard is one of the rarest big cats in the world, and lives a rather solitary life, away from social creatures. The last time it was spotted was in 2023 in Jilin, China.
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Pangolins are unique creatures with scaly bodies and a slow gait. A Sunda pangolin is hard to spot owing to their habitat in the trees and they only venture in the dark. Their recent spotting was in 2023 in Cambodia.
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