Weirdest Body Parts In The Animal Kingdom

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The animal kingdom is full of surprises with some creatures known to have the weirdest body parts.

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They use these unique and bizarre features to display functions like defense, crushing prey, or camouflage themselves.

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Here's a look at the weirdest body parts in the animal kingdom.

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The shoebill stork has a large, shoe-shaped beak that it uses to catch and crush fish and other small aquatic animals.

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The aye-aye possesses an extremely thin, elongated middle finger that it uses to tap on wood to locate its prey. 

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The tarsier has eyes larger than its brain and cannot move them; instead, it rotates its entire head 180 degrees to see.

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The proboscis monkey has an unusually large, pendulous nose, possibly used to attract mates and amplify their calls.

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The spotted hyena's pseudo-penis is a unique, enlarged clitoris in females that functions like a penis, used for urinating and mating.

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