Top 15 Ugliest Animals on Earth

Blobfish

Why the long face? The Blobfish doesn't have much to smile about - the grumpy looking ocean creature won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. This gives the fish the unofficial title of world's ugliest animal. Looking more like a cartoon than a fish, the Blobfish has very few muscles and moves very slowly. To eat, the Blobfish waits on the bottom of the ocean for prey to pass by.

 

Aye-Aye

The Aye-Aye is currently an endangered species partially due to the fact many in its native Madagascar view the animal as an evil omen and kill them on the spot. It's easy to see how they might be creeped out by this little guy!

Chinese crested hairless dog

Miss Ellie, a small, bug-eyed Chinese crested hairless dog, celebrated her win in the "World's Ugliest Dog Contest" in 2009 at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, in Petaluma, Calif. She also won Animal Planet's "World's Ugliest Dog" contest that same year.

Celestial eyed gold fish

In the case of this celestial eyed gold fish, we're guessing its eyes really are bigger than its stomach! With its large, protruding eyeballs and split double tail, this fresh water creature is one of the strangest animals we've ever seen.

Star-nosed mole

A resident of North America, this star-nosed mole makes up for his poor eyesight with a hairless nose that is a "star" of 22 fleshy tentacles. The tentacles are extremely sensitive - they can even sense electricity!

 

 

Philippine Tarsiers

Philippine Tarsiers can fit in the palm of your hand and live in the Phillippines. Their bulging eyes are bigger than the size of their brains. Their hands and legs resemble human limbs and they can leap as high as 10 feet.

Soft-shell turtle

Soft-shell crab - delicious. Soft-shell turtle? Gross! Back in 2007, the World Wildlife Fund announced the discovery of the rare species in a former Khmer Rouge area of Cambodia.

Oriental yeti

Meet the "oriental yeti," a hairless creature the Daily Telegraph reports was caught by hunters in the remote woodlands of China. Scientists are transporting the mysterious beast to Beijing where DNA tests will be run to try and learn exactly what the animal is, the newspaper reports.

 

Proboscis Monkey

This endangered monkey's most unique feature is its protruding nose. The monkeys will honk to communicate with one another, and the nose straightens out during each honk.

 

Chikilidae

Nope, that's not a worm -- it's an adult chikilidae sitting on its eggs! Discovered by a team of biologists in the rain-soaked soils of northeast India, the legless amphibian was mistaken for a deadly, miniature snake by villagers.

 

 

Baird tapir

The baird tapir is the largest mammal found from Mexico to South America. They grow to be 6.6 ft in length and 3.9 ft in height. This animal has a light shade of grey on its face and throat and a dark spot on its nose. As if their looks weren't horrible enough, baird tapirs have only four toes on each front foot and three toes on each back foot.

Naked mole rat

The naked mole rat could be the ugliest animal in the world. Good thing they spend most of their lives underground! These guys can hardly see and use their giant teeth and jaws to dig extensive holes in the ground. They live in colonies like bees and have one queen who is responsible for all the reproduction.

Monkfish

Here's one fish we don't ever want to cross. Despite its super sharp teeth and powerful jaw, the Monkfish, which can grow to be up to three feet long, usually swallows its prey whole.

Lorikeets

These 12-day-old little lorikeets, native to Australia's eastern coast, are certainly an eye-full at birth. While they'll eventually turn into beautiful, rainbow-colored birds, these newborns have a lot of growing up and coloring in to do until then!

Pangolin

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! These animal oddities won't be winning any cute awards anytime soon, but they sure are fun to look at. From the scaly to the slimy to the downright ugly, check out the weirdest looking critters in the Animal Kingdom ... It doesn't get much more bizarre than this curled up pangolin, which can fold its entire body into a tight ball. The endangered, scaly-skinned mammal can be found throughout Asia and Africa.