20 striking transparent animals, which have nothing to hide

Imagine that you are - a small animal in a world filled with danger, and you have no teeth, no claws, no poison, no reason to protect themselves. What would you do to hide from predators and save their lives from a selection Pets Website choose a strange path - they are masked, "baring" to viscera

Glass krevetka
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also known as ghost shrimp, crustacean lead a normal life in fresh water and is a qualified "dustman».

barreleye ryby



Whimsical fish is extremely light-sensitive eyes that she looks through a transparent, fluid-filled head. The tubular eyes are decorated with bright green lenses. The eyes point upward (as shown in the photo) when the fish is looking for food, and when the fish eats, eyes looking forward. The two spots above the fish's mouth, like the eyes, in fact, her nostrils.

Glass lyagushka



There are several different types of glass frogs, all of which live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. When the glass frog sitting motionless, they are almost invisible to predators.

Greta Oto



Also known as glass butterfly. It inhabits forests in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Glass Butterflies do not like to rush a meal and can sit for hours on the flower, enjoying the nectar.

Crocodile ice ryba



It lives in Antarctica and has increased pallor, as even their blood, just like the body, has no color. Ice fish - the only vertebrate without red blood cells and hemoglobin

beetle cherepaha



. There are several types of these beetles, but they all share a transparent shell that has dark spots.

Salpa madzhore



One subspecies of salps, which moves on the surface of the ocean, driving the water through its own digestive organs, simultaneously eating the phytoplankton. Salps known for its unique life cycle: throughout their lives, they can exist as separate individuals, and be a part of the total organism

. During its existence as a total organism, salps bind their bodies in massive chains, as shown in the photo below.





Transparent Sea ogurets



It is a strange sea creature crawls along the ocean floor using its tentacles, simultaneously sucking nutrient-rich sediment from the bottom. Since they have short tentacles, the speed of movement "cucumber" is 2 centimeters per minute.

Kranhiidy



Also known as glass squid, of which there are about 60 different species. Kranhiidy spend most of their lives swimming in the partially sunlit shallows where their transparency provides the perfect disguise.

Meduzy



There is a huge variety of different transparent and translucent jellyfish, which may constitute a serious danger to swimmers, as the tentacles of some of them are poisonous.

Grand Californian skat



They can grow to a fairly massive size. Through very pale skin, you can see their internal organs, if you manage to get close enough to them.

Transparent amphipod fronima



Body size of this tiny shrimp is 2, 5 cm, but this does not prevent her to have a brutal cruelty. Due to its transparency, it skillfully blended with the environment, waiting for sailing past the inattentive prey to grab it with their claws.

Cyanogaster



Discovered a few years ago, this night wanderer is only a few millimeters in length. She lives in a tributary of the Amazon River and has a tapered tooth in the mouth.

Marine angel



Carnivorous gastropods, which are a favorite delicacy monkfish. His appearance inspired the authors of the Pokémon in the creation of two new species under the name Fiona and Manaf.

Barton Springs salamandra



House for this lungless salamander is Barton Springs, a group of natural sources in Austin, Texas. They can not be found in any other body of water in the world. As for their existence requires only clean water, the species is threatened with extinction.

Costa Rican golovastiki



Before becoming frogs, these tadpoles have translucent skin, their views of the twisted intestine.

Glass som



Asian glass catfish is one of the most transparent vertebrate on the planet (at least known). They live in quiet waters along the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Transparent slizen



Gaeotis flavolineata - gastropods has a short body. their body size is approximately equal to the size of the bullet.

Transparent spider skakunchik



In the world there are thousands of species of spiders skakunchikov, and they all have a frightening ability to move your face with lightning speed. Transparent jumping spider has been discovered in Ecuador. His ability is the most fun in his eyes, the movement of which you can see, thanks to the transparency of its body.

Ctenophore mnemiopsis



Mnemiopsis have an oval shape and a transparent body with four vertical rows of combs. These ridges are able to demonstrate the crazy colors of the rainbow, and emit blue-green light when the jelly body is damaged.

Glass osminog



This ghostly octopus inhabits tropical and subtropical waters around the world. About him very little is known, except that the number of its agencies can be counted just by looking at his body.



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