15 Insane Desert Dwellers

From the bouncing Kangaroo Rat, to the adorable and big eared Fennec Fox, here are 15 Insane Desert Dwellers.

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7. Kangaroo Rat
Native to the left side of North America, Kangaroo Rats are extremely well adapted to their desert habitat. Incredibly they can go their entire lives without having to drink one drop of water. Their name derives from the fact that they hop in the same way that the much larger kangaroo does. Though they generally weigh no more than 5 or 6 pounds they have the insane ability to leap up to 9 feet high.

6. Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Seeing an owl fly out of the inside of a cactus isn’t solely confined to people wandering through the desert on peyote. That’s because ferruginous pygmy owls nest in the cavities of certain cacti starting in the late winter or early spring. Owlets leave their nest 28 days after being born. They are found from southern Arizona all the way down to South America. Oddly, unlike most birds, these owls don’t migrate.

5. Kangaroo
Kangaroos are the only large animals who hop as their primary means of locomotion. They can leap up to fifteen feet in a single bound and can get going as fast as 30 miles per hour. Found hopping around exclusively in all different parts of Australia, including deserts and grassland, these large marsupials can get pretty rowdy. In late December 2016 a man and his dog got into an insane exchange with a kangaroo while on an apparent hunting trip. The dog approached the kangaroo, who promptly put the canine in a headlock. The owner came to the rescue just in time. As the dog fled the man and the beast squared up. The man punched the kangaroo in the face before escaping with his dog in tow.

4. Desert Recluse
Like its more famous relative the brown recluse, the desert recluse has the ability to inflict a venomous bite that can cause terrifying skin lesions to humans. Found throughout the eastern half of Southern California, southern Nevada, western Arizona and southwest Utah its appearance and dangerous bite means that it's often confused with the brown recluse, a spider found more towards the middle of the country. One of the most unique features of recluse spiders is their eyes. While most spiders famously have eight eyes recluses have six eyes arranged in three pairs.

3. African Wild Dog
Unlike other canines, African wild dogs only have four toes per foot. Its Latin name means painted wolf. This is a nod to its irregular fur pattern that features patches of red, black, brown, white and yellow. Packs of African wild dogs are no joke, they have been known to hunt much larger prey like wildebeests. After a hunt, they will provide for their young by regurgitating meat. Its native to sub-Saharan Africa and is threatened by ever expanding human settlements. Farmers often kill them out of concern for their domestic animals.

2. Wild Bactrian Camel
Camels are one of the creatures most commonly associated with the desert. One of the most fascinating of these creatures is the wild Bactrian camel, an animal that is worth knowing as they are quickly becoming extinct. Considered critically endangered the U.K. based Wild Camel Protection Foundation estimates that there are just 1400 left in the entire world. Their declining numbers are mainly due to poachers. They are one of the few mammals around to eat snow as a source of liquid in the wintertime. Remarkably they can survive on water saltier than seawater, an ability that no other large mammal in the world has the fortune of possessing. Found, of course in the desert, they are restricted to the remote regions of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts.

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1. Fennec Fox
This small, nocturnal fox is insanely adorable, especially as a baby. It’s the smallest fox in the world with a body that is typically only a foot long, though it has giant ears that often measure six inches alone. Its hair extends all the way to its feet, allowing them to perform like snowshoes and protectors from scorching sands in the summertime. Like most of its desert-dwelling companions, the fennec fox has developed the ability to go for long stretches without water.

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