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The lobster's claws reportedly reminded researcher David Legg of Edward Scissorhands

The new species is currently inhabiting the cloud forest of Honduras

Paleontologists say the fossils they have analyzed are roughly 85 million years old

The species inhabits parts of Zambia, Congo and Angola

Specimens belonging to this new species have recently been found in Costa Rica

The insects push their hind section into the air whenever they wish to rest

The bizarre insect is described in the journal Zoo Keys

The tarantula is believed to only live in northern Sri Lanka

The animals currently inhabit Madagascar's eastern regions

Seven of these eight species are critically endangered, conservationists warn

The species was named Ziegler's crocodile newt by researchers

The Aptostichus barackobamai lives in the American Southwest

Its goal is to confuse predators, make sure it does not get eaten

This meat-eating sponge resides 11,500 feet (3,500 meters) below the surface

The massive bipedal predator lived 95 million years ago

Nobody can say for sure why these animals are missing a finger

Four of them are some of the smallest ever recorded