The animal world is extremely diverse and there are many species competing with each other for survival and maintaining a balanced ecosystem. In order to escape predators, many animals have developed extremely strange and unique defense mechanisms.
When Texas spiny lizards feel threatened, they will spit blood from their eyes.
Motyxia centipedes use bioluminescence as a defense mechanism. This tiny undersea creature can produce cyanide and other chemicals that shoot predators straight from holes in the sides of its
body.
Skunks will spray a liquid containing foul-smelling sulfur and other chemicals to keep predators away or temporarily blind them.
Eurasian forest lemongrass birds will vomit a strange green liquid to defend themselves against predators.
The cuttlefish is an animal with the incredible ability to change color and skin pattern to blend in with its surroundings.
Stick beetles can disguise themselves as sticks or branches, or produce venom that causes intense itching in the eyes and mouth of a predator.
Sea cucumbers have the ability to produce a poison called holothurin, and can disguise it so that predators think it is dead by making some organs stick out. The predator can then eat the organs and the sea cucumber will escape. The intestines of sea cucumbers contain poison and can injure enemies.
The opossum is an omnivorous marsupial that lives mainly in the Americas. This animal can put itself in a coma for a few hours to make enemies think it is dead.
The squid Octopoteuthis deletron can leave its two claws firmly attached to a predator to distract it and escape.
Malaysian exploding ants have venom glands in their bodies. These organs can explode and spew poison at enemies.
Flying fish (flying fish) can glide through the air for long distances to escape predators. It can also swim at speeds of up to 60km/h.
