The Ten Weirdest Life Forms for 2011

We live in a technological world and oftentimes it is difficult to believe everything we see but National Geographics has revealed the top ten weirdest life forms and they have been authenticated by scientists. You have to see some of them to believe them.

Coming in at the number one position is the Cyclops shark that was removed from the belly of a pregnant mama dusky shark. Researchers have determined that the malformed shark would not have survived outside of the mother's womb. You can see the shark here.

True cyclopia is a rare abnormally where development of two separate eyes is suppressed. According to the British Journal of Ophthalmology, a child was born with this rare condition and lived only 30 minutes before perishing. A kitten nicknamed Cy was born with the condition and lived just one day. You can see her here.

Other National Geographic picks included an albino spider and a colorful pancake sea slug. You can view all of the top ten picks here.

My personal favorite was the deep-sea acorn worm with huge lips. It was discovered 8,850 feet beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The colorful worm uses its lips to snag its prey.

According to LiveScience, the Cyclops shark was found by a fisherman named Dr. Felipe Galvan Magana. Dr. Magana is a shark expert at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Science. He and his colleagues once discovered a two-headed shark embryo in January of this year. The embryo was reportedly a twin that failed to completely separate.

If you missed the 2010 Nat Geo picks, you can see them here.

They included a leech and a "Yoda Bat." Imagine that.

Sources:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/photogalleries/111128-top-ten-weird-new-species-2011/#/census-marine-life-aberdeen-purple-acorn-worm_23060_600x450.jpg

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cyclops-shark-joins-ranks-cryptic-creatures

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/01/rare-pink-hippo-kenya/