What makes an animal "weird"? Maybe it looks different from other animals in its family, or has an uncanny resemblance to another creature in the animal kingdom they are not closely related to.
The naked mole rat is furless compared with other rodent species. Click to read more. Naked mole rats are pink, hairless rodents that are native to the Horn of Africa and some parts of Kenya and the Somali regions, where droughts are uncommon and the climate ranges from semi-arid and arid.
Scientists were able to successfully extract the hyaluronic acid activation gene from naked mole rats and transfer it to mice, resulting in increased longevity and resistance to skin cancer. Read more here.