10 Rarest Animals We Almost Never See

From weird hairy wombats to creepy tarantulas, here are ten animals that humans barely ever get to see!

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10: Shoe-Billed Stork
The shoe-billed stork is often referred to as the most terrifying bird in the world. It has the face of a monster and the body of a dinosaur. This thing looks awful right? Or creepy? Sort of human too! What do you think? Maybe it's a good thing it is so elusive and rarely seen, and better for them because that way humans leave them alone!!

9: Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
The next reclusive animal on our list is the northern hairy-nosed wombat. I would tell you its scientific name, but it's way too long and the latin is very difficult to pronounce. This poor little wombat is currently critically endangered. As such, you typically don't see these weird looking wombats any longer in Australia.

8: Gooty Tarantula
Anyone who has spent much time in the jungle is painfully aware of how tarantulas shock you when they cross your path. These are not shy creatures, as you can see them scurrying over logs, walking across paths in the forest, and trying to crawl into your shoes at night. However, there is one incredibly rare species of tarantula that is rarely seen.

7: The Somali Elephant Shrew
Imagine a mouse with an elephant trunk, and you’re thinking of the Somali Elephant Shrew. This unique microfauna is one of the smallest mammals in the world, and it is not a creature you are likely to bump into or even view in a zoo.

6: The Yangtze Finless Porpoise
This species is getting rarer and rarer for a tragic reason. It’s going extinct, and no one seems to be putting a stop to it. One of the most elusive dolphin-like species in the world is the Yangtze finless porpoise, which is a critically endangered subspecies found only in the Yangtze River in China.

5: The Saola
The saola is basically a mystical deer. It’s as close to a unicorn as you’re likely to find in real life.
The species was first discovered in 1992, and they are one of the rarest large animals on earth, almost never seen. This is incredibly rare for such a big animal, but it makes sense considering where the saola lives.

4: Borneo Pygmy Elephant
Borneo pygmy elephants are gentle, shy giants. They live, as the name would suggest, in Borneo, which is a fantastic island blessed with some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. And within the expanses of the many ecosystems of Borneo, the elusive pygmy elephant lives.

3: The Purple Frog
No, you’re not hallucinating! Purple frogs are real, they’re just weird. They are also known as pig-nosed frogs, and they spend most of their lives underground. Because of this, the purple frog is not often seen. A typical purple frog emerges only for a few days out of the entire year during the start of the monsoon season to breed before going back underground.

2: Black-Spotted Cuscus
The black-spotted cuscus is one of the creepiest creatures you have never seen before. This little guy is a marsupial and lives in the northern regions of the island of New Guinea. They have very unusual characteristics, like their vertically oriented pupils that they use for their nocturnal lives.

1: Hooded Grebe
The hooded grebe is practically Antarctic, at the bottom of South America, and it’s one of the rarest birds in the world. They live on the remote glacial lagoons of Patagonia, which is the southern region of Chile and Argentina. According to Bird Life, the first rare footage of a hooded grebe courtship dance was recorded and uploaded just recently in 2017.