14 Weirdest See-Through Animals

The secret of survival for many animals lies in their strength and size, while others rely on the ability to remain unnoticed. A vast number of animal species live on our Pale Blue Dot, some of which are worthy weird as hell and deserve a closer look. Take translucent animals, for example. How are these things not from a different planet? Their futuristic appearance is kind of similar to the cloaking technology from the movie “Predator” and makes them look like they’re made of glass.

1. Tortoise Beetle

You can find several types of these beetles all over the world, but they all have one thing in common — a translucent shell with dark spots.

2. Translucent Sea Cucumber

This bizarre organism crawls on the bottom of the ocean, sucking in every bit of edible material it can find with it’s short tentacles. It’s like an ocean Roomba!

3. Glass Squid

There are over 50 different species of these barely visible fellas. Cranchiidae, also known as glass squids, spend most of their lives chilling in the upper layers of the ocean, trying to camouflage themselves.

4. Transparent Amphipod Phronima

This tiny shrimp’s body size is only 2 cm, but this does not prevent it from being a brutal predator. Due to its perfect body, the shrimp is like a ninja in the water — an unseen killer that slays its prey with sharp claws.

5. Cyanogaster

This little fish was discovered just a few years ago in the Amazon River. As you can see, it has nothing to hide.