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Stonefish

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  Stonefish or Synanceia is one of the weirdest sea creatures you’ll ever see. This species comes from the family Synanceiidae. It has sharp dorsal spines that are venomous enough to be fatal to humans.

Frill-Necked Lizard

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  The frill-necked Lizard are also known as the frilled-lizard or frilled-dragon are found mainly in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

Venus Fly Trap

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The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. The plants common name refers to the Roman goddess of love, Venus, whereas the genus name refers to Dione.

Low's Pitcher Plant

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Nepenthes lowii (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˈloʊwiaɪ/), or Low's Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo.

Boojum Tree

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The boojum or (Spanish) cirio (Fouquieria columnaris, syn. Idria columnaris) is a tree in the family Fouquieriaceae, whose other members include the ocotillos. It is nearly endemic to the Baja California Peninsula, with only a small population in the Sierra Bacha of Sonora.

Titan Arum

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The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", and titan, "giant") is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.

Rafflesia

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Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.