Glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) (Credit: Solvin Zankl/naturepl.com)

The animals that are almost invisible

These animals’ ability to control light renders them almost invisible

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Yusef has a close relationship with wild hyenas (Credit: Fredi Devas / BBC NHU 2016)
  1. Yusef has a close relationship with wild hyenas (Credit: Fredi Devas / BBC NHU 2016)
    The man who lives with hyenas
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  2. A male Saiga antelope on the vast Eurasian steppe of Kazakhstan (Credit: BBC 2016)
    The beast with an air-conditioning nose
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  3. Otonycteris, the desert long-eared bat, lives in the Negev Desert (Credit: Ed Charles)
    Tiny bat hunts deadly scorpions
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  4. Glass frog male protects his eggs from a predatory wasp in Costa Rica (Credit: BBC 2016)
    The greatest dad in the animal world
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  5. A snow leopard mother and her daughter (Credit: BBC 2016)
    Snow leopards filmed like never before
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