Today we feel special affinity for weird looking animals such as the Pangolin and the Dugong, which we snorkeled with in Coron, Palawan. The Duck-billed Platypus and the Praying Mantis were both early childhood favorites of mine. I even studied ornithology and entomology in high school. Growing up feeling like a bit of an odd bird myself, I’ve always been fascinated by strange animals and weird insects. The world is a wild and wonderful place, filled with millions of cool animals most of us have never even heard of.
