My thoughts about the freaky animals that roam the bowels of our oceans are a matter of public record. But it turns out there's plenty of animal weirdness up here on Terra Firma as well.
Cracked have an article up on 13 Real Animals Lifted Directly Out Of Your Nightmares. But aside from a bestiary of pants-wettingly scary animals, the list features a little fish called the Deep Sea Hatchet Fish, which has – and I don't think I'm overstating things here – the dream-haunting face of the soul of the damned.