14 Unexpectedly Amazing Creatures We Share The World With

The Earth is a wild and amazing place, full with millions of fascinating species that most of us have never even heard of. Nature never ceases to astound us with all it has to give. Whether it's a stunning sunset, a flower-filled garden, or charming creatures, there's always something fresh that takes our breath away.

If I told you that this bird's nickname is "dracula," what would you think if I told you that it exclusively eats fruit? It is the world's most terrifying parrot — a bald, vulture-like head, sharply hooked beak and a powerful body cloaked in dazzling red and black feathers. But a fashion craze among Papua New Guinea's urban youth for fancy feather headdresses made from the pesquet's parrot has put the species under threat of extinction. So many of the birds, also known as a Dracula parrot, are being killed that researchers believe there are now more being worn as "bilas" than are left alive.