Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

It happened with a bang.

A zoologist named Harold Strumpke had made a groundbreaking discovery of a new species

of shrew and was excited to exhibit it to his peers.

Strumpke, born in Strasbourg, Germany in 1908, was the curator of the Museum of the Darwin

Institute.

He had come across a rare kind of animal known as a rhino grade.

Rhino grades had evolved over millions of years into 189 species of shrew-like mammals

that ran the gamut of biological function in form.

For example, there were some that were shaped like worms, as well as enormous carnivores

that hunted for their prey like lions.

But despite their variety, many of the rhino grades had one thing in common.

Their noses.

They used their noses to move around and travel long distances.

One species could even launch itself into the air using its nose.

The autoptorix, or ear-wing, would flap its ears to fly backwards, controlling direction

with its nose like a built-in rudder.

The island where these animals lived had been discovered by a sweeter soldier who had been

held captive in a Japanese POW camp.

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