Anyone who owns a pet knows animals can be pretty weird at times.

But some members of the animal kingdom get far, far weirder than your dog eating its own poop.

From creatures with the creepiest fashion senses to some utterly insane mating rituals,

get ready to be left slack-jawed at some of the weirdest things animals do.

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed. of the weirdest things animals do.

Usually when animals defend themselves, they're trying to avoid damage to their own bodies.

But for the Spanish rib-neut, its main line of defense involves damaging itself a little in favor of increasing its damage against predators. Bizarrely, when the newt is agitated, it tenses up its body, swinging its ribs outward with enough force that they pierce through its skin.

With its ribs now protruding through, they function as defensive

spikes, and these not only make the new to prickly meal, that they also bring the risk of piercing

predators' mouths, making them more vulnerable to the milky poison the newt also secretes from its

skin. The newt, meanwhile, is immune to its own poison and can quickly recover from the defensive practice with no ill effects.

For many predators, this bizarre act of self-mutilation makes this newt too much of a mouthful.

While they're often associated with negative things like evil and death, ravens are actually an incredibly intelligent species.

Sometimes though their intelligence takes on some truly bizarre forms.

For starters, it turns out ravens and other corvids have remarkable mimicry abilities,

and will put them to use to solve problems.

For example, if a raven comes across a dead deer but can't break through the thick hide to access the juicy

innards, the raven may imitate a wolf or fox cough. This attracts predators to the scene

with big enough teeth to rip the carcass open. Once the predators had its fill, the raven tucks

into the newly open buffet. But imitation isn't the strangest of raven's behaviors. Ravens are often seen lying on

ants' nests encouraging the ants to climb onto their bodies. But they're not looking to eat the

ants. They're just looking to bathe in them, which may seem crazy, but actually serves an important

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