These ten incredible orange creatures are neither looking for tricks nor treats as Halloween approaches, and they are just in time for October’s golden foliage and brilliant jack-o’-lantern pumpkins. Instead, the frequently dazzling and blazing colours that they display act as warning indicators; more specifically, a want to be left alone.
Julia Butterfly
I’ll bet you were hoping to see a Monarch Butterfly while you were here, am I right? The magnificent Monarch butterfly is orange, yet its wings have a pattern of black speckles running across them. On the other side, the Julia Butterfly (Dryas iulia) is mostly orange with some minor patches of contrasting black colouring.
Julia Butterflies are a species of day-active, fast-flying butterflies that may be found throughout the southern United States all the way up to Brazil in the Western Hemisphere. They have a beautiful, bright orange colour with a wing span that averages 3.5 inches, which equates to 87 millimetres, making them a popular option for enclosed butterfly conservatories. A strange anecdote regarding Julia Butterflies is that they have been seen to tickle the eyes of tropical caimans. This causes the crocodiles to cry, and the Julia Butterflies then consume the caimans’ tears.
Orange Baboon Tarantula
The Orange Baboon Tarantula (Pterinochilus murinus) is a popular species of tarantula kept as a pet because of its vivid colour (which makes sense) and its aggressive nature… wait, what?? What a disgrace it would be if the perfect dogs were submissive and pleasant. This specific species of tarantula, which can grow to be up to 15 centimetres in width, should not be taken lightly since its bite is said to be exceedingly painful and is often given BEFORE the typical threat show. There’s a good chance that a name like “Orange Pitbull Tarantula” would be more suited.
Can you put a price on your memories? This is one fiery redhead, well, orange-head, whatever you like to call them. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the Orange Baboon Tarantula, which is commonly referred to as OBT or “Orange Bitey Thing.” This is just one more reason why you should skip your planned trip and opt for a staycation instead.
Japanese Spider Crab
A full-grown Japanese Spider Crab can fit over the width of a compact automobile, but the Orange Baboon Tarantula is just 6 inches wide. They are not to come into contact with one another or mate under any circumstances. Even though spiders and crabs are related, the latter lives in the depths of the ocean, and with any luck, it will remain there during its whole career, which may be as long as a century. Thank goodness that won’t ever happen.
Only infrequently are lobsters able to weight the Japanese Spider Crab, which is the biggest arthropod in the world and may be found in the seas around Japan. 1921 was the year that saw the capture of the largest fish ever recorded; it was a 41-pound (18.6 kg) behemoth that had an extended arm reach of 19 feet (5.8 m). You’ve got it wrong, Time Bandit.
Orange Starfish
Due of the sometimes vivid pigmentation in a broad range of colours that starfish possess, it is common practise for Colorful Animals posts to include starfish.
The orange colours that marine starfish may show can vary from a weak, washed-out Creamsicle to a strong and powerful vermilion that can apparently outshine a sunset… if so, why? Starfish are normally found in waters of a modest depth; yet, even only a few feet below the surface of the water, the colours begin to lose their vibrancy. Maybe starfish are just trying to make up for what they’ve done in the past.
Clownfish
The waters are filled with orange fish, but only one, the clownfish, has attained the level of renown that would be the envy of even the most famous actors in Hollywood. Because of the movie “Finding Nemo,” which was released in 2003, the pretty but otherwise unremarkable clownfish has found a place in the hearts of an entire generation of children. As a result, some children now keep clownfish as pets alongside their Harry Potter owls, which is not the most ideal combination, to be honest.
Clownfish did have one claim to fame prior to the release of Nemo: they take advantage of their tolerance to the poisons produced by sea anemones by hiding out in the tentacles of the marine creature. There is a veritable treasure trove of photographing options available to those who are interested in nature, and it all depends on the colour of the anemone.
Red Eft.
Amphibians, more specifically Newts, are what Red Efts are. Surprisingly, the brilliant orange, red-spotted, land-dwelling species that has been discovered in the damp woods of the eastern United States is not the organism’s adult stage but rather its juvenile iteration. Red Efts begin their extraordinary long lives in the water as gill-breathing larvae, which are born in the water. Red Efts will ultimately return to an aquatic existence for the remainder of their exceptionally lengthy lives, which may last up to 15 years.
Because they have the same fundamental body plan, red efts are sometimes confused with smaller lizards, which is unsurprising given that they seem quite similar. However, there are orange lizards, such as the one seen above, which has not been recognised. Why would a species that lives in the jungle develop to have a hue that is different from the green flora that surrounds it and provides protection for it? A query that deserves an answer, but the beast with droopy eyelids up there isn’t going to provide one.
Gila Monster
The vividly patterned, orange and black Gila Monster is one of the only two poisonous lizards found in America. Its colour combination acts as a warning to “back off or else!” in the same way that the coloration of bees and wasps does. Gila Monsters are lizards that are native to the Mojave Desert and the regions around it. They may grow to be about 2 feet (60 cm) in length, which is quite a deal less than the lizards that “devoured humans as if they were flies” in the 1959 low-budget horror film The Giant Gila Monster.
If you are lucky enough to survive being bitten by a Gila Monster, there is a strong probability that you will never put yourself in that position again. It is not because of the agony or the whole “nearly dying” thing; rather, it is because researchers have discovered that the venom of the Gila Monster may improve memory performance and reduce the symptoms of diabetes. Because the venom is now manufactured synthetically, you probably shouldn’t go poking Gila Monsters before you take that difficult math test, okay?
Cock of the Rock
There are really two species of Cock-of-the-Rock, or Cocks-of-the-Rock: the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola Peruvianus), which is the national bird of Peru, and the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock, which is the national bird of Guiana (Rupicola Rupicola). It is only the males of either species that have feathers that are as brightly orange, while the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock has feathers that are more orange from top to bottom.
The Cock-of-the-Rock is found in sections of western South America where the Amazonian rainforest starts to give way to the foothills of the Andes mountains. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise since the Cock-of-the-Rock lives in rocky terrain. The birds use their brilliant plumage and the ability to adjust fan-like crests on their heads in an effort to impress possible mates. These potential mates are typically brown-feathered and should be impressed regardless of the birds’ efforts to do so.
Orangutan
Even though they are the most orange-colored great ape in the world, the word “orangutan” does not refer to the colour orange in any way. This is only a fortunate happenstance for those who know English. Instead, this orange-hued “man of the forest” gets his name from the Malay words for “man” (orang) and “forest,” which together mean “man of the forest” (utan). We are completely clueless about the origin of the moniker “Dr. Zaius.”
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has placed orangutans on the list of endangered species because the current population is just 14% as large as it was 10,000 years ago. Loss of habitat and human activity are the primary dangers that orangutans face, and an illicit trade in the acquisition of juvenile orangutans for the purpose of keeping them as pets adds an extra layer of stress. Orangutans who have been rescued and brought to rehabilitation centres have received assistance from a variety of facilities, including both big and small ones. These facilities not only contribute to our understanding of these highly cognitive monkeys, but they have also witnessed some extraordinary activities, such as the use of tools and spearfishing.
Tiger
Even though orange is just one of the tiger’s three primary colours (the others being black and white), it is the colour of the biggest of the four recognised “big cats” that makes the tiger stand out in our thoughts as being particularly unique. Tigers, much like hornets and Gila Monsters, exhibit a standard “warning sign” colour coding; but, in the case of tigers, the goal is solely one of camouflage in sun-dappled woods and grasslands. This is in contrast to the situation with hornets and Gila Monsters.
Tigers are in the same precarious situation as many other orange animals; that is, their species is in a state of urgent endangerment. Three of the six known tiger subspecies have been extinct, and the historical range of the tiger has fallen to barely 7 percent of what it once was. Although there are thousands of tigers living in zoos and private custody, it is believed that there are only 3,000 to 5,000 tigers still living in the wild.
