They Come in Peace: Animals that Look Like Aliens!These "UFOs" – unidentified far-out organisms – are actually rare and interesting creatures

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ECHIDNA

Named for a mythological Greek monster that was half-nymph, half-snake, the echidna seems like something that might want to whisk you away in its UFO. But these little guys are typically harmless – the toothless creatures feast predominantly on insects.