This amazing creature has a fittingly amazing name: the psychedelic earth tiger, also known as the Indian rainbow . It appears on Fauna & Flora’s 10 species to watch in 2026, a list of animals the conservation charity is hoping to protect. The list also includes extremely venomous vipers, a highly prized falcon and a guitarfish which looks like it has been sewn together from two different species in a “misguided scientific experiment.”

: Mithun Das/CLP/Fauna & Flora/PA

 Indian rainbow tarantula.
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