What is the rarest animal you’ve found?

[pannaking22]

Acmaeodera consors, 3rd known specimen.

 

[goliathusdavid]

Acmaeodera consors, 3rd known specimen.

Literally drooling in jealousy right now.

 

[Vulash]

Potentially new species of ancient sea sponge (fossil).

Pulled a 17 inch mud puppy out of a creek in West Virginia on a trout pole. That thing was super dense and heavy.

 

[8 legged]

Dolomedes fimbriatus in Germany...

 

[Vulash]

Yep Miss. It's decent sized, I'm surprised it's lived this long out in the wild.

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2021/10/6/22710621/mississippi-woman-are-blonde-snake

That's really cool, but that article is an absolute mess.

 

[Frogdaddy]

A coral snake in Austin, Texas.

 

[arthurliuyz]

Carabus lafossei

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

A family of trumpeter swans.

 

[The Snark]

Undescribed. On the DNA analysis waiting list. Poss. Heteropoda. Only known specimen, discovered Saturday, ‎March ‎31, ‎2018, ‏‎7:04:54 AM at 18.706064, 98.981716

 

[Isopods others]

Probably a french partridge they aren't exactly rare just I'd never seen one
I did see a hedgehog which are becoming increasingly rare,

 

[curtisgiganteus]

2.5-3” Crotalus ruber in San Bernardino Co, California. Their range in mainland Cali is fairly restricted, so finding one this size anywhere north was a treat.

 

[The Snark]

2.5-3” Crotalus ruber in San Bernardino Co, California.

I think I vaguely recognize that handler. How about some background on those photos? Whether by chance or other, that pinch behind the head of the snake spells experience. Not the full hand grip of the average amateur snake handler.