According to the World Wildlife Fund, the species is critically endangered with just about 10 individuals ... and ears are small and round. They are typically solitary animals.
However, the natural world surprises us ... Garter Snake reaches about 10 inches in length. It feeds on earthworms in the wild but adapts to eat amphibians and small fish in captivity.
Scientists think they might have found the world's smallest animal with a backbone - and it's a tiny frog. The Brazilian Flea Toad (which confusingly is a frog, and not a toad) is about 7 ...