Bat’s one extremely ugly creature

IT'S just as well they only spring in to life at night — as coming face to face with this hideous bat in the daylight would suck in the extreme. 

Scientists have discovered a new species of the nocturnal critter in Vietnam – and it's one of the ugliest animals on Earth.

The grotesque folds of skin that carpet the hideous beast's face are thought to help with with echolocation – the sonar-like ability they use to help them navigate.

The animal, which feasts predominantly on insects, has been christened Griffin's leaf-nosed bat and was first seen in 2008 in a national park in Vietnam.

But it wasn't until later, after researchers caught some, that they realised it was an entirely new species.        Full Read