Weird animal pictures of the year 2009 ~ Weird and wonderful news library

A hungry Cuban tree frog is all lit up after swallowing a decorative tree light in West Palm Beach, Florida

A toad clings to a carp at a farm in Taitung county, Taiwan. The farm owner said the toad, which was apparently in heat, had been clinging tightly to the carp for a month despite constant struggles of the fish and the owner's attempts to pull it off

Photos of fat Macaca Mulatta monkeys, taken on May 4 2008 (top) and June 6 2009 at the Ohama Park in Japan. The overweight monkeys have succesfully reduced their weight, thanks to a diet. The heaviest male monkey, weighing 30kg, lost more than 10kg

A Celebes Crested Macaque looks back at the Singapore zoo

Dawn the monkey rides on top of Dan the border collie at the Fear No Evil Bull Riding Challenge in Houma, Louisiana

A recently-discovered fish named 'Psychedelica' is seen in the waters off Ambon island, Indonesia. The froglike fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species

A hairy frogfish which was photographed taking a leisurely walk on the seabed in the Lembeh Straits of Sulawesi, Indonesia, by Choh Wah Ye, an engineer from Malaysia

Spud the hedgehog, who suffers from a major skin problem causing his skin to dry and his spines to fall out, is pictured at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital

A cat called Ugly Bat Boy is seen at his home in a veterinary clinic in New Hampshire, USA. Staff at the veterinary hospital have been forced to put up fliers saying he's perfectly normal, just unattractive

A rare white turtle which was found at the riverside of Yellow River in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. The turtle weighs about 6.5 kg and is 40 cm long

An albino turtle born at the Biological Reserve of Abufari, and presented by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation in Tapaua, Amazonia, Brazil

A goat drinks milk from a cow's udders in Hyderabad, India

A lioness grabs a male lion's tongue in the Okavango Delta Botswana to try to stop him from crossing into an area where a neighbouring in-season female was calling him