15 Rad Character Designs Straight From Nature
In the game of life, no one is a better character designer than Mother Nature.
![15 Rad Character Designs Straight From Nature](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/7/818417_320x180.jpg)
No offense to any character designer, but no one is better at designing cool-looking creatures than Mother Nature herself. Here are 15 creatures that are just interesting to look at…
Blue-Footed Booby
![Blue-Footed Booby These boobies have great blue booties, and they know it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/0/1/818101.jpg)
Rainbow Grasshopper
![Rainbow Grasshopper It ain't easy being green, so this grasshopper got dressed to the nines instead. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/9/818099.jpg)
Tapir
![Tapir If a third-grader created an animal that's great at taunting, we're pretty sure it'd be the tapir. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/0/7/818407.jpg)
Serval
![Serval The serval looks like if someone used their cat as a reference to draw a cheetah. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/7/818387.jpg)
Golden Tortoise Beetle
![Golden Tortoise Beetle This beetle looks like jewelry. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/6/818416.jpg)
Pangolin
![Pangolin This little armored anteater is the only fully scaled mammal. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/4/818384.jpg)
Irrawaddy Dolphin
![Irrawaddy Dolphin There's only 92 of these cuties in the world. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/0/3/818103.jpg)
Source: WWF
Lanternfish
![Lanternfish This is cheating because it's a 3-D rendering, but this fish is cheating because it brought its own lantern to the deep sea and how are we supposed to photograph that? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/5/818095.jpg)
A Golden Monkey Baby
![Golden Monkey Baby Finally, an answer to the question, What if a Furby was painfully cute? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/1/818091.jpg)
Blue-Banded Bee
![Blue-Banded Bee If you're sick of boring ol' black and yellow bees, don't worry. Nature's got your back. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/0/818090.jpg)
Albino Kangaroo
![An Albino Kangaroo If you thought kangaroos couldn't be cuter, let me present this rabbit-looking creature. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/9/818089.jpg)
Dhole
![Dhole Who looked at this beautiful creature and thought, What a d-hole. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/8/818058.jpg)
Longhorn Beetle
![The Longhorn Beetle We are truly blessed we cannot see insects' detailed faces with our naked eyes. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/6/818056.jpg)
Clouded Leopard
![Clouded Leopard This is the Beanie Baby 10-year-old me never knew I needed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/7/818057.jpg)
Harpy Eagle
![The Harpy Eagle This feathery monster the largest and most powerful bird of prey that still exists. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/4/818054.jpg)
Source: The Illustrated Wildlife Atlas