Actual Top Ten Animals of 2013

Not so much a popularity contest as an altitude contest. 10: Himalayan Jumping Spider The fuzzy and springy Euophrys omnisuperstes lives on the world's highest mountains. It's been found 6,700 meters (a little over four miles) high on Mount Everest. Some birds can fly at higher altitudes, but the spider lives there full-time, apparently subsisting on unlucky insects carried up to it by the wind. 9, 8: Iranian Space Monkeys Twice this year, Iran announced that it had success