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'Freaks and Creeps' Need Love Too

Nat Geo host Lucy Cooke is on a mission to prove ugly animals are important.

Nat Geo's 'Freaks and Creeps': Ugly Animals Need Love Too

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Lucy Cooke, a zoologist and emerging explorer, holds a sign on a boat that reads "Love Ugly." Cooke is the host of National Geographic's "Freaks and Creeps," the show that pays homage to the animal kingdom's unslightly outcasts. "Nightline" joined Cooke in the Amazon to take a look at a few creepy creatures. "Freaks and Creeps" is on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Nat Geo Wild. (Photo Courtesy of Lucy Cooke)
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