Funky, Freaky, Fabulous and/or Far Out Animals

*Melanie68* · 03-17-2006, 05:31 PM

I just saw a picture of this:

Kiwa hirsuta

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4785482.stm

WOW!! Cooool.

Any other cool non domesticated animals (that are especially weird looking to you) you want to post?

lumi · 03-17-2006, 06:48 PM

The deep sea is really exciting because of all the undiscovered creatures down there.

*Melanie68* · 03-22-2006, 01:20 PM

Flame box crabs are only right handed.

and if you're a snail with a left handed shell...

SakSquash · 03-22-2006, 02:17 PM

Oh those crazy cows!

Fairygdmther · 03-22-2006, 02:54 PM

We all know about the duck-billed platypus - an egg-laying mammal - but it has a cousin - the echidna, or spiny anteater, also an egg-laying mammal, and they comprise the only members of the monotreme family.

platypus

echidna

Lynsie

Karmillo · 03-22-2006, 02:59 PM

What? you mean Echidnas are actualy real!?

Jazhara7 · 03-22-2006, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karmillo

What? you mean Echidnas are actualy real!?

Of course they are. I saw them in the Zoo.

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RLacey · 03-22-2006, 03:47 PM

Those zoos... always out to make a quick buck. Face it, they just squashed a hedgehog slightly and shoved a new nose on it!

*Melanie68* · 03-22-2006, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

echidna

Lynsie

He's cute!!!

Jazhara7 · 03-22-2006, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey

Those zoos... always out to make a quick buck. Face it, they just squashed a hedgehog slightly and shoved a new nose on it!

Nah, I doubt it. The Zoo in my area hasn't had any elephants for ages, and so they wouldn't have been able to get the nose.

Also, I would have known if it was a fake Echidna. My family has nursed enough hedgehogs to spot one if we see one (washing a hedgehog and looking for parasites in between it's spines will make you remember how a hedgehog's spines look).

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RLacey · 03-22-2006, 03:53 PM

"It's the latest in hedgehog cosmetic surgery!"

Jazhara7 · 03-22-2006, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey

"It's the latest in hedgehog cosmetic surgery!"

"Learn about the latest in spine replacement!"

"People will ask you if you didn't have a beard last time they saw you!"

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RLacey · 03-22-2006, 03:55 PM

"Aah, come in Mr Snuffles! It's spine replacement, isn't it? Now hold still, you may feel a small prick from this needle. And this needle. And this one. And another. And another..."

*Melanie68* · 03-22-2006, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SakSquash

Oh those crazy cows!

RLacey · 03-22-2006, 04:07 PM

Cows that can't spell deserve no sympathy

.

Though, admittedly, those ones can stand on their hind legs. Which makes them fairly cool.

Karmillo · 03-22-2006, 04:24 PM

come on admit it, Chikin is a better way of spelling it anyway

and I thought Echidnas were just something made up by sega....

RLacey · 03-22-2006, 04:29 PM

I was very tempted to post a picture of myself in this thread, but I stopped before letting my over-inflated ego push me quite that far.

[toj.cc]Phantom · 03-22-2006, 04:56 PM

*Melanie68* · 03-22-2006, 04:57 PM

WOW! What kind of fish is that?

[toj.cc]Phantom · 03-22-2006, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie68

WOW! What kind of fish is that?

Goliath Grouper, big enough to swallow a diver whole...

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Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Funky, Freaky, Fabulous and/or Far Out Animals I just saw a picture of this: Kiwa hirsuta http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4785482.stm WOW!! Cooool. Any other cool non domesticated animals (that are especially weird looking to you) you want to post? Share Share this post on Twitter

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