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9 weirdest looking animals you didn't know existed

post #1 of 23
10/18/09 at 3:08pm
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Actually, thanks to CHUD I knew about half of these.

This one is my favorite.


I tried searching for the cute animal thread, but alas the search function stumped me.
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post #2 of 23
10/18/09 at 3:19pm
I know and love all those guys. Folks need to pay better attention to the animal kingdom if they don't know about these dudes.
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post #3 of 23
10/18/09 at 4:55pm
Angora Rabbit was the only one I didnt knew about...it looks like a tribble with a glandular issue.
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post #4 of 23
10/18/09 at 6:00pm
The axolotl that Diva's showing looks like something from my wife's Pokemon games. The cuteness... it is overwhelming.
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post #5 of 23
10/18/09 at 6:13pm
That axolotl picture is a bit misleading, though. It makes it look like it has a smaller neck, when from the side it really looks more like a fish or snake (with basically no neck, just the head going into a body of similar thickness). That picture makes it look less like a fish/snake/lizard and more like a little sea monkey. In fact, it makes the axolotl look unfairly cute!
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post #6 of 23
10/18/09 at 9:56pm
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
I know and love all those guys. Folks need to pay better attention to the animal kingdom if they don't know about these dudes.
Yeah fully, dunno what kind of shut-in compiled the list for these animals to qualify as "you didn't know existed". Hell, number one are rather common household pets here in Australia.
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post #7 of 23
10/19/09 at 12:07am
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Originally Posted by ryoken View Post
Angora Rabbit was the only one I didnt knew about...it looks like a tribble with a glandular issue.
Ha! I thought of that as well.
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post #8 of 23
10/19/09 at 12:24am
That devil-squid or whatever it's called from the BBC's "Planet: EARTH" miniseries was pretty evil looking. The one with the glowing red eyes.

Animals from caves also are pretty evil looking, as a rule
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post #9 of 23
10/19/09 at 3:31am
Hey, the pimp crab made it! Champagne for everyone!
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post #10 of 23
10/19/09 at 3:57am
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
Yeah fully, dunno what kind of shut-in compiled the list for these animals to qualify as "you didn't know existed". Hell, number one are rather common household pets here in Australia.
Yeah in all seriousness, you never seen an Axolotl, people? I buy feeder fish from a pet store that has a bunch of these guys. My housemate has this weird hatred thing for them: he is a peace loving dude but he goes into violent rages anytime he sees one. Is weird.

Also: GO PIMP CRAB! YEAH!
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post #11 of 23
10/19/09 at 4:41am
Darwinism at it's greatest.


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post #12 of 23
10/19/09 at 10:45am
That guy on the bottom looks like a really happy cartoon-balloon.
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post #13 of 23
10/19/09 at 11:28am
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Sorry guys, the Bronx Zoo isn't exactly known to house tropical sea creatures. We've got the standard lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
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post #14 of 23
10/19/09 at 11:40am
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The axolotl that Diva's showing looks like something from my wife's Pokemon games. The cuteness... it is overwhelming.
Yup. Charmander & Jigglypuff in post #11.

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post #15 of 23
10/19/09 at 12:27pm
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That guy on the bottom looks like a really happy cartoon-balloon.
Yeah, it's a great defense mechanism. You just couldn't stay angry at a face like that.

Here's another piglet squid;

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post #16 of 23
10/19/09 at 12:44pm
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Here's another piglet squid;
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post #17 of 23
10/20/09 at 5:01pm
Yeah the Axolotl is fairly well known but they had a freaking mole on the list, too.
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post #18 of 23
10/20/09 at 8:17pm
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post #19 of 23
10/20/09 at 8:32pm
Personally, I had heard of and seen drawings of aye ayes before, but they don't do the real thing justice. That is one weird lookin' animal! But I call shenanigans on placing cicadas on that list. Who hasn't heard of those?!
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post #20 of 23
10/20/09 at 9:44pm
Didn't know existed?



Hunting Podlings in my nightmares for years.

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post #21 of 23
10/21/09 at 4:24am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

The pistol shrimp. It shoots shock wave bubbles from the snap produced from it's "shootin' arm", which is strong enough to kill small fish. Youtube has some videos of these guys blasting away.
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post #22 of 23
10/21/09 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by KConan View Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

The pistol shrimp. It shoots shock wave bubbles from the snap produced from it's "shootin' arm", which is strong enough to kill small fish. Youtube has some videos of these guys blasting away.
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post #23 of 23
10/22/09 at 6:29pm
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I call shenanigans on placing cicadas on that list. Who hasn't heard of those?!
I call double shenanigans given the popularity of Phillipe Mora's 80s masterpiece The Beast Within, which turned this amazing insect into a household name.
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