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So I ask you, is there any animal more bizzare than....
The Platypus?
http://www.mckinleyink.com/images/platypus.gif Had a discussion about this a while back on another site I post at and we couldn't really think of one single animal quite as bizzare as the Platypus Closest we came was The Elephant Seal http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~dbaile...e/elephant.jpg and The Echidna http://www.condorcet.com.au/_oz/marsupials/echidna.jpg Both pretty bizzare in their own right yes but I'm not entirely convinced that they are more bizzare than the platypus, perhaps equally bizzare to some degree but by no means exceding the rather odd features of the Platypus. I know there are more bizzare looking animals out there I just either don't know about em, or I haven't thought of em yet. Help me out. (I probably misspelled Bizzare didn't I? Prolly misspelled misspell too for all I know) Asta!! |
Echidna? I never even knew such a thing existed.
The closest thing I can think of is the jackalope: http://library.ucsd.edu/~davids/jackalop.jpg |
Please tell me that thing is made up
http://www.chrisduartegroupfans.org/jackalope.gif No fuckin way Asta!! |
Jackalope hunting is big business in Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana.
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Yer fuckin shittin me
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Cassowary. Grows to about 1 1/2m tall.
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Weird lookin bird. I dunno though.
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No, We go up to the Medicine Bow mountains between Laramie and Cheyenne all the time. Come on out and we'll set you up. |
Okay then....that animal takes the cake....nothing is gonna be able to beat that. Discussion ended.....quicker than I thought it would too....nothin to see here.
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I'm having a hard time believing this. How is this evolutionally possible? I mean why in the world would the jack rabbit have to evolve horns? It already had speed going for it plus the horns would provide little defense against it's common predators. It'd have to be something left over from pre-historic times or some shit. I need to see some type of certifyable documentation of this animals existence. Then I'll shut up and completely except it open mindedly but until I know for sure I'd have to assume you were pulling my leg. Never heard of that animal before cept when they used to do jokes on Americas funniest home video's with a similar looking made up creature "You can't catch me hee hee hee!!" n shit. Please put my mind at ease already whether it's a joke or not I must know now.
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According to this <a href="http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/jackalope.html">website.</a> They aren't real it's actually a disease that happens to normal rabbits in which they grow brain tumors that protrude outward and ressemble horns. Discussion is still open though I wanna know more about em even if it is fake info.
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So I ask you, is there any animal more bizzare than.... man?
He is so confused, for most of his life, he either forgets or actually thinks he isn't an animal. |
Once again ART your brilliance and innovative thinking is always appreciated and welcomed. Perhaps you are right too. Back to the "jackalope" The disease is called Shope papillomavirus and it infects the oral cavity. Seeing those images was just aweful. I feel a great deal of pity for the hares.
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Here's a story on the jackrabbit..
IMO the tapir is pretty weird http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%...r%20471001.jpg |
I knew about that animal...I had forgotten the name of it though. Thanx. That one definitely gives it a run for it's money....any animal for that matter. We'll all have to decide. Wait a minute gal...who are you? You linked me to TAMUK....MY college. Do you go there? I might know you if you do. I grew up in Kingsville. A lot of my family members still live there too. My sister is attending college down there right now. I would be too but as my profile states I owe A&M 3 & 1/2 grand which is a lot of money for me. It'll be a little while before I can come up with the cash but not too long. Well even if you don't go there it's still a crazy coincidence. Just blew my freakin mind.
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Humph, you people are no fun.
I prefer my jackalope :D |
Nope, couldn't be. Your location says Norway....aka no way I know you.
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hmm, are there living a lot of germans/austran/swiss immigrants in those states? Cause this "animal" looks a lot like the wolpertinger: http://www.friedland-nl.de/bilder/Rasselbock.jpg http://www.menschen-monster-mutation.../Wolpi1jpg.jpg |
They're the same thing different name. They're also called rasselbock and we've established that they're not real.
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/rasselbock.jpg Asta!! |
I hereby declare this day: International Shope papilloma virus awareness day.
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I want one of these in my fishtank.
Anglerfish <img src="http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/zban.deepsea.fish-big.jpg"> |
K-Wise: yes I'm from Norway. What is that in your last post btw? I've seen this guy many places.
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Thanks :) Funny guy.. japanese of course.
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The Weedy Sea Dragon of Southern Austrailan seas.
http://www.dolphinlog.org/creatures/weedy.jpg The url where I found it: http://www.dolphinlog.org/creatures/seadragons2.htm They look freaky, but cool at the same time, as well. :) |
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What about George "The Animal" Steele?
http://www.thewrestlingview.com/animal.jpg With a green tounge and all. |
My favorite is the Capybara
http://www.rebsig.com/capybara/capy7.jpg It is a a tailless largely aquatic So. American rodent (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris) often exceeding four feet (1.2 meters) in length. There was a discussion of mice and rats getting into your house. How would you like one of these around? In another source I read at one time that they can reach up to 300lbs. Now that's a BIG rat! When I was in highschool I actually named my parakeet Capyboppy (Capy for short) for the Capybara. |
Hail Citizens!
I would like to introduce to you http://a1304.g.akamaitech.net/7/1304...oscis_zoom.jpg the Proboscus Monkey. They are the only things that compete with ARTelevision's pink and hairless ape. They can smell things thousands of miles away. I made that last part up, -GH |
Gonzo is a Proboscus Monkey!
http://www.action-performance.com/mu...ages/gonzo.jpg Well between that one, the Tapir, and the various aquatic dwelling animals we've seen posted I think we have ourselves a slew of thrown takers. So now we just gotta make it unanimus! Aight lets rack in the votes people unless you have an even weirder animal out there you'd like to put in the line up. I know they exist. Asta!! |
And it's Proboscis Monkey ya freaka natuuuuuuuuuuuuuure!!!!!!
http://www.orangutan.com/images/ProboscisMonkey.jpg Asta!! |
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Thats just plain scary! damn, i wouldn't like to get my fingers anywhere near that thing when i try feed it...but it may taste nice under crispy batter! |
Yeah I don't think you'd wanna be eatin that fish there buddy.
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Aunt May: "The eyes! The eyes...!"
Spiderman: He knows who I am... http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/icapb/col...eth97/tars.gif edit: That's a Tarsier, by the way. |
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<i><b>I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile.</b></i></center> Thats a pretty good one there with the Tarsier. This search is gettin better and better. Asta!! |
Giant squid are pretty crazy. Imagine, squid 30ft long, as long as a bus.
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I think that jackalope is pretty crazy.
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I couldn't find a very good picture of my buddy the red uakari, so here's the best there was
http://www.szgdocent.org/pp/p-cebid2.jpg Interesting little monkey methinks. |
Well there is the zebra, jackass crossbread
http://www.horsesales.com/arkimages/zonk.jpg and also the ant eater http://www.jhepple.com/Pictures/Animals/Ant_Eater.JPG *I hope those came up as pictures not exactly sure how to do them* |
The Hercules Beetle
http://www.nefir.com/misc/beetle.gif You can pry open beer bottles with that thing... The Warty Frogfish http://www.nefir.com/misc/frogfish.jpg The ocean is a strange, mysterious place that we humans know very little about. Plenty of weird fish to go around... this is one of em. |
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Like this: [img]h**p://www.horsesales.com/arkimages/zonk.jpg[/img] [img]h**p://www.jhepple.com/Pictures/Animals/Ant_Eater.JPG[/img] After you take out the asterisks "*", this is what you get: http://www.horsesales.com/arkimages/zonk.jpg http://www.jhepple.com/Pictures/Animals/Ant_Eater.JPG Hope this helps you, Miekle. :) |
Knaw I dunno the anteater looks like an animal in a class of it's own but the Platypus looks like a mix of 2 or more animals see where I'm going?
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well, might i offer some more strange beasts to this worthy collection...
first, i give you the Alligator Snapping Turtle... http://reptile.new21.org/dk/turtle/a...ing-turtle.jpg http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/.../ar0207_1m.jpg it is large, dangerous and extremely well armoured... one even lived in a Gosford sewer for fifteen years. next, i give you the Bactrian Camel... http://www.sandiegozoo.org/images/imagebank/camel.jpg a stranger mammal i am hard pressed to find. the rest of my presentation takes us to the depths of the ocean ... i give you the Manta Ray... http://home.sprynet.com/~tst4echo/manta.gif large and graceful this gentle creature is remarkably beautiful for all its weirdness. nex, i give you the Narwhal... http://www.boutilierassoc.com/narwhal.jpg a strange mix of manitee and unicorn, this creature reminds me of a mythological beast. and lastly, i give you all, the Octopus... http://www.suncoastdiving.com/images/octopus.jpg boneless, spineless and extremely intelligent, this creature comes in many different shapes and sizes. three cheers for strange beasts. |
What about the infamous Lamprey?
They look like an angry penis with lots n lots a sharp teeth. http://www.fishing-in-wales.com/_pic...s/lamprey2.jpg http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/gust/crypto-lampreys3.jpg http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/glwqa/usdom...ges/slide4.jpg Asta!! |
http://www.dinofish.com/cimages/vw_uglyteeth2.jpg
http://www.dinofish.com/cimages/vw_cave2.jpg http://www.dinofish.com/cimages/coel01b.jpg http://www.dinofish.com/cimages/coel03b.jpg http://www.mountain-research.org/CV/coelacanth.jpg http://faculty.uca.edu/~benw/biol440...e8b/img008.jpg COELACANTH; A prehistoric fish once thought to be extinct found living in modern times. |
I've always thought that the whole 'jackalope' animal was a myth.
I've always thought that the elephant-nosed shrew was very strange. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/hall...imens/a899.jpg http://artedi.ebc.uu.se/course/BioIn...hant_shrew.gif |
Behold the scariest creature to ever take residence upon our Earth.
Picture this as a dinner plate. http://wrbu.si.edu/www/stockwell/photos/solpugid1.jpg |
Christ what on earth is that thing? Okay so it's an arachnid right? Looks like a fuckin spider Scorpion crossbreed or a Spiderpede or some shit.
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no doubt... that thing's freaky.
I think the Quidgeboat takes the cake, though... http://www.weirdpicturearchive.com/img/def-kittypup.jpg bah, rexed! here's the link... linky |
Link don't work homie.
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domo kun is #1...but that proboscis monkey comes in for a close second
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I am sooo blown away by the sea dragon that I just spent half an hour reseaching them on the net... what a weird animal...
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behold the star nosed mole
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~rmacarth/nose1.jpg http://www.amnh.org/naturalhistory/i...0600_star1.jpg http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Ve...sonian.320.jpg The lemur, one of the coolest too: http://www.tesan.vuurwerk.nl/reports...lton/lemur.jpg how bout the aye aye? http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/slid...my/gifs/22.gif http://www.primates.com/lemurs/aye-aye.jpg http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/ayeaye2.jpg on the theme of 'mixes', the kakapo is a large flightless parrot, but also looks to have some owl in it, and its nocturnal http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/ab...ams/kakapo.jpg |
Wow I think Shpoop has it with that star nosed mole... I thought about putting a regular mole up because of thier huge hand but that nose is something else.
ps. thanks for the help Fremen |
Star nosed mole what in Gods name? We have a winner.
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The angel fish is the weirdest so far.
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It's not an angel fish...angel fish are pretty that one is an Angler Fish.
Angel Fish http://www.aquanaut.com/images/misc/angelfish.gif Angler Fish http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/zban.deepsea.fish-big.jpg And I think we have a competator for the Star Nosed Mole I give you The Naked Mole Rat http://www.bio.psu.edu/Courses/Fall2...s/image015.gif http://www.bio.psu.edu/Courses/Fall2...s/image013.jpg http://www.moleplace.com/images/NakedMoleRat-s160.jpg I can't really decide which is weirder between the two. One looks weird as all hell.......and the other looks like a freakin walking penis. You be the judge. Asta!! |
I dunno, if you think about it, the naked mole rat is just like a mole sans hair, whereas the star nosed mole... well fuck, that ones just plain wierd.
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Point noted.
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theres also this one that i didnt post, becuase its small and doesnt look weird, but it is born with a brain that it uses to go find a nesting spot, then sticks itself in the ground and eats its brain. (its aquatic, called the sea squirt)
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OK, you've all posted some rather odd LOOKING creatures, but the platypus is still the most bizarre.
As far as I know it's completly unclassifyable by todays standers. Mammels are worm blooded and have hair and give live birth. Platypus are warm blooded, have hair, and LAY EGGS. Birds have feathers, beaks, lay eggs and have wings. Platypus lay eggs and have beaks but no feathers. Not fish obviously. I'm no expert but that's how I remember what I know about them. Furry, beaks, lays eggs, warm blooded. The only animal I know of that crosses between 2 different genras of animals. |
Ahh yes the infamous sea squirt
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/...squirt.200.jpg Really cool animal. Very fun to play with I used to squirt my friends with em when we visited the aquarium. Good times. Asta!! |
That star-nosed mole is insane. What's the practical application of that sucker? Where are they found?
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the pangolin is a scaled mamal, not as weird as that mole though
http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index...nimals/129.jpg http://www.bornfree.org.uk/pangolins/chadenga.JPG |
That ones pretty good. Looks like a mini dinosaur. Is it related to the armadillo in any way?
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the platypus and two species of echidna (spiny anteater). http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/...me/echidna.jpg To add to the list of wierd characteristics, the platypus is the only mammal to produce its own venom. The male has a poisonous spur on each rear leg that injects the toxin. While not known to be lethal to humans, a jab will put one in hospital. The platypus gets my vote for the weirdest. Actually I think he's just proof that God has a sense of humor. That was my reason for taking it as a nik. |
Come on people, you gotta know what an Echidna is, isn't Knuckles (from Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog") an Echidna?
Thanks for the extra info... Platypus. LOL. I don't beleive in God so I'd say animals from outter space, brought when the aliens visited the Egyptians or the Druids who made stonehedge... OK so that's a bit absurd so maybe just a fluke in the evolution chain. |
Yeah Knuckles was an Echidna. I've known about em since 3rd grade. Thought they were cool but they aren't exactly the most popular animals too. Anytime anyones ever seen em they prolly think they're a hedgehog or a porcupine. Even my dad didn't know what they are. I think you two are probably right given the rather unique features/characteristics of the animal perhaps such an animal more bizzare than it doesn't exist.
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Jellyfish always freaked me out, and other animals of the sea. Deep down you get into the incredibly wierd stuff, it's like an alien world there.
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^^ This is true. Lord knows how big the lampreys get down there. They say the deeper ya go the bigger they(aquatic animals) get or something. Everytime I see <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/DeepRising-1081500/reviews.php">Deep Rising</a> I think...."hmm..could happen" Scary thought.
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what are these critters?
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They look like Red Pandas to me.
More info here: http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Red_Panda.asp http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/6.shtml Edit: actually they have really huge eyes which red pandas don't seem to have, it might just be because they're young though. |
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http://www2.worldbook.com/features/r...s/pc314200.jpg
http://graphicstock.com/graphicstock...ned-lizard.jpg It may not look all that weird, but squirting blood out of it's eyes as a defense mechanism is certainly strange. Properly called a horned lizard, they're also known as horned frogs or horney toads, and their numbers are dwindling, thanks to the introduction of Fire Ants and subsequent downfall of native red ants. |
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sloths!
those things dont move from branches for weeks on end so much so that there's a type called 'green sloths' coz algae grows on their fur as they dont move at all and stay in the shade |
Hi,
Fish don't come much wierder than those that live in the deep sea. Behold: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ships/images/ship3089.jpg http://www.imagequest3d.com/catalogu...s/v001_tif.jpg http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/ocean/anglerfish.jpeg http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/ev...y/poarfish.gif http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/ev...ty/pgulper.gif And the ever-frightening fish of my nightmares, the Viperfish http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages2/s...ages/viper.jpg What makes most of these fish even weirder is the bioluminescence used by their bodies. Oh, and did you know that angler fish males are about a centimeter long and live permanently attached to a female Angler fish, which feeds it it's entire life? Thanks, Manga |
animal lovers...
in our quest to find the strangest beasts, how could we have overlooked the humble BAT...? these truly strange beasts come in many forms... but today i want to focus on the GHOST BAT. here is a Honduran Ghost Bat... http://www.earthsbirthday.org/explor.../ghostbat1.jpg here is an Australian Ghost Bat... http://www.amonline.net.au/bats/reco...thompson14.jpg note the large ears and noses that aid the echolocation that they use in conjunction with their keen eye-sight to catch their prey. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/bat-2.jpg some species hang from trees... http://www.earthsbirthday.org/explor.../ghostbat4.jpg but most live in large colonies in dark, cool, moist surrounds of caves... http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.ww...ogy/clife3.jpg these next two are some of the stranger species of ghost bats... first, the Peter Ghost-Faced Bat... http://www.bonairenature.com/bats/im...alophylla6.jpg http://www.psych.ualberta.ca/~msnyde...k8/ghostfc.gif and the Greater Bulldog Bat... http://www.bonairenature.com/bats/im...nus7helder.jpg |
Great pick there bundy
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This just in...
...actually, this just discovered:
Ladies and Gents, as old as the dinosaurs, as strange as the coelocanthe, I present you the ancient purple frog: http://images.news.com.au/thedailyte...44066_frog.jpg Full Story HERE |
I saw a Bilby while out walking with my girlfriend last year. First time ive ever seen one. If your not sure what one is do a search on the word.
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Lebell thats fuckin awesome man.
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Pacifer that is awesome dude. That scared the daylights out of me. I think i saw that rabbit in Donnie Darko.
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