I love bizarre animals and thought why not have a thread about them. I will start us out with a few.
Turtle Frogs
[img]http://museum.wa.gov.au/frogwatch/503.jpg[/img]
Vampire finches
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fqrDShlMM[/media]
Gliding lizards
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSGpCOtkSc[/media]
Surinam Toads
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw[/media]
I love weird animals! When I was about 7-8 I made a presentation to the class about them :downs:
[IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8i0ib52RD1r34mjeo1_500.jpg[/IMG]
Star Nosed Mole
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Giant_isopod.jpg/220px-Giant_isopod.jpg[/IMG]
Giant Isopod
[IMG]http://www.aboututila.com/ScubaInfo/Whale-Sharks/Photos/Whale-Shark-Mouth.jpg[/IMG]
Whale Shark
Not particularly bizarre animals, but a pretty bizarre situation of natural undersea happenings
[video=youtube;evd6NTD1wf4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evd6NTD1wf4[/video]
[QUOTE=Thedashingrogue;39269750]Not particularly bizarre animals, but a pretty bizarre situation of natural undersea happenings
[video=youtube;evd6NTD1wf4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evd6NTD1wf4[/video][/QUOTE]
3:30 to the end
God damn stingrays are fucking horrifying. The look it had in its eyes was chilling.
Blobfish. That is all.
[IMG]http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_1400/14009805/biovision-blob-fish-600-69817.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Thedashingrogue;39269750]I love weird animals! When I was about 7-8 I made a presentation to the class about them :downs:
[IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8i0ib52RD1r34mjeo1_500.jpg[/IMG]
Star Nosed Mole
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Giant_isopod.jpg/220px-Giant_isopod.jpg[/IMG]
Giant Isopod
[IMG]http://www.aboututila.com/ScubaInfo/Whale-Sharks/Photos/Whale-Shark-Mouth.jpg[/IMG]
Whale Shark
Not particularly bizarre animals, but a pretty bizarre situation of natural undersea happenings
[video=youtube;evd6NTD1wf4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evd6NTD1wf4[/video][/QUOTE]
Did it shock a shitload of crabs and just eat one in a few seconds?
Holy shit man...
Check this shit. A near perfect mix of a ray and a shark - called the "bowmouth guitarfish"
[IMG]http://media.tumblr.com/7842897750b7e75f27ecbeab3250a46d/tumblr_inline_mghk5ubaCl1qauoq4.jpg[/IMG]
[b][u] Portuguese Man o War[/u][/b]
[img]http://kgov.com/files/images/science/P-Man-o-War.jpg[/img]
Ugh, if I ever saw a surinam toad I would flip my shit. They just look so creepy and their eggs are IN their body and no...
Yeah here's a vampire squid.
[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLVIKHm5QOU/UGdIIS9mnpI/AAAAAAAAQIE/T_EB8Q-YJSY/s1600/VampireSquid-940x627.jpg[/IMG]
golden mole
[img]http://www.afrotheria.net/golden_moles/photos/Cryptochloris_zyli.jpg[/img]
Sea Pig
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ivQFkuu.jpg[/img]
Irukandji Jellyfish- no larger than a cubic centimetre
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Irukandji-jellyfish-queensland-australia.jpg/800px-Irukandji-jellyfish-queensland-australia.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Muggy;39273392]Irukandji Jellyfish- no larger than a cubic centimetre
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Irukandji-jellyfish-queensland-australia.jpg/800px-Irukandji-jellyfish-queensland-australia.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Aren't the Irukandji the jellies that can seriously fuck you up by just touching you?
[QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;39273654]Aren't the Irukandji the jellies that can seriously fuck you up by just touching you?[/QUOTE]
Yup. They can take down an elephant. They're more poisonous than cobras... Talk about 'Big things come in small packages'.
[QUOTE=imptastick;39273421]Another batch:
Echidna
[img]http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/46/46EE36A8-792A-44CE-BFCB-CD0D4D0C1003/Presentation.Large/Long-beaked-echidna-walking.jpg[/img]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOuxJ4sexmY[/media][/QUOTE]
What an accurate representation, Sega.
[t]http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/sonic-the-hedgehog/knuckles-the-echidna.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Thedashingrogue;39274193]What an accurate representation, Sega.
[t]http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/sonic-the-hedgehog/knuckles-the-echidna.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6kAE06mJAQ[/media]
Apparently they're hatchetfish... they look frightened. :(
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ext_3mUvuK0/Ta27rHKE98I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gx15zGTQkDo/s1600/hatchetfish_face_killah.jpg[/img]
They look terrifying.
[QUOTE=Zareox7;39283066]Apparently they're hatchetfish... they look frightened. :(
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ext_3mUvuK0/Ta27rHKE98I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gx15zGTQkDo/s1600/hatchetfish_face_killah.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/1113597/2/stock-photo-1113597-sad-drama-mask.jpg[/IMG]
Do prehistoric animals count?
[IMG]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8cdsykbfq1qga1al.jpg[/IMG]
A reconstruction of [I]Arthropleura[/I] a giant centipede like thing that existed some time before the dinosaurs started getting big.
[QUOTE=Zareox7;39283066]Apparently they're hatchetfish... they look frightened. :(
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ext_3mUvuK0/Ta27rHKE98I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/gx15zGTQkDo/s1600/hatchetfish_face_killah.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Did they look in a mirror?
This is a bunny affected with the Shope papilloma virus; basically tumor-like horns that will affect the brain and cause starvation.
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq85czYfhb1qz4u5io1_500.jpg[/img]
(also could be what started the jackalope myth)
Don't some humans get that too? where they start growing those all over their body
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;39298073]Don't some humans get that too? where they start growing those all over their body[/QUOTE]
It's called [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermodysplasia_verruciformis"]Epidermodysplasia verruciformis[/URL]
