World's Strangest Looking Animals
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Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant soft-shelled turtle)
The turtle is found primarily in inland, slow-moving fresh water rivers and streams. Cantor's giant soft-shelled turtles can grow up to 6 feet (about 2 meters) in length and weigh more than 100 pounds (about 50 kilograms).
Matamata Turtle
The mata mata inhabits slow moving, blackwater streams, stagnant pools, marshes, and swamps ranging into northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, Ecuador, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and central Brazil. The mata mata is strictly an aquatic species but it prefers standing in shallow water where its snout can reach the surface to breathe.
Patagonian Cavy (Mara)
A large rodent that looks sort of like a rabbit, sort of like a donkey. The Patagonian Mara lives in Central and Southern Argentina. Maras inhabit arid grasslands and scrub desert.
Saiga Antelope
Saiga is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. There is an estimated total number of 50,000 Saigas today, which live in Kalmykia, three areas of Kazakhstan and in two isolated areas of Mongolia.
Star nosed mole
The Star-nosed Mole lives in wet lowland areas and eats small invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and mollusks. It is a good swimmer and can forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds. Like other moles, this animal digs shallow surface tunnels for foraging; often, these tunnels exit underwater.
The incredibly sensitive nasal tentacles are covered with almost one hundred thousand minute touch receptors known as Eimer's organs.Elephant shrew
They are widely distributed across the southern part of Africa, and although common nowhere, can be found in almost any type of habitat, from the Namib Desert to boulder-strewn outcrops in South Africa to thick forest.
Long-beaked echidna
Echidnas are one of the two types of mammals that lay eggs (the other one is platypus). The long-beaked echidna is found in New Guinea, where it is widespread.
Pink Fairy Armadillo
It is found in central Argentina where it inhabits dry grasslands and sandy plains with thorn bushes and cacti. It has the ability to bury itself completely in a matter of seconds if frightened.
The Pink Fairy Armadillo burrows small holes near ant colonies in dry dirt. It feeds mainly on ants and ant larvae near its burrow.
Long-eared Jerboa
"The Mickey Mouse of the desert" - mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. The jerboa, found in the deserts of Mongolia and China, is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.
(source: Sharenator)
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I suppose they'd all look the same in a claypot ...
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This one is just ... wierd man. like a face hugger with claws.
but this one cute..he he.. look at that...aaawwww....
lol
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Donno why, it reminds me of Tentacles from a hentai show...
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this animal has a lot of claypot potential ...
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Why is it called Pink Fairy...?
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more more more!
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Strangest of the strange....
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Matamata Turtle
Hehehe a turtle on my wanted list if possible
This one is very popular in the pet trade especially in Japan
In SG before the clamp down by AVA, people buy the above and keep it for luck
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I suppose they'd all look the same in a claypot ...
evils!!!!
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Originally posted by Fatum:
this animal has a lot of claypot potential ...
6 feet worth of potential.....
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ok i haf seen none of them before in my life
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I always thought these look weird too :
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zz the armadillo looks like sandslash in pokemon
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Originally posted by the Bear:
Long-eared Jerboa
"The Mickey Mouse of the desert"
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they look like those discovery documentaries that predict life way before mankind.
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The Axolotl
The Alpaca
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Looking at a few of these bizarre creatures, you can kinda tell where a few horror movie producers and anime creators get their inspiration from!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
Long-eared Jerboa
"The Mickey Mouse of the desert" - mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. The jerboa, found in the deserts of Mongolia and China, is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.
(source: Sharenator)
This is creepy. On first look, it seems all so cute and cuddly. But then... I keep thinking of those flying monsters that perch on you and then proceed to make a feast out of you >.<"
Like those um, in horror moobees, you know ?
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Originally posted by gasband:
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The Axolotl
I rikes this !! i think bear was showing of these the other night... in purple ?
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Originally posted by the Bear:
Star nosed mole
The Star-nosed Mole lives in wet lowland areas and eats small invertebrates, aquatic insects, worms and mollusks. It is a good swimmer and can forage along the bottoms of streams and ponds. Like other moles, this animal digs shallow surface tunnels for foraging; often, these tunnels exit underwater.
The incredibly sensitive nasal tentacles are covered with almost one hundred thousand minute touch receptors known as Eimer's organs.This one looks like God's showing his playful, cheeky side!
How cute, having a flower as a nose! Hopefully, no short-sighted bee decides to pollinate its nose! -
Originally posted by Ferret:
I rikes this !! i think bear was showing of these the other night... in purple ?
Not him... someone else, cannot remember who... I wish that forumite had posted that photo in here instead.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
Yeah!! This one! This one!!! Soooo cuuute! It looks like its smiling!!
