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Then I have… all of the dinosaurs. I've always been partial to hadrosaurs, the crazier-crested the better. I've recently discovered the wonders of theropods and the blurry line between them and birds. Have you heard of Yi qi? It was like a little feathery wyvern!

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November 13, 2016 19:14:42

Then I have… all of the dinosaurs. I've always been partial to hadrosaurs, the crazier-crested the better. I've recently discovered the wonders of theropods and the blurry line between them and birds. Have you heard of Yi qi? It was like a little feathery wyvern!

@Plenilune

Ah, I see. My list includes several animals that just have strange colors due to inbreeding or gene mutations - I suppose I should change my wording there. I'm not trying to sell them as a different species, sorry for the misconceptions!

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@Plenilune

Ah, I see. My list includes several animals that just have strange colors due to inbreeding or gene mutations - I suppose I should change my wording there. I'm not trying to sell them as a different species, sorry for the misconceptions!

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

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@Luthyx

No harm done! It's just aggravating that so many people are mislead that they are different species rather then told the truth that they are the product of inbreeding and mishandling. These animals suffer greatly and not enough awareness gets spread about it

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@Luthyx

No harm done! It's just aggravating that so many people are mislead that they are different species rather then told the truth that they are the product of inbreeding and mishandling. These animals suffer greatly and not enough awareness gets spread about it

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Oh boy! There are a bunch I like from cetaceans (dolphins and whales)! Here's a couple!

rough tooth dolphin
bottlenose whale
spectacle porpoise (note the massive dorsal fin on the porpoise)
hourglass dolphins (so pretty!)

actually... orcas! and I mean the ones that are not really seen in photos/tv which are the well known British Columbia orcas. I am talking about the other types throughout the world that have unique saddle patches, eye patches and even dual colored skin. Like the type-d orca with their tiny, tiny eye patches.

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Oh boy! There are a bunch I like from cetaceans (dolphins and whales)! Here's a couple!

rough tooth dolphin
bottlenose whale
spectacle porpoise (note the massive dorsal fin on the porpoise)
hourglass dolphins (so pretty!)

actually... orcas! and I mean the ones that are not really seen in photos/tv which are the well known British Columbia orcas. I am talking about the other types throughout the world that have unique saddle patches, eye patches and even dual colored skin. Like the type-d orca with their tiny, tiny eye patches.

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I'm sharing some pictures of fossas here, since I didn't know they existed before yesterday and they look like the unholy offspring of weasels and cats. [img]http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/sites/default/files/juicebox_slides/fossa_01.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/images/full/fossa_by_caroline_williams_photography.jpg[/img] [img]http://b3.ifrm.com/30208/138/0/m3989503/photo-3989503.jpg[/img]

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I'm sharing some pictures of fossas here, since I didn't know they existed before yesterday and they look like the unholy offspring of weasels and cats.

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

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Bare-faced go-away bird
Yellow-knobbed curassow
Horned lark
Spoon-billed sandpiper
Hyraxes
Slow loris
Japanese serow
Bramble Cay melomys

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November 13, 2016 19:43:04

Bare-faced go-away bird
Yellow-knobbed curassow
Horned lark
Spoon-billed sandpiper
Hyraxes
Slow loris
Japanese serow
Bramble Cay melomys

Live for today, gone tomorrow.

That's me.

I wish I could name all of them off the top of my head.

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November 13, 2016 19:44:07

I wish I could name all of them off the top of my head.

predatory tunicates are just big screamin mouths that live on the ocean floor. theyre the perfect life form imo [img]http://i.imgur.com/pFsOdWS.jpg[/img] also, this messed up worm thing, which is actually made up of TONS of tiny creatures stuck together called 'pyrosomes' [img]http://i.imgur.com/c8ofXw4.jpg[/img] and if that's not enough then there's the scaly-footed gastropod, living in deep sea hydrothermal vents (like 2,800 meters deep) and sporting a literal suit of armor: [img]http://i.imgur.com/mAbPxPn.jpg[/img] their shell is made up partially of [i]freaking iron [/i] and laughs at human's puny [i]drills[/i] other cool, underappreciated animals: hero shrew (reinforced skeleton, full-grown man can stand on its back with one foot and it'll be completely unharmed) the hairy frog or "wolverine frog", which fights by breaking its toes and forcing its sharpened bones through its skin (yikes!!) the pigbutt worm (yeah another sea critter. the ocean's weird), most famous for looking like a floatin butt nasute termites AKA "the bug with an honest-to-god gun on its face" ((fun fact termites are more closely related to cockroaches than ants)) im gonna post more eventually this is uh. kinda my Special Interest

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November 13, 2016 19:52:05

predatory tunicates are just big screamin mouths that live on the ocean floor. theyre the perfect life form imo

also, this messed up worm thing, which is actually made up of TONS of tiny creatures stuck together called 'pyrosomes'

and if that's not enough then there's the scaly-footed gastropod, living in deep sea hydrothermal vents (like 2,800 meters deep) and sporting a literal suit of armor:

their shell is made up partially of freaking iron and laughs at human's puny drills

other cool, underappreciated animals:

hero shrew (reinforced skeleton, full-grown man can stand on its back with one foot and it'll be completely unharmed)

the hairy frog or "wolverine frog", which fights by breaking its toes and forcing its sharpened bones through its skin (yikes!!)

the pigbutt worm (yeah another sea critter. the ocean's weird), most famous for looking like a floatin butt

nasute termites AKA "the bug with an honest-to-god gun on its face" ((fun fact termites are more closely related to cockroaches than ants))

im gonna post more eventually this is uh. kinda my Special Interest

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[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/2c/e0/55/2ce055bef9e5cfa742c9f99e2bbf754d.jpg[/img] Pangolins, I love these animals they are so cute!