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TOPIC | Uncommonly-known animals?
@Daeodon

Marine life is so interesting. I yearn to learn more about the sea, but we've barely explored any of it.

  • Christmas tree worms
  • Bornean Yellow Muntjac
  • Petrophila daemonalis
@Daeodon

Marine life is so interesting. I yearn to learn more about the sea, but we've barely explored any of it.

  • Christmas tree worms
  • Bornean Yellow Muntjac
  • Petrophila daemonalis
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[quote name="Applenz" date=2016-11-13 20:08:10] Here is something very strange (and Kinda creepy) Lamprey [img]https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/04/141404-004-B5240E3E.jpg[/img] [/quote] FUN FACT: these guys were a huge delicacy in france during the middle ages!
Applenz wrote on 2016-11-13:
Here is something very strange (and Kinda creepy)
Lamprey
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FUN FACT: these guys were a huge delicacy in france during the middle ages!
I think clouded leopards are pretty cool. They can climb down from trees headfirst because their ankles are super flexible. (My roommate doesn't know what it is so I guess it's at least a little uncommon) [img]http://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Clouded-Leopard-Pictures.jpg[/img]
I think clouded leopards are pretty cool. They can climb down from trees headfirst because their ankles are super flexible. (My roommate doesn't know what it is so I guess it's at least a little uncommon)
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I was going to say fossa but someone beat me!

The margay is like a tiny ocelot and can hang upside down from branches by its back paws.

Jaguarundi look similar to fossa but are true felines. Cool critters all around!
I was going to say fossa but someone beat me!

The margay is like a tiny ocelot and can hang upside down from branches by its back paws.

Jaguarundi look similar to fossa but are true felines. Cool critters all around!
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heres a mammal for ya: binturongs are kinda like the red panda's shabbier cousin. people say they smell like buttered popcorn!!! [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lAp1PKKP1iw/maxresdefault.jpg[/img]
heres a mammal for ya: binturongs are kinda like the red panda's shabbier cousin. people say they smell like buttered popcorn!!!
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I absolutely love Sand Cats, also sometimes known as Sand Dune Cats. They are a small, wild cat that is incredibly rare. They are solitary cats that are found in Africa. The adults look like kittens, and the kittens look like smaller kittens. [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EeZY3rc-Bp4/maxresdefault.jpg[/img] Also, coati mundis are adorable. [img]http://img07.deviantart.net/00fb/i/2011/004/1/6/coatimundi_1_by_fallen742-d36gby6.jpg[/img]
I absolutely love Sand Cats, also sometimes known as Sand Dune Cats. They are a small, wild cat that is incredibly rare. They are solitary cats that are found in Africa. The adults look like kittens, and the kittens look like smaller kittens.

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Also, coati mundis are adorable.

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Whenever these threads show up, I have to show off the goblin babies! Red river hogs are among my favorite animals, look how cute they are! [img]http://www.safariwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/red-river-hog.jpg[/img] And of course, I have to include a few neat monkeys too! [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d3/48/f6/d348f6552c1fd50edd0d000b86b03b9b.jpg[/img] The diana monkey [img]http://www.brendansadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Afi-Drill-Ranch-Drill-Monkey-4.jpg[/img] The drill (not the mandrill!). [img]http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/7E/7EAA2582-8A3B-4E86-A9D6-282C4A3395D4/Presentation.Large/Male-hamadryas-baboon-with-his-harem-of-females-and-thier-young.jpg[/img] And finally the Hamadryas baboon!
Whenever these threads show up, I have to show off the goblin babies!
Red river hogs are among my favorite animals, look how cute they are!


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And of course, I have to include a few neat monkeys too!

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The diana monkey

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The drill (not the mandrill!).


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And finally the Hamadryas baboon!



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OH another one: my username!! its basically what u get if you took a boar and crossed it with a tiger-tank hybrid. its the bacon that eats you
OH another one: my username!! its basically what u get if you took a boar and crossed it with a tiger-tank hybrid. its the bacon that eats you
Armadillo Lizards are so freaking cute man [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6e/bf/db/6ebfdb085a3f8c0ee0fa573f76679ce4.jpg[/img] So are Blue Dragon Sea Slugs! [img]https://niekschipper.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/blueseaslug2.jpg[/img] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/87/54/21/87542188f9ffefa44dec2326dd9d8622.jpg[/img] My favorite color mutation would probably have to be the golden zebra Zoe! [img]http://i.imgur.com/AiLChnM.jpg[/img]
Armadillo Lizards are so freaking cute man
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So are Blue Dragon Sea Slugs!
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My favorite color mutation would probably have to be the golden zebra Zoe!
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I think everyone's familiar with the praying mantis, but there are a lot of species outside of the familiar Carolina and Chinese Mantises (those are the most common species in the US, at least) [img]http://40.media.tumblr.com/69cde3c695971f1697812d0ac5b9c8b1/tumblr_nbayd5abVi1svu8h1o4_1280.jpg[/img] This guy is a ghost mantis. It wants you to think it's made of leaves. [img]http://static.webshopapp.com/shops/086434/files/055029692/ghost-bidsprinkhaan-phyllocrania-paradoxa.jpg[/img] They have some of the coolest faces in the animal kingdom imo. [img]http://www.rantpets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15.-Orchid-Mantis-e1421010127903.jpg[/img] I think orchid mantises are starting to be a bit more well-known, but I'd be remiss not to mention them here anyways. They're much less conspicuous than you'd expect when they're hiding among the flowers that give them their name. [img]http://i.imgur.com/Ktuv8nT.jpg[/img] Finally, maybe my favorite insect, the Devil's Flower Mantis! Look at this thing. [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2b/fc/d9/2bfcd929295a9d0566738ead2066dad1.jpg[/img] They also have incredible threat displays. There are tons of other cool mantis species (and other animals tbh) that I would add, but it's late and I don't want to spam up the thread. Go look them up though! Also I'm by no means an insect expert - I just read stuff on wikipedia sometimes, so if I misidentified anything or you have some info to add, lemme know!
I think everyone's familiar with the praying mantis, but there are a lot of species outside of the familiar Carolina and Chinese Mantises (those are the most common species in the US, at least)

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This guy is a ghost mantis. It wants you to think it's made of leaves.
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They have some of the coolest faces in the animal kingdom imo.

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I think orchid mantises are starting to be a bit more well-known, but I'd be remiss not to mention them here anyways. They're much less conspicuous than you'd expect when they're hiding among the flowers that give them their name.

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Finally, maybe my favorite insect, the Devil's Flower Mantis! Look at this thing.
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They also have incredible threat displays.

There are tons of other cool mantis species (and other animals tbh) that I would add, but it's late and I don't want to spam up the thread. Go look them up though! Also I'm by no means an insect expert - I just read stuff on wikipedia sometimes, so if I misidentified anything or you have some info to add, lemme know!