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Title: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 12, 2014, 10:52:41 am
How bout dat maned wolf? He look like a fox on stilts, yo. All goose-steppin' everywhere.

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Dat Tibetan fox. He see all you done, and he feel shame by association. You shameful dude. And the fox, he know.

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These just some canids. Post all them cool and doofy critters ya got. Bring us one of them pallas cats, or a water bear. Post a hairless chimpanzee. Just show us them wacky critters.
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Post by: Macropus on May 12, 2014, 11:03:24 am
Megatherium.
He just ate leaves and didn't give a fuck about you. Until you killed him, you homo sapience scum.
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Post by: [ptx] on May 12, 2014, 02:47:49 pm
When a maniacal house-wife threatens to unleash a deadly virus on Earth, only Mr. Wiggles can save the day
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Post by: Kafein on May 12, 2014, 02:51:49 pm
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This. I like this.
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Post by: Kalam on May 13, 2014, 02:58:13 am
Been obsessed with Fennecs lately.

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dat desert fox will not be woken up
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Post by: Tibe on May 15, 2014, 04:47:27 pm
Ive recently started loving octopusses. I mean I wouldnt like to pet one, but they are pretty damn cool.  They have really neat skills. Like opening jars, blending, squeezing through very tiny holes and they are very intelligent in general. Look at this fucker for instance trying to be clever and blending with the boat:
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 15, 2014, 06:01:15 pm
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No, that's not a centipede or millipede. That's an adult female trilobite beetle. They retain their larval form and end up looking pretty damn cool. Like a thing that went extinct millions of years ago.

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Sea urchin that has armored plates instead of spines. Colobocentrotus atratus.

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A clam with human-looking teeth. He will be waiting to see you in your nightmares when you fall asleep tonight.

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Fairy armadillo.

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Star-nosed mole.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 15, 2014, 11:46:06 pm
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The african hairy frog. During mating season, males grow "hair" that actually lets them draw oxygen from the water more efficiently. This allows the male to stay underwater and guard the eggs for a very long time. They also defensively break their toe bones, creating sharp spines that deter attackers from eating them.

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Blind snake? Nightmare sized earthworm? No, it's a caecelian female with her brood. They are limbless eyeless amphibians that live underground. In this species, the female has a rapidly regenerating outer layer of skin (3 days for full replacement). Why? the young eat the mother's skin until they have grown enough to go out on their own.  :shock:

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... it's an ant. So what? It's not an ant though. It's an ant-mimic spider. A spider has two body sections compared to an ant's three, but the ant-mimic is shaped such to resemble an ant. It even holds its two extra legs up like antennae. I've seen one of these in my house before, hiding among some carpenter ants. Cool stuff.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Christo on May 16, 2014, 03:43:06 am
I really like birds, although I don't think I can show one that people never heard of.


That shape and the colors it forms, really nice  :)

Nm, I found some really interesting stuff, and ones that I already knew ofc.

http://listverse.com/2013/02/10/10-shockingly-creepy-and-bloodthirsty-birds/ (http://listverse.com/2013/02/10/10-shockingly-creepy-and-bloodthirsty-birds/)
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 16, 2014, 06:55:02 am
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The fuck is that? A tumor* or a tick or something? Nope, it's a parasitic fly, related to house flies, deer flies, etc. It gets between the joints of a walking stick bug and drinks its fluids, just like a tick does to mammals.

*it's not a tumahhh

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More wingless flies. They feed on bat poop and live in colonies near bat roosts. They are social in the same way as bees or termites. Females groom one another, and some males become infertile and live much longer than any other individuals. These elder guardians sit near the colony and emit a very high pitched buzz that alerts bats to stay away from the group of poop eatin' flies.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 22, 2014, 11:31:23 pm
Most corals live in shallow water, near the surface. Here's a few varieties that live on the ocean floor, thousands of meters deeper than "regular" corals.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: SixThumbs on May 23, 2014, 08:07:18 pm
Most of the things in the deep ocean are far creepier than anything you see on land.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 24, 2014, 05:34:42 am
Deep sea worms always look like they just heard a funny-ass joke.

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Post by: Tiger on May 24, 2014, 08:09:51 am
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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 24, 2014, 07:25:56 pm
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Post by: Tiger on May 24, 2014, 09:38:49 pm
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Post by: vipere on May 24, 2014, 10:36:40 pm
Shaved bear

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Post by: Miley on May 26, 2014, 04:54:06 am
Only monkeys in Europe, in Gibraltar
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Gorillas because:
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Elephants because of their intelligence and:
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Tigon
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 28, 2014, 07:39:45 am
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Post by: [ptx] on May 28, 2014, 01:14:32 pm
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Those are the coolest beetles. The area around my parent's house is just swarming with these things :D
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 31, 2014, 09:04:51 am
Here's an eclectic assortment of critters.

Trapdoor spider that plugs its tunnel using the back of its abdomen. Through unknown means, it invokes the image of a vengeful Aztec diety to ward of predators.
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This is a moth that drinks the tears from birds while they are sleeping. What the hell, Nature.
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And to round things off, a funny.
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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Christo on June 16, 2014, 05:23:44 am
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A Nightingale. I have one of these around here, it's been singing since May now. So wonderful.

When I'm walking home I can already hear it when I'm getting close. Doing it at night at times too, very loud but beautiful.

Managed to get a glimpse of it a few times, but it's usually hiding somewhere. Saw it on the ground hopping around once.

Really cool birds  :)
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Post by: Xant on June 16, 2014, 07:01:03 am
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Post by: Christo on June 21, 2014, 03:25:01 pm
I have some magpies flying around here recently. They are not that widespread in this area, so I got a bit surprised.
Last time I have seen one passing by it was fought and scared away by all the bigger birds.

The birds were making all sorts of warning noises so I went outside. Then I saw something like this happen to a random black cat.


These cheeky little bastards  :mrgreen:

They are very smart so I like them.
But oh boy they are great at trolling

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Post by: Torben on June 21, 2014, 03:30:50 pm
awesome thread!

okapi:

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Post by: Xant on June 21, 2014, 05:11:19 pm
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Post by: Kafein on June 21, 2014, 07:06:48 pm
agiwhores
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Post by: Oberyn on June 21, 2014, 07:32:19 pm
Bird calls and song seem pretty to humans, but the meaning behind them is usually equivalent to "GET THE FUCK OFF MY TERRITORY ASSHOLE. THIS IS MY HOUSE" and "BITCH YOU SO FINE, CHECK OUT MA [PLUMAGE/KICKASS CREST/BADASS VOCAL RANGE/etc], LET'S FUCK".
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on June 21, 2014, 09:43:29 pm
Quote from: Oberyn on June 21, 2014, 07:32:19 pm
Bird calls and song seem pretty to humans, but the meaning behind them is usually equivalent to "GET THE FUCK OFF MY TERRITORY ASSHOLE. THIS IS MY HOUSE" and "BITCH YOU SO FINE, CHECK OUT MA [PLUMAGE/KICKASS CREST/BADASS VOCAL RANGE/etc], LET'S FUCK".

"Get the FUCK outta my turf. GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT. Go. Leave."
"I WILL KILL YOUR BABIES."
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"YO WHO WANNA MAKE EGGS?"
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Christo on June 21, 2014, 10:29:47 pm
Quote from: Oberyn on June 21, 2014, 07:32:19 pm
Bird calls and song seem pretty to humans, but the meaning behind them is usually equivalent to "GET THE FUCK OFF MY TERRITORY ASSHOLE. THIS IS MY HOUSE" and "BITCH YOU SO FINE, CHECK OUT MA [PLUMAGE/KICKASS CREST/BADASS VOCAL RANGE/etc], LET'S FUCK".

Yeah that's pretty funny when you think about it.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Ikarus on June 22, 2014, 02:27:26 am
servals have some huuge ears
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My current FAVOURITE animals are Striped Hyenas. Just look at their HAIRSTYLE hnnnnnnnnggg 2 cool 4 me
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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 13, 2014, 10:34:37 am
Frog time.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Duster on July 13, 2014, 11:33:45 am
Fishing Cat!

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Silly animal, cats don't like to swim!

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Oh.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 22, 2014, 10:53:54 am
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The smaller you go, the more fucked up and alien things seem.
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Post by: [ptx] on July 22, 2014, 11:34:29 am
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The smaller you go, the more fucked up and alien things seem.
Ah, the tardigrade, the near-indestructable critter.
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Post by: Herezy92 on July 22, 2014, 12:03:24 pm
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Keep my life private please.
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Post by: HardRice on July 22, 2014, 12:05:25 pm
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I think that's Obama??
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Post by: Sniger on July 22, 2014, 03:02:35 pm
think ive posted this elsewhere already, but no matter, it deserves another post :D ♥ :D ♥ :D ♥ :D ♥

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Post by: BlindGuy on July 22, 2014, 03:53:46 pm
Domesticated foxes be some cute critters for sure.

As for those magpies trolling cats, thats hilarious.
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Post by: Sniger on July 22, 2014, 11:36:50 pm
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http://www.geek.com/science/giant-horrible-monster-bug-with-stinky-anal-glands-found-in-china-1599962/
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Post by: Lord_Bernie_of_Voodoo on July 23, 2014, 12:17:34 am
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Post by: Ikarus on July 24, 2014, 07:35:40 pm
HNNNNNNNNNG LOOK AT THAT FLOOF

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Post by: Leesin on July 24, 2014, 07:39:19 pm
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HNNNNNNNNNG LOOK AT THAT FLOOF

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Look at that disgusting creature, fat and fluffy, usually owned by women and bundle of stickss, I bet stinks like cat shit and gets fur everywhere.
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Post by: BlindGuy on July 25, 2014, 01:54:07 am
I had one of these when I was kid....well I didn't HAVE anything. One of these majestic creatures was my friend when I was a kid. Don't have any photos of her though, they are all at my family's homes and they all live far away in diff. countries.

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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on August 04, 2014, 07:38:29 am
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Post by: Leshma on August 22, 2014, 02:06:09 am
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on September 03, 2014, 06:25:46 am
Pallas Cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_cat)

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Post by: AwesomeHail on September 03, 2014, 07:59:55 am
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what.
that is terrifying
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Post by: Ikarus on September 03, 2014, 09:55:58 am
Google says Suriname Sea Toad, hatches her children IN her back. Uugh...

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Pallas Cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_cat)
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OMG CHESHIRE CAT IS REALSIES, YAAAAY
also, she can turn herself into a stone
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Post by: BlindGuy on September 03, 2014, 03:28:44 pm
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That is fucking horrible for some reason
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on September 04, 2014, 05:28:30 am
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Post by: Vovka on September 17, 2014, 12:15:42 pm
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on September 22, 2014, 05:05:00 am
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This is a Tarantula Hawk Wasp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk). In addition to being gigantic, jet black, and hunting goddamn tarantulas, its sting is extremely painful, on par with a bullet ant's.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on October 08, 2014, 08:13:52 am
A worm that eats other worms.

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Post by: Tagora on October 08, 2014, 12:11:43 pm
does richard d james count?
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Post by: Jona on October 08, 2014, 12:36:20 pm
Just gotta say that I read through this entire thread right before falling asleep...

Bad. Move.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on February 11, 2015, 04:03:56 am
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on February 11, 2015, 04:08:44 pm
If only documentaries presented so much diversity as well. Nowadays it is always the same old lion, crocodile, snake roundabout. I have already memorized everything I wasn't even supposed to know about them. I miss them old documentaries. They were good and curious. Mostly I would see critters like these. Not anymore. ::raises middle finger to natgeo and animal planet::
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Post by: Asheram on February 11, 2015, 09:05:10 pm
Hat collecting barred owl has joggers on edge in Oregon
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/barred-owl-joggers-edge-oregon/

"The first documented attack was in mid-January. Tom Jaecks was jogging in Bush’s Pasture Park just after 5 a.m. when he felt a sharp jab to the neck.
 
The cap was lifted swiftly from his head and Jaecks, a 58-year-old surgeon, stood dazed and in pain, wondering if he might be suffering from a stroke or aneurysm.
 
“It was like a huge electric shock ran through my body, but also like I got hit in the head with a two-by-four all at the same time” Jaecks told the Statesman-Journal. “Or maybe a strike of lightning.”

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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on February 11, 2015, 11:42:26 pm
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Post by: Asheram on February 12, 2015, 09:04:28 am
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moo

He drew a pretty large cowed.  :lol:
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on February 12, 2015, 11:36:56 pm
O____O

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Post by: Asheram on February 13, 2015, 01:16:27 am
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on February 15, 2015, 04:30:20 am
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last one isn't real just in case you are dumb
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Post by: Asheram on February 18, 2015, 01:26:08 am
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lol that was awesome  :D

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Post by: Golem on February 20, 2015, 12:25:11 pm
Pretty sure these guys are going to work for us one day.
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on February 20, 2015, 12:53:45 pm
This is what you mean maybe?

http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/orangutan-prostitute/
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Post by: Golem on February 20, 2015, 03:55:53 pm
Ahahahaha, but wow. :shock:
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Post by: AntiBlitz on February 20, 2015, 05:06:15 pm
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If a man walked near her, she would turn herself around, present herself, and start gyrating and going through the motions.

yeah, thats my girl, just doing her thang.

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Post by: Golem on February 20, 2015, 05:26:58 pm
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yeah, thats my girl, just doing her thang.

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What a slut.
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on February 22, 2015, 08:57:58 am
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Post by: Asheram on February 27, 2015, 07:29:14 pm
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Post by: WITCHCRAFT on May 30, 2015, 09:17:08 am
how bout some animal parents with their cute lil babies

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d'awww so cute
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Post by: Jona on May 30, 2015, 11:59:07 am
Nothing will ever top this classic:

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Post by: Armpit_Sweat on May 30, 2015, 05:54:15 pm
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This is what you mean maybe?

http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/orangutan-prostitute/

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Pony is an orangutan from a prostitute village in Borneo.

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This shit doesn't make any sense :)
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on May 31, 2015, 07:23:14 pm
You haven't seen it all if you haven't seen this majestic sunuwabitch yet. This is the Hebridean sheep. It often grows two pairs of horns. Metal as fuck.

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Post by: njames89 on May 31, 2015, 07:52:14 pm
This is my doge

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His name is Kodi
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Post by: ecorcheur_brokar on June 02, 2015, 05:20:13 pm
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/australian-suicide-sex-critter-has-date-death
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Post by: Rumblood on June 14, 2015, 11:08:22 pm
Snapped a pic of this guy sitting on the hood of my car  :wink:


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Post by: The_Bloody_Nine on June 14, 2015, 11:19:21 pm
Your car looks odd.
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Post by: njames89 on June 15, 2015, 03:20:30 pm
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Your car looks odd.

You don't like my doge  :cry:
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Post by: Siiem on June 15, 2015, 03:40:20 pm
I introduce to you, the Cemani.

Jet black, even the organs. It lives in Indonesia, mostly stealing corn for a living.
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Panos's favourite, bbc.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: The_Bloody_Nine on June 15, 2015, 11:28:32 pm
Quote from: njames89 on June 15, 2015, 03:20:30 pm
You don't like my doge  :cry:

sorry, but this so the opposite of a cool critter to me.
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Post by: Ikarus on June 16, 2015, 08:39:50 pm
Quote from: Siiem on June 15, 2015, 03:40:20 pm
Jet black, even the organs.
Jet black, even the organs.
Jet black, even the organs.
this thing is a born goth, why not awesome?
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Post by: Angantyr on June 16, 2015, 09:42:24 pm
I find the Tarantula Eagle wasp a pretty fascinating predator. A huge blue-black wasp with rust-colored wings that hunts and paralyzes tarantula, drags them to its lair, lays eggs in them, and has its larvae eat the spiders slowly from the inside, carefully avoiding arteries and vital organs to extend the spider's life as a living cocoon. Besides hunting spiders it loves intoxicating fruit and is considered as having nature's second most painful insect bite.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Siiem on June 16, 2015, 09:54:50 pm
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Lets go higher. Ze Bullet Ant. Look at the pretty face. Most painful insect sting.
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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: AntiBlitz on July 03, 2015, 02:22:21 pm
caw CAW CAW

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i feel like this could be a political meme.  Regardless, this crow decided to hitch a ride with his eagle friend.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 03, 2015, 03:22:45 pm
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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Vovka on July 03, 2015, 03:51:33 pm
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photoshop  :?
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: AntiBlitz on July 03, 2015, 06:55:18 pm
Quote from: Vovka on July 03, 2015, 03:51:33 pm
photoshop  :?

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/crow-hitches-a-ride-on-eagle/

http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/rare-photo-shows-crow-riding-atop-a-flying-bald-eagle/#5VQrog660c6X5ZzF.97

not saying it isnt, but its still pretty cool and made the news.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 04, 2015, 09:28:11 am
Want to move to Socotra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra) and become a caveman in the alien environment. It has some of the most unique flora and fauna on the planet, it's one the same level as extremely isolated Pacific islands like the Hawaiian and Galapagos chains. It's one of the most isolated islands formed from a continental land mass. Hawaii and many other Pacific islands were formed by sea floor volcanoes that rose above the ocean surface. Socotra is a chunk of mainland continent that drifted off a couple hundred million years ago and did its own thing. Most island chains overflow with unique endemic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism) species. Socotra is unique even among isolated island chains. It has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth."

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Botanical field surveys led by the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants (part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) indicate that 307 out of the 825 (37%) plant species on Socotra are endemic, i.e., they are found nowhere else on Earth. It is unique, strange, and haunting. Imagine being the first human to set foot here - the landscape looks like something out of a fairy tale.


Here's some other cool shit for you islomaniacs out there. Dryococelus australis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryococelus_australis), a stick insect commonly known as the tree lobster, was thought to be extinct since the 1920s. Invasive rats decimated the population. In 2001 a relict (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relict) population of the strange creature was found on a tiny spit of land. Read more about its re-discovery here (http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years). These little fuckers were declared extinct for almost 100 years, then some dude found them on the shittiest most inhospitable island you can imagine.

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Next time: motherfuckin' Cambrian era sea creatures. You think there were some fucked up dinosaurs out there? Wait til you see these weird-ass fuckers. Many of them were among the first multi-cellular organisms, and they diverged from our human family tree more than 500 million years ago (before mice, before birds, before reptiles, before amphibians). They have bizarre body plans that resemble no living creature today. Perhaps even more interesting are the descendants of these ancient clades that still exist today. They must be doing something right, since they have existed for magnitudes longer (550,000,000 vs 50,000) longer than the Homo sapiens lineage.

Y'all know that sharks and crocodiles have  lived unchanged since before the dinosaurs. They survived the Cretaceous Extinction Event 65 million years ago, and dominated food chains for millions of years before that. But we can dig deeper. Next time, we will go back to an era before dinosaurs and crocodiles and sharks were a twinkle in their mommy's eye. The further back you go, the more fucked up and alien things become. We goin' full alien next post.
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: njames89 on July 06, 2015, 06:20:48 am
This beautiful bastard landed on my window! Thought it was a small bird at first.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 06, 2015, 06:26:30 am
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This beautiful bastard landed on my window! Thought it was a small bird at first.

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Dat some luna moth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actias_luna). One of the largest moths on the continent. I can one-up you though, when I was in 5th grade my dad found a cecropia moth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia) on a building at work. He brought it home in a cardboard box and I got to take it to school and show my class. They are THE largest north american moth.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: njames89 on July 06, 2015, 06:27:13 am
Pretty cool they are covered in tiny fur up close.

Nature you so cool...
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on July 06, 2015, 06:32:08 am
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Nature you so cool...

yall dont even know
Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: Jona on July 06, 2015, 08:09:37 am
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I can one-up you though, when I was in 5th grade my dad found a cecropia moth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia) on a building at work. He brought it home in a cardboard box and I got to take it to school and show my class. They are THE largest north american moth.

Last summer I was picking some apples and came across a robin moth caterpillar in its fourth instar. It was already nearly 3 inches long and it wasn't even close to fall. Would hate to see one of those guys right before cocoon-making time.

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Title: Re: Post some cool critters
Post by: [ptx] on July 06, 2015, 09:02:18 am
Bah, wish we had big moths over here. The biggest one has a wingspan of some 12-13cm
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is pretty spooky skull tho