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verreaux's sifaka -
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7444/laverreauxsifaka.jpg)
also known as "the dancing sifaka", verreaux's sifaka is a type of lemur which lives in south western madagascar. sifakas are at their most comfortable climbing trees in an upright position and don't usually move around on the ground, but because trees in their habitat are regularly dispersed (and they are endangered as a result) it is becoming more and more common for tourists to spot them making their way across open spaces by "dancing" - bouncing sideways on their hind legs while flailing their arms in the air. even better, they are social animals so just imagine like a big group of sifakas doing this at the same time. wait even better you don't have to imagine at all, here's a video of some sifakas jumping around and being awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COWwHBlxG6M)
sifakas can also jump up to 10 meters and regularly do so between spikey trees which are totally covered in thorns, and no one is really sure yet how they are able to do this without injuring themselves horribly.
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In b4 isopods
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This little fella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=related)
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The Platypus
"The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. "
(http://www.veeriku.tartu.ee/~ppensa/platypus.jpg)
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Man the platypus just does not strike me as weird at all. Stupid nationality fucking with my standards.
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Cuttlefish
(http://baroqueinhackney.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/cuttlefish1.jpg)
Cuttlefish
(http://sum1ton.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/blue-reef-aquarium-baby-cuttlefish.jpg)
Cuttlefish
(http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/1/217471/f/1659224-Amazing-Cuttlefish-Laying-Eggs-1.jpg)
Argh Cuttlefish
(http://universe-review.ca/I10-28-cuttlefish.jpg)
Woah Cuttlefish
(http://www.crocodiledreams.net/gallery/mainstream/big-m/eye-cuttlefish.jpg)
Fuckin' Cuttlefish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish)
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CUTTLEFISH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_intelligence)
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I'm partial to mudskippers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudskipper) and lungfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungfish).
Oh, you don't like fish that can breathe out of water? You like your animals neatly classifiable and in their proper place? Too bad!
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Tommy don't you dare post capybaras until the pagebreak
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The bumblebee bat...
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=49 (http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=49)
How can you not like a bat the size of a bee?
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Also this guy
(http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/24/fish%20head.jpg)
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Do I really need to say what my favorite weird animals are?
(http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2007/08/macrotritopus.jpg)
(http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/images/olc/nautilusj.baecker_berlin_zoo_aquarium_pd600.jpg)
(http://www.greenfacts.org/glossary/images/cephalopod.jpg)
(http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/81/38/0000038138_20070301141656.jpg)
Also, whales, and giant squids, and deep sea creatures and whatnot.
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Oh, also, the superb lyrebird:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y)
Perhaps not "weird", but definitely "holy shit".
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Yeah, I still fail to believe that's actually real.
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You know, I hear the moon landing was faked, too.
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(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/192848339_5db7ab2f6d.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Melizza14/PICT1722.jpg)
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Coconut Crab!
(http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/emmakate/coconut_crab.jpg)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Akha_cropped.png/180px-Akha_cropped.png)
Humans are bipedal primates belonging to the species Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in Hominidae, the great ape family.Humans have a highly developed brain, capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the arms for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species. Mitochondrial DNA and fossil evidence indicates that modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago. Humans now inhabit every continent and low Earth orbit, with a total population of over 6.7 billion as of September 2009.
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Humans are bipedal primates belonging to the species Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in Hominidae, the great ape family.Humans have a highly developed brain, capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the arms for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species. Mitochondrial DNA and fossil evidence indicates that modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago. Humans now inhabit every continent and low Earth orbit, with a total population of over 6.7 billion as of September 2009.
Holy shit that's freaky!
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(http://thehusbandblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/giraffe-tongue.jpg)
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Sea Pig...
(http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef011572429b09970b-800wi)
Who's horrible and cute at the same time? Yes you are! Yes you are! :lol:
(http://c2.api.ning.com/files/ZQSh1qxrnxKv-bdaSLN7yWXBSsFgnMmhaN6csg8Zt0zKzpV0-pLm2rspmJ6WvZuAPK3m4cDbEXCPS5iXEfMQG*WXCtg1gC4c/seapig.jpg)
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(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v7OqNmQUVXk/SW-jxvInBUI/AAAAAAAABZU/R_LvKusN5Fs/s400/ANGORA+RABBIT.bmp)
Angora rabbits. They are amazingly fluffy.
Giant octopuses are super awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8zQw6gDNI)
(http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/animals/img/2087_okapi.jpg)
Okapi have cute butts.
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(http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kowygaUDXN1qzfazho1_500.gif)
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the solenodon -
(http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7292/solenodon.jpg)
solenodons live in cuba and haiti and are the only known member of their family, solenodontidae. they're small and fuzzy and maybe even kind of cute (in sort of a demented way i guess) and - this part is important - can inject poison into you through their teeth when they bite you. like a goddamn snake. there is no other mammal on earth that is is able to do this.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/jesusvsthepolice/klipspringer.jpg)
This little gentleman right here is a Klipspringer. Klipspringers are small antelope that live in eastern Africa. They are usually only like 58cm tall!
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Musk deer. Cute deer with sharp, vampirish fangs.
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/colinmorell/musk-deer.jpg)
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/colinmorell/musk_deer.jpg)
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/colinmorell/muskdeerskull.jpg)
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Cuddlefish
Awww
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I CHOOSE YOU GEODUCK
(http://thisrecording.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/geoduck.jpg)
OH YEAHH
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You guys pick the most boring animals (except geoduck, full marks for geoduck).
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FLOBBERWORMS
Oh hey, yeti crab.
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/782/yeticrab.jpg)
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(http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/ht_seaslug2_080519_ssv.jpg)
Sea slug!
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Sea slug!
Better yet, photosynthesizing seaslug!
(http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn16124/dn16124-1_300.jpg)
See here (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124).
Bdelloid Rotifer is also wicked awesome.
(http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/Proseola.jpg)
It looks unimpressive, but wait until you see what (http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/06/asexual_rotifers_have_imported_genes_from_fungi_bacteria_and.php) it (http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/09/bdelloid_rotifers_-_80_million_years_without_sex.php) does (http://scienceandreason.blogspot.com/2008/06/bdelloid-rotifers.html). Yes, they are animals.
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Coconut Crab!
(http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/emmakate/coconut_crab.jpg)
Fuck man, thank god all I have to worry about are raccoons and possums.
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Zebronkey is obviously the best term for a zebra/donkey cross. Obviously.
I mean seriously just trALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD
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Dovey did you overlook the fact that one of the names for the creature was Clive? I mean that's a pretty fucking suave mutant horsefreak right there.
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Huge picture for extra HOLY FUCK!
I'm currently freaked out by this guy:
(http://files.sharenator.com/star_nosed_mole-s1360x673-2274.jpg)
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D'awww look at the cute little mole :-D
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the solenodon -
(http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7292/solenodon.jpg)
solenodons live in cuba and haiti and are the only known member of their family, solenodontidae. they're small and fuzzy and maybe even kind of cute (in sort of a demented way i guess) and - this part is important - can inject poison into you through their teeth when they bite you. like a goddamn snake. there is no other mammal on earth that is is able to do this.
IIRC, some species of shrews are venomous and bite you the same way.
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nobody got mine yet yessssssss
(http://www.tonmo.com/images/content/finned-octopoda3.png)
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Personally I'm fond of the Goblin Shark.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jimmy5times/goblin-shark.jpg)
Because we need more things to terrify us. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRSlnJ1rA4)
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Dovey did you overlook the fact that one of the names for the creature was Clive? I mean that's a pretty fucking suave mutant horsefreak right there.
discounting the likelihood that that is just some Wikipedia shitdickery (high), I want you to just try saying Zebronkey out loud.
Zebronkey.
Hee hee!
As well as that, I like it because it reminds me of noted literary sisters, Charlotte, Anne & Emily Zebronkey
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I refuse to believe that wikipedia would be lying to me about a suave god-damn horsefreak named Clive. Although, now that I think about it . . . Oh shit -
Clive Zebronkey.
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Melizza14/PICT1722.jpg)
Man what the fuck
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They look like pink unshelled broad beans.
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They look like emasculated uncircumcised overstuffed parboiled penises.
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My bologna has a first name and it's "H-I-D-E-O-U-S M-U-T-A-N-T C-O-C-K-O-I-D"
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hideous mutant cockoid
would see this band
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hideous mutant cockoid
would see this band
Would see the documentary about this band's descent in to acid flashback induced hell and random property destruction
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1855630306_9c84b1a10c.jpg)
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hideous mutant cockoid
would see this band
Would see the documentary about this band's descent in to acid flashback induced hell and random property destruction
Would play in this band
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I think I posted this in the Sea Creatures to Look Out For thread, but it still applies. This thing is fucking freaky.
(http://www.probelog.com/20050219_sea-angel.jpg)
how it eats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqUlKSGcI8Q)
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This little fella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=related)
I can seee the flaavouurs maaan...
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That sea angel is fucking creepy indeed... But it makes me laugh at the same time as it looks like a weird penis.
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(http://z.about.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/v/B/liger1_sm.jpg)
LIGER
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Which one?
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Ehh, just looks like a baby lion that grew up and didn't lose its faint markings.
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Liger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger)
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what an abomination of science.
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(http://xs844.xs.to/xs844/09422/g457.jpg)
Both giraffes and squirrels are pretty weird.
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Especially if you pretend that nostril is it's eye.
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Mmm, delicious squirrel.
Make.It.Stop.Make.It.Stop.
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Harry lions do not have striped skin.
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When they're very young they have kind of mottled, spotty patterns on their fur, but they lose them when they get bigger.
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Trust him; he's Australian!
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Liger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger)
You fuck I just spent an hour reading about tigers on wikipedia.
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When they're very young they have kind of mottled, spotty patterns on their fur, but they lose them when they get bigger.
Right, but zebras have funny patterns on their coats, too, and so do appaloosa horses, but only one of these has patterned skin.
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what an abomination of science.
...huh?
Birds can be pretty crazy in general, even the more-or-less mundane ones!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Amherstxgolden.jpg)
And did you know that as long as they are well-fed, finches can live for hundreds of days without water (besides the tiny levels of water in the seeds they consume)?
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Hippocampus_hystrix_%28Spiny_seahorse%29.jpg/450px-Hippocampus_hystrix_%28Spiny_seahorse%29.jpg)
Seahorse!
Their reproduction is the mirror opposite of mammalian reproduction - The female ejaculate eggs into a cavity in the male's body, where it is fertilized and gestated until the male gives birth to tinier seahorses.
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Right, but zebras have funny patterns on their coats, too, and so do appaloosa horses, but only one of these has patterned skin.
See when you said that the first time I figured it was just a typo and we were really talking about fur. Why are we talking about skin? When did skin come into it?
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yeah i am not really sure why we are talking about skin or what exactly is being argued either.
hey here's another weird animal! it's a hoatzin!
(http://www.itsnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/800px-opisthocomus_hoazin.jpg)
they have their own family and genus and nobody really knows where they came from or what they're related to at all!
The Hoatzin is arguably the most enigmatic living bird in regard to its phylogenetic relationships. No satisfying evolutionary hypothesis has been proposed, and the situation has actually become worse with the availability of DNA sequence data.
hoatzins also smell like shit (literally, hence their other name "stinkbird") and their chicks have two claws on their thumb and first finger, respectively, which they use to climb trees until they learn how to fly. like a real life dinosaur! (okay i guess all birds are basically real life dinosaurs but come on that is so freaky and cool)
(http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/8688/image142k.jpg)
ADDED BONUS: i also found this while searching google images -
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs9/i/2006/050/2/5/my_hoatzin_anthro_by_f0xyme.jpg)
yep, that's a hoatzin furry.
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Ligers have striped skin. Lions have stripey fur as cubs but lose it as they get older because their skin is not stripey.
Who was arguing?
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No-one's arguing! I was just confused because we were talking about ligers and then suddenly we were talking about skin and there was no explanation as to why. Unless it was in that wikipedia link that I didn't read, because seriously, if I read every link I come across on the internet I'd never have time to do anything else.
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Isn't procrastionation the point of the internet? that's what I use it for at least ...
Also:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Albinok.jpg/563px-Albinok.jpg)
Albino Kookaburra. Nice birds even when not albino.
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Oh, I thought people knew that tigers had striped skin. It is a pretty weird thing! This is a thread about weird animals, so I figured people would know that here.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish can grow longer than the Blue Whale!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Lion%27s_mane.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1855630306_9c84b1a10c.jpg)
Capybaras are totally my favorite animal in the world. They're so..... snooty-looking! They are the mascot for my fictional university. Carlito Capybara.
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I can't get over that giraffe licking the squirrel.
I keep coming back here just to look at it again; it is now my laptop desktop.
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Capybaras are totally my favorite animal in the world. They're so..... snooty-looking! They are the mascot for my fictional university. Carlito Capybara.
They seem more sad and disappointed with life than snooty in that particular picture. Also sleepy.
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Naw man, that is not a look of disappointment. That is a "sucka fool I am better than you" face. Pinkies up.
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~beauty & grace~
(http://i36.tinypic.com/334hhkh.jpg)
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That made me laugh.
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Damn, I have some terrible pain in my muscles right now so that picture was horrible for me. I can't stop laughing and feeling pain XD
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Naw man, that is not a look of disappointment. That is a "sucka fool I am better than you" face. Pinkies up.
I dunno, dude. The fact that they are looking down to the ground kind of belies arrogance. They are contemplating how we are all just blades of grass on the unkept lawn of eternity, swaying slightly in the gentle breeze of infinity. Rooted in place. Nowhere to go but up towards the impossible goal of the sun.
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They are quite clearly mourning the passing of a dearly beloved friend. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
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This little fella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=related)
Related videos: "my cat's first orgasm"
oookay.
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over a million hits? 0.o
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They are quite clearly mourning the passing of a dearly beloved friend. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Or they are looking down on some off screen lesser creature.
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Does that llama have a cleft lip and palate?
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I'm pretty sure thats how all llamas look.