Topic: let's all talk about our favourite weird animals (Read 21886 times)

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)?

KvP · « **Reply #67 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 19:19 »

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.

Inlander · « **Reply #68 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 19:27 »

Quote from: calenlass on 15 Oct 2009, 08:18

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?

tania · « **Reply #69 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 19:57 »

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!

they have their own family and genus and nobody really knows where they came from or what they're related to at all!

Quote from: wikipedia

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)

ADDED BONUS: i also found this while searching google images -

yep, that's a hoatzin furry.

calenlass · « **Reply #70 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 23:32 »

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?

Inlander · « **Reply #71 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 00:58 »

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.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #72 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 01:21 »

Isn't procrastionation the point of the internet? that's what I use it for at least ...

Also:

Albino Kookaburra. Nice birds even when not albino.

calenlass · « **Reply #73 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 01:48 »

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.

Vendetagainst · « **Reply #74 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 14:32 »

The Lion's Mane Jellyfish can grow longer than the Blue Whale!

the_shankmaster · « **Reply #75 on:** 16 Oct 2009, 16:04 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 13 Oct 2009, 20:14

Capybaras are totally my favorite animal in the world. They're so..... snooty-looking! They are the mascot for my fictional university. Carlito Capybara.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #76 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 02:26 »

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.

michaelicious · « **Reply #77 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 14:20 »

Quote from: the_shankmaster on 16 Oct 2009, 16:04

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.

Ballard · « **Reply #78 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 14:30 »

Naw man, that is not a look of disappointment. That is a "sucka fool I am better than you" face. Pinkies up.

nickyandthefuture · « **Reply #79 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 14:41 »

~beauty & grace~

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #80 on:** 17 Oct 2009, 14:52 »

That made me laugh.

Mr. Doctor · « **Reply #81 on:** 18 Oct 2009, 04:41 »

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

michaelicious · « **Reply #82 on:** 18 Oct 2009, 08:26 »

Quote from: Ballard on 17 Oct 2009, 14:30

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.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #83 on:** 18 Oct 2009, 08:54 »

They are quite clearly mourning the passing of a dearly beloved friend. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

snalin · « **Reply #84 on:** 18 Oct 2009, 12:41 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 09 Oct 2009, 21:51

This little fella

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JD · « **Reply #85 on:** 18 Oct 2009, 13:17 »

over a million hits? 0.o

the_shankmaster · « **Reply #86 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 19:09 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 18 Oct 2009, 08:54

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.

Ballard · « **Reply #87 on:** 05 Nov 2009, 14:08 »

Does that llama have a cleft lip and palate?

Emaline · « **Reply #88 on:** 05 Nov 2009, 14:41 »

I'm pretty sure thats how all llamas look.

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