It's time again for... Animals you never heard of!

[Dookus]

Here's the Almiqui - a Cuban rodent long thought to be extinct, but recently rediscovered.





On edit: It's not a rodent. It's a rodent-like mammal called a solenodon.

[undergroundpanther]

1. wow.

Weird nose for rodent,he's got a nasty set of teeth. If he bites that'll hurt.
Should we slip an angry Almiqui in bush's pants before the debate?
Castro would laugh.I would laugh too.

[Tom Kitten]

2. Love at first sight!

It could fill in for Cheney anytime and nobody could tell the difference!

[EnfantTerrible]

3. Looks a little like Bush Sr.

IMHO

[WindRavenX]

4. is that real...?

...it looks fake.

[Dookus]

5. that particular one is

a stuffed one from a museum. But the species has been confirmed, this year, as still being alive.


On edit: Further research shows it's not a rodent. It's a solenodon - related to only one other mammal found on Hispaniola.

[WindRavenX]

6. wow

Interesting lil' critter...

[DS1]

7. Dark Crystal anyone?

:evilgrin: :headbang:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Cool!

What an unusual nose...

[undergroundpanther]

9. haha

You are right,Didn't think of an anteater's nose as unusual,so the little guy already has a cool nose just not as unusual now.Duh!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. The Almiqui's teeth remind me of an opossum...

He's an odd looking critter, no doubt about it!

[Zero Division]

11. Its forelegs are longer than its hindlegs, too.

Damn! A sure candidate for mammal that most looks like an alien species.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. How about the rare Dogface Monkey?

Or the Catbird:

[Dookus]

13. sigh

last year I saw such a photoshop of a ponyduck and dammit, I can't find it again. My last PC was stolen and I lost it.

[JohnnyRingo]

15. Probably find it here:

http://b3tazoo.dyndns.org/b3ta/zoo/index2.php

Chipmunkephant:

[Dookus]

16. nope..

didn't see it there

[VOX]

14. These are very disturbing. They just shouldn't look like that!

I'm afraid to look in the mirror now! :scared:

[Duncan Grant]

17. How about those Bongos?

The bongo is the largest and heaviest forest antelope. These spiral-horned creatures are found only in special dense forest habitats across tropical Africa. The East African bongo is larger than its West African counterpart. Beautiful creature, isn't it?