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Elephant hawk moth caterpillar:

 

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These last two I'm not sure of; the two names that keep popping up are the Hemeroplanes triptolemus moth and the Hemeroplanes ornatus moth, but google brings up many of the same images for both.

 

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No it isn't. that was a meme on tumblr. Just a rumor. And the guy edited the wikipedia page and then took a screenie. It's pronounced "Dick-dick"

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I like these bush snakes. They're so pretty!

 

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Also a mollusk called The Blue Dragon.

 

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Goblin sharks. They're so creepy!

 

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And then you have these sweet little fella's wub.gif

 

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Also a mollusk called The Blue Dragon.

 

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More properly those are glaucus atlanticus/blue glaucus, and they're fairly well known - DC's got a drake named after them!

 

Nudibranchs are just fascinating in general if you're not creeped out by brightly coloured blobby slugs. Check out some of these guys! So cool.

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Let's not forget the Tasmanian Tigers also known as Thylacine

 

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Somebody thought I was making this up a long time ago and I wasn't dry.gif

Hahaha <3 an aussie animal :3 pretty well known in australia, and I'm not surprised it's not commonly known everywhere else.

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cool thread, I only know about maybe half the things in here.

 

Here's a video of a Hairy frogfish in action:

 

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Cantor's Giant Softshelled Turtle

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Atretochoana eiselti, a species of caecilian that's rather…inappropriate looking

Here is one of the initial sets of photos taken when the first live specimens were discovered several years ago. Take a look, they're hilarious. I don't want to post the actual images here since the photos of this species might initially be mistaken for something NSFW. laugh.gif

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Has anyone heard of a civet?

 

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I had no idea what these things were until recently. They kind of remind me of Tasmanian Tigers, though.

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Helicorpion. Enjoy a creepy whorl-toothed shark

 

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Actually, helicorprion looked like this. That one with the crazy spiral jaw is an outdated reconstruction from before they knew what was going on with that whorl.

 

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The ring-tailed cat isn't that known in my area, even though it's super cute.

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asdfjkl; Adorable. I'm guessing it would like it if I pet it, though. xP

 

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A while back, I saw something about these cats in Russia (IIRC) that were pretty cool, and now I can't find it. D: Grr. If I do, I'll post and see if others know about them.

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Have a SEA PIG

 

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It's a deep-sea species of sea cucumber which can actually walk across the ocean floor.

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I love those things and their hilarious noodle legs.

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Hyrax They are often mistaken for rodents, but are more closely related to elephants.

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The Hyrax or Dassie as we call them is really common where I live. You can see them basically on any rock near a mountain range.

 

A Dik Dik is also quite common here in South Africa. A couple of cultures worship the little antelope

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OK I have a couple

The Tawny Frogmouth a very photogenic bird.

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And the coneshell the most venemous creature on the planet, capable of killing a human in 30minutes without treatment (Don't quote me on that, I just knows its quick)

 

Lastly the King Penguin! Smaller than an emporer penguin their chicks also look a little different.

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