REAL incredible animals

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Originally Posted by pirent

Dear friends, what is this creature? It is very disgusting

Неведомая Хуйня.avi - YouTube

Yup, just lost my appetite.

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Goats balancing on a flexible steel ribbon - YouTube

Goats balancing on a flexible steel ribbon - YouTube

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Tibetan Bear In Da Zoo - YouTube

Tibetan Bear In Da Zoo - YouTube

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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_volans"

Draco volans, commonly known as the flying dragon, is a species of lizard endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]

It is a member of the genus of gliding lizards Draco. It can spread out folds of skin attached to its movable ribs to form "wings" that it uses to glide from tree to tree over distances upwards of 8 metres (26 ft); however, like all modern reptiles, it lacks the ability to sustain powered flight, and is capable only of gliding.[citation needed]

Its wings are brightly coloured with orange, red and blue spots and stripes, and they provide camouflage when folded. The flying dragon can reach a total length of up to 23 centimetres (9.1 in). It feeds on arboreal ants and termites.[2][3]

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Megaloptera: dobsonflies and alderflies

Characteristics
This is a very small order of Australian insects commonly known as alderflies and dobsonflies. They are medium to large sized insects with a wingspan ranging from 20 to 100 millimetres. Alderflies and dobsonflies can be recognised by the following features:

• Long, soft, flexible bodies, usually dark coloured
• 2 pairs of membranous wings of similar size, often bearing dark patches.
• At rest the wings are held roof-like over the body
• Mandibulate mouthparts
• Long filiform antennae which taper towards the end

CORYDALIDAE is a widespread family of dobsonflies and well represented in Australia. Archichauliodes species are inhabitants of cold-water streams and can be found from southern Australia to north Queensland. Adults of this species can usually be recognised as they have 4 or 5 large spots on their hind wings in addition to many smaller spots towards the edges of the wing.

The larvae of alderflies and dobsonflies are aquatic, appear caterpillar-like and possess gills along the sides of their abdomens.

Members of Megaloptera are sometimes confused with lacewings (Neuroptera) and stoneflies (Plecoptera). Alderflies and dobsonflies can be distinguished from lacewings by the absence of terminal branching wing veins and from the later as stoneflies possess abdominal cerci and hind wings that are larger and broader than their forewings.

Life Cycle
All species have aquatic larvae and mating occurs on the vegetation close to freshwater streams. Female alderflies and dobsonflies may lay up to 3000 eggs on rocks or debris close to the stream but not in the water. When the larvae hatch they enter the water and live a permanently aquatic life until they are ready to pupate. At this stage the larvae move out of the water into the adjacent leaf litter or soil where they pupate for several weeks. The complete life cycle may take only one year in warmer areas or up to 5 in colder climates.

Feeding
The adults are most active at dusk and during the night but do not appear to feed. The larvae however are active predators of other aquatic invertebrates and have strong mandibles with which to grasp their prey.

Habitat
Alderflies and dobsonflies are not strong fliers and are therefore found close by freshwater streams due to their aquatic larvae. The adults can often be found on the vegetation along side streams and are sometimes attracted to lights at night. The larvae can be found on the bottom of clear, cool freshwater streams. Megalopteran species are more common along the eastern side of Australia from Cape York to Tasmania with only one species occurring in the south west of Western Australia.

NFO:
wikipedia - /Megaloptera

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During cigaret breaks, I often look at insects crawling on the walls of the courtyard
I often happen to think about re-incarnation, what if some people were re-incarnated in those...
Like being yourself, but in a different vehicle, with different options available, talking isn't one obviously
For what purpose, I don't know, retribution, or maybe random, just for the fuck of it


That said
Star nosed mole, AKA, Condylura cristata

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_mole"

The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a small mole found in wet low areas of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, with records extending along the Atlantic coast as far as extreme southeastern Georgia.[3] It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura.

The star-nosed mole is easily identified by the 11 pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing its snout, which is used as a touch organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, known as Eimer's organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around. With the help of its Eimer's organs, it may be perfectly poised to detect seismic wave vibrations.

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• Length: 35-48 cm (13-19″)
• Tail Length: 15-30 cm (5.9-11″)
• Height: Approx. 20 cm (8″)
• Weight: 1-1.6 kg (2.2-3.5 lbs)
• Pop. Trend: Decreasing

Rusty-spotted Cats Prionailurus rubiginosus compete with Black-footed Cats Felis nigripes and the Kodkod Leopardus guigna as the world’s smallest wild cat species. They have been described by some as a smaller, ‘washed out’ version of the Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis.

The body is slender body and smaller than a domestic cat. The fur is short and soft, with the upper parts a grizzled brownish grey, tinged with rufous to varying degrees and marked with rust brown spots. There are horizontal bars on the legs and chest; the belly and inner sides of the legs are white. Their head is short, rounded, and marked with two white streaks on the inner edges of the eyes. There are several reddish brown streaks on each cheek, and the chin and cheeks are white. The eyes are fairly large with irises of greyish brown to amber. Ears are short and rounded, backed with rufous grey, and have light coloured basal ear spots. Their legs are relatively short, and the feet have black soles. The tail is moderately long, more rusty coloured than the body, and unmarked.

Found only in India, Sri Lanka and marginally in Nepal, Rusty-spotted cats were previously thought to inhabit only moist forests. Recent records have indicated the cats also occur in dry forest, bamboo forest, wooded grassland, arid scrubland and on rocky hill slopes.

Their presence has been confirmed in the tropical dry Gir Forest of northern India. In Sri Lanka, they are found from sea level to 2,100 metres.

These cats have been discovered living in abandoned houses in a thickly populated area of southern India, distant from forest which has been considered their habitat. It is likely that rats and mice around the houses, and nearby poultry serve as food. Showing some tolerance of modified habitats, females with kittens have been found denning in a tea plantation in Sri Lanka.

World's smallest cat - BBC

World's smallest cat - BBC

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Bathynomus giganteus

The gigantism of the giant isopod may be an adaptation to the extreme pressure of the deep ocean they inhabit.

Giant isopods are one of the largest crustaceans and the largest known member of the isopod family, a group of crustaceans that are closely related to shrimp and crabs. The giant isopod is also related to terrestrial crustaceans, such as Armadillidium vulgare, commonly known as the pillbug or roly-poly. The enormous size of giant isopods is a result of a phenomenon known as deep sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism, the tendency of deep sea animals to grow to a much larger size than similar species in shallower waters.

NFO @ Wikipedia

The Giant Isopod (Bathynomus)

The Giant Isopod (Bathynomus)

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Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorums

Mamenchisaurus in general:
Habitat: Forests and plains of Asia
Historical Period: Late Jurassic (160-145 million years ago)
Size and Weight: Up to 115 feet long and 50-75 tons
Diet: Plants
Distinguishing Characteristics: Unusually long neck, composed of 19 elongated vertebrate; long, whiplike tail About Mamenchisaurus

If it hadn't been named after the province of China where it was discovered, in 1952, Mamenchisaurus might better have been called "Neckosaurus." This sauropod (the family of gigantic, herbivorous, elephant-legged dinosaurs that dominated the late Jurassic period) wasn't quite as thickly built as more famous cousins like Apatosaurus or Argentinosaurus, but it possessed the most impressive neck of any dinosaur of its kind--over 35 feet long, composed of no less than nineteen huge, elongated vertebrae (the most of any sauropods with the exception of Supersaurus and Sauroposeidon).

With such a long neck, you might assume that Mamenchisaurus subsisted on the uppermost leaves of tall trees. However, some paleontologists believe that this dinosaur, and other sauropods like it, was incapable of holding its neck to its full vertical position, and instead swept it back and forth close to the ground, like the hose of a giant vacuum cleaner, as it feasted on low-lying shrubbery. This controversy is closely tied to the warm-blooded/cold-blooded dinosaur debate: it's difficult to imagine a cold-blooded Mamenchisaurus having a robust enough metabolism (or a strong enough heart) to enable it to pump blood 35 feet straight up into the air, but a warm-blooded Mamenchisaurus presents its own set of problems (including the prospect that this plant-eater would literally cook itself from the inside out).

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Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorums

Mamenchisaurus in general:
Habitat: Forests and plains of Asia...

Sometimes pepo looks at these dinosaurs & thinks the scientists/archeologists have put the fossil skeletons together wrong


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