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In Photos: The World's Freakiest Looking Animals

Clara Moskowitz, Senior Writer | October 27, 2010 05:01am ET



1 of 7 - Naked mole rat
[Pin It] Credit: Rochelle Buffenstein/City College of New York

From dreadful dragonfish to bizarre bats and alarming axolotls, here are some of the freakiest creatures that walk, fly or swim the Earth.

African naked mole rats live underground and never come out. They are blind and smelly, with no fur and giant buckteeth. Yet while they're unpleasant to look at, these cold-blooded mammals are very gentle by nature and rarely act aggressively towards humans.
http://www.livescience.com/29772-worlds-freakiest-animals-101030html.html

at this moment i have little sympathy for those users .. gee, hate
to say that, but it's true .. must be getting old .. your first picture



reminded me of the Naked Mole Rat .. heh, i was going to post
it yesterday to you while going crackers inside this recent huge ..

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heh .. freaky was in my mind and i wandered .. didn't have any of my last remaining recreational drug hook nicotine either which didn't help .. it was bloody tough for awhile i'll tell you .. anyway .. this is not the most suitable place to link these natural beauties, but then again "krokodil" is not much suitable for human consumption either, so guess it fits a bit .. .. yep, more drugs like krokodil and we may have over time more humans looking more like the naked mole rat .. or maybe even like these others ..



2 of 7 - Two-headed turtle
[Pin It] Credit: Captain Nemo's Aquarium

A rare example of conjoined turtle twins, this two-headed, red-eared slider turtle is named Limerick and lives at the Captain Nemo's Aquarium pet store in East Norriton, Pa. A manager of the store bought the creature from an exotic-turtle collector in 2007. While the turtle swims a bit awkwardly, it is otherwise healthy, the owner said.



3 of 7 - Wrinkle-faced bat
[Pin It] Credit: Rolf Muller, Shandong University

This Central American bat looks old, even as a baby. But in fact, the wrinkles are a useful part of its anatomy, a recent study found. Apparently the intricate grooves and flaps around its nostrils help the creature's sonar sense of echo-location.



4 of 7 - Aye-aye
[Pin It] Credit: Bristol Zoo Gardens

This creature sits firmly on both sides of the fence: undeniably creepy, yet totally adorable too. Unfortunately, these bat-eared lemurs have their appearance working against them in their native Madagascar. The odd-looking creature is considered a bad omen by many indigenous inhabitants of the island and is often killed on sight. This one, called Kintana, was born at the England's Bristol Zoo Gardens.



5 of 7 - Dragonfish
[Pin It] Credit: Dr. Julian Finn, Museum Victoria

This fierce-looking deep-sea dweller has to forage for dinner in the dark depths of the ocean, so its fangs come in handy to grab on to prey. Even the fish's tongue has razor-like teeth.



6 of 7 - Axolotl
[Pin It] Credit: Justin Rosenberg, Connecticut College

These salamanders are native only to two lakes in central Mexico. Because one of these lakes has been drained, and the other is polluted and diminished, axolotls are considered critically endangered in the wild. Because of their special ability to regenerate body parts, they are popular as research subjects in the lab. Here a green fluorescent protein lights up an axolotl under blue light.



7 of 7 - Tube-nosed fruit bat
[Pin It] Credit: © Piotr Naskrecki, Conservation International

While this guy's pretty cute, too, there's definitely a sinister aspect to its Yoda-like stare and horns. The bat species was discovered in Papua New Guinea, and is thought to play an important role in dispersing seeds in the forest.

http://www.livescience.com/29772-worlds-freakiest-animals-101030html.html

.. natures best .. lolol .. i was only going to post one .. then one more .. then it was .. geepers .. we have Bachmann hiding behind bushes to spy on gays .. that Baptist pastor Terry Jones who burnt the Koran .. and so many others .. then rooster who blinks at the thought of a new cigarette tax going toward early childhood education .. and Cruz .. so just kept going ..

yeah .. taking any drug so out of the blue, with so little if any information about it is crackers to me, too .. fresh air .. lolol .. moving with you i'll link in again some who obviously understand the worth of it ..

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