Strangest Looking Animals

[Laurel]

The skate

Or the Lump Fish

 

[BigKahuna]

I've never seen a lump fish. I'm amazed.

 

[STAD]

Nudibranch

 

[Nurmey]

That lump fish looks mad.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Giant Japanese Spider Crab


A bunch of weird fish in this one:


A bunch more:

 

[DeadDoc]

looks like ummm... ya.... a big frekin turd!

 

[eriktlupus]

oyster toadfish gets my vote FISH OF THE MONTH - oyster toadfish

 

[iamjonsharp]

We saw one of these at the Newport Aquarium last weekend! It's got the most bizarre turtle face I've ever seen! It's called a mata-mata.

 

[torgan]

Tapir gets my vote

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

my vote is, and always will be for this species:

 

[iamjonsharp]

Camera phone pic of it.

 

[STAD]

I have never seen one of these in person, but they creep me out!

Potato Bug

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

That looks like a Jerusalem Cricket to me more than a Potato Beetle (bug):


EDIT: Google kows all... Apparently they call Jerusalem Crickets "potato bugs" in schools... I guess to be politicaly correct Why can they not just teach them as Stenopelmatus sp. in schools and avoid all the confusion... damn common names

 

[CplHunter]

Blobfish (a sad one...)

An "Aye-Aye"...from Madagascar.

 

[Brew-Happy]

can't remember what it is, maybe a bedbug or something. Freaky looking tho

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Or the Lump Fish

 

[ChshreCat]

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

The skate

Ate one of those this past summer, freakin' delicious. They used to be super cheap eats, but went out of favor as a 'cheap' (read: not good) fish since they are basically 'mistake' catches. Has the consistency of lobster but much easier to eat, delicious with brown butter, lemon, white wine, and capers. I'm getting hungry...

 

[Brew-Happy]

Man! I would probably get a gun for that thing!!!

 

[ChshreCat]

Man! I would probably get a gun for that thing!!!

Yeah, if I lived in coconut crab habitat, I'd be sending the kid out to take out the garbage.

 

[Revvy]

Jesus...it's the friggen face hugger from Aliens.....

 

[STAD]

King Crab from New Zealand

 

[EvilTOJ]

Blobfish (a sad one...)

An "Aye-Aye"...from Madagascar.

Oh it's no aye-aye. It's a Salacious Crumb!

 

[Laurel]

It's strange how weird looking animals are MILDLY adapted to look freaky for movies.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Aliens!!! Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhharg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MrNate]

Camera phone pic of it.

Dude... what?

 

[iamjonsharp]

Dude... what?

It's a pic of the turtle ohiobrewtus posted on page 1, it's a bizarre turtle called a matamata. I took a pic of it at the Newport Aquarium. It kind of looked like a creepy happy old man.

 

[ChshreCat]

It's a pic of the turtle ohiobrewtus posted on page 1, it's a bizarre turtle called a matamata. I took a pic of it at the Newport Aquarium. It kind of looked like a creepy happy old man.

I think he was captioning the picture. That does seem to be exactly what it's saying when the picture was taken. heheh