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Animals that are...creepy...

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TulipWoodpecker · 23/06/2021 12:39

Disclaimer - I love animals and im fascinated by them! But truly some have an aura of menace about them...
To start, I give you the Shoebill Stork. Not dangerous or anything but...disconcerting.



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Soubriquet · 23/06/2021 15:01

Naked mole rat

They way they live is amazing..but they are still creepy looking animals

MikeWozniaksGloriousTache · 23/06/2021 14:55

Tortoises. I don’t know why but I can’t look at them they make me really uncomfortable. Especially when they’re on daft shows like you’ve been framed and humping shoes and making that little “ehh” noise … blerhh

LadyR77 · 23/06/2021 14:50

Came on to say shoebill storks and aye-ayes, but have been beaten to it!

Also, generally any fish/creatures that live in the deepest depths of the ocean are super creepy and weird.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 23/06/2021 14:50

@ComDummings

Sloths. They make me uncomfortable. I think it’s the way they move.
Exactly what I was going to say. Those long arms with big claws that move creepily slow, and their faces are pretty creepy too.
Rockhopper81 · 23/06/2021 14:49

@TulipWoodpecker - nope, leopard seals are as nasty as they look, their only natural predator is the orca, and they hunt other seals.

Having met a sloth, they're are as dopey as you'd expect - agree they're a bit weird, but generally quite sweet. Manatees are awesome - I've met them too - and are actually quite cute, except for the babies, which are exceedingly cute! Dolphins were a lot bigger than I think I had anticipated, and I'm not entirely sure they're trustworthy, but they're kind of sweet to look at.

I agree about angler fish, they're just the stuff of nightmares.

Naked/hairless anything - mole rat, cats, rats, dogs; I'm sure some of them are lovely, but they look like they'd be eager to prove that being hairless doesn't make them weak, and I just can't get on board with that energy.

AuntMasha · 23/06/2021 14:36

Human Beings. Creepiest animal ever.

TableFlowerss · 23/06/2021 14:32

Hairless cats - just looks sore and itchy

Had a friend on social media recently share a before, during and after pic of her sons lizzard shedding its skin. Aww man, eating my tea, I don’t need to see shit mind that….

NoShitHemlock · 23/06/2021 14:30

@TheYearOfSmallThings

Axolotls.
How could you?!?!

Look at this cute little bugger:

*yes I know its not a real one!

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knackeredcat · 23/06/2021 14:28

@maybelou - Borzoi?

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TableFlowerss · 23/06/2021 14:28

@hazandduck

Sorry but wtf
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daisyjgrey · 23/06/2021 14:22

I also dislike whippets, but mainly because they're quite skittish and annoying. I feel like if they were human they'd be the neurotic person at work who always had some kind of issue or drama on the go.

daisyjgrey · 23/06/2021 14:21

Moths. They're creepy.

Dolphins. Entirely untrustworthy and very suspicious.

CassandraCross · 23/06/2021 14:18

Komodo dragons - stuff of my nightmares

Mine too, apparently they smell utterly repugnant too but I'm never going anywhere near one to find out.

TulipWoodpecker · 23/06/2021 14:15

Komodo dragons - stuff of my nightmares.
Tiny lizards, however, are adorable!

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Lightningrain · 23/06/2021 14:15

Most insects make me feel a bit ugh. All the legs and the way they move. Wasps and horse flies look so angry too.

CassandraCross · 23/06/2021 14:14

but I love sloths.

CassandraCross · 23/06/2021 14:13

Monitor Lizards and Kimodo Dragons, ugh, look evil, are evil. Saw a programme once which had two of them fighting and one of the tactics is scratching - the sound and nastiness of it was extreme.

DubiousGoals · 23/06/2021 14:09

Eels and sloths, both make me shudder

TulipWoodpecker · 23/06/2021 14:07

@Goingplacestogether

Leopard seals. They look a bit evil and remind me of snakes in a way other seals don’t
OMG yes! Forgot about those. They have very sinister faces (I'm sure they're very nice really Shock).
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woodhill · 23/06/2021 14:07

@Evenstar

Sorry picture didn’t attach
Yeh yuck

Ugly pond

Pinkywoo · 23/06/2021 14:05

Definitely dolphins, why are they always smiling? What do they know that we don't?

Evenstar · 23/06/2021 14:03

Sorry picture didn’t attach

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ISpeakJive · 23/06/2021 14:03

The Aye Aye is slightly, odd...

MustardRose · 23/06/2021 14:02

Monkeys. All of them. Especially baboons, they are horrible creatures. Apes are ok though.

Can't stand leatherjackets, the larvae of the daddy-long-legs. Ugh.

BrownEyedGirl80 · 23/06/2021 14:02

Kangaroos.Menacing muscly bastards