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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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froomeonthebroom · 23/06/2021 14:02

@SpikeDearheart

Star nosed mole
I refuse to believe that is a real animal! 😲
ScribblyBaller · 23/06/2021 14:02

The aye-aye with its creepy long middle finger that it uses for tapping termites out of wood. Creepy little bastards.

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inigomontoyahwillcox · 23/06/2021 14:01

Centipedes and millipedes.
Any animal that has a permanent grin on its face (excluding the Quokka - that are just bloody adorable) as they just look psychotic (I appreciate that I'm being anthropomorphic)

Evenstar · 23/06/2021 14:01

Snake head turtles 😱

knackeredcat · 23/06/2021 13:59

All spiders, nope to posting any pictures.
Chlamydosaurus (frilled lizard) - creepy name, creepy when they run and scream, too unnerved to post any links to videos.

Goingplacestogether · 23/06/2021 13:58

I love English bullies @Smolgoose. Absolutely daft they are and look like sheep

feb2022 · 23/06/2021 13:57

Anglerfish!
Must be the creepiest looking creatures on earth

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Goingplacestogether · 23/06/2021 13:57

Leopard seals. They look a bit evil and remind me of snakes in a way other seals don’t

vampirethriller · 23/06/2021 13:53

I really don't like kangaroos, but I love those storks and bats.

woodhill · 23/06/2021 13:51

Squid and Octopus

megletthesecond · 23/06/2021 13:51

Herons.

Pricklypear12 · 23/06/2021 13:50

Frilled shark which has the look of a Chinese dragon

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Smolgoose · 23/06/2021 13:46

Kangaroos that look like big muscly men are disturbing.

I'm mind own by the moose, I thought they were around the size of a red deer.

Does the poster who mentioned dogs with stretched faces mean a bull terrier? Every bull terrier i've met has been lovely, but the poor things look like they should be cockney gangsters, running a protection racket and talking about what nice young lads the krays were whilst chainsmoking. Poor dogs.

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ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 23/06/2021 13:38

Eels and lampreys.

I’m terrified of them. Even writing it makes me feel ill.

AsanteSana · 23/06/2021 13:37

Penis fish and someone beat me to Naked Mole Rat

GlumyGloomer · 23/06/2021 13:37

Shoebilled storks will possibly be showing up in my nightmares now.
Hyenas. Always thought of them as small until I saw a photo of a man with one on a lead, which I momentarily mistook for a dog, only huge and viscious looking. Never looked at them the same way again.
Absolutely anything with it's knees higher than it's head.

SpikeDearheart · 23/06/2021 13:30

Naked mole rat - looks like a penis with teeth, poor thing.

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OhRene · 23/06/2021 13:30

Lampreys are a horror show. In fact, I'm pretty sure the alien monsters in a Stephen King movie were based on lampreys and attacked from the toilet bowl

bananamonkey · 23/06/2021 13:29

Dolphins. Creepy AF. Plus have you seen that episode of The Simpsons?

purplesequins · 23/06/2021 13:29

possums
cameleons

poorfanjo · 23/06/2021 13:28

No photoshop

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poorfanjo · 23/06/2021 13:26

Moose! They're so so big!! Like 7 foot tall

HiHoSylvie · 23/06/2021 13:25

Anything that lives in the sea tbh. I find most sealife creepy Blush.

But particularly blob fish and angler fish.

SpikeDearheart · 23/06/2021 13:22

Star nosed mole

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Welshponyslave · 23/06/2021 13:20

Baboons. They would tear you limb from limb. And enjoy it.