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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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SomeKindOfFloppyWeirdo · 24/06/2021 23:24

Also...that turtle picture upthread Shock They’re literally teeth all the way down!

SomeKindOfFloppyWeirdo · 24/06/2021 23:22

Owls are beautiful, but baby barn owls are a bit argh. Especially when you’re not expecting them, and they happen to look exactly like tiny, creepy aliens.

ScribblyBaller · 24/06/2021 22:54

I don't find them creepy, but I find them a bit unsettling. These monkeys who look like humans who've been cursed by a witch to spend the rest of their life in animal form.

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user1745 · 24/06/2021 22:47

@DysmalRadius

Harpy Eagles. What are they plotting?
Imagine being alone in the woods and looking up to see that staring at you!
OrchidLass · 24/06/2021 22:34

What the actual fuck have I just opened? I LOVE animals and all you fuckers with your frankly horrifying photographs have scarred me for life. I need a lie down ...

user1745 · 24/06/2021 22:28

Crested geckos

Pinkywoo · 24/06/2021 22:24

@TulipWoodpecker chat doesn't disappear anymore, the creepiness will last forever!

(Additional shoebill picture to add to the creepiness)

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LyndaSnellsSniff · 24/06/2021 21:38

Snakes swimming. I cannot bear the thought of them.

Thelnebriati · 24/06/2021 21:33

Has anyone posted the completely harmless house centipede (scutigera)?

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Thelnebriati · 24/06/2021 21:31

Report it and ask Mumsnet to move it.

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TulipWoodpecker · 24/06/2021 21:25

I wish I hadn't put this thread in Chat -it will disappear and it's been enlightening (in an often horrifying way).

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FrankiesKnuckle · 24/06/2021 20:18

I caught a spider crab on Animal Crossing (Nintendo switch game) gave me the willies, and it's only an animated version 😂

aggathapanthus · 24/06/2021 20:16

Also, humans. Scary as hell.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 24/06/2021 20:15

I like the avocado frog. It’s cute

Thelnebriati · 24/06/2021 20:15

Trypophobia, anyone?

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ChubbyMsSunshine · 24/06/2021 19:41

@Soubriquet

There's an animal that has holes in its back which its eggs are in.? Something like that. Eeewwwwww.

A type of toad called the Surinam toad

That's the winner right there. WTF??
lettie9 · 24/06/2021 19:33

Wtf re ocean sunfish - it's grotesque!

I'm glad someone stood up for the blob fish earlier. They only look like that on land. They normally inhabit deep sea (3000 ft), where water pressure gives their body structure. Once they're pulled up on land, they decompress, and turn into that jelly mess.

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Poorlykitten · 24/06/2021 19:14

There’s also this..

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Shorthairlady · 24/06/2021 18:24

Slow worms. They upset me on so many levels. The way they move and that unnatural shininess. I showed one to my mum once and she was genuinely worried that such things actually exist. She googled them and is now an expert on them having been absolutely appalled yet strangely fascinated at the same time. Grin

Soubriquet · 24/06/2021 18:11

They are highly venomous too though…so don’t mistake it for a real coin and try and pick it up Grin

woodhill · 24/06/2021 17:50

@Thelnebriati

I'm sorry to ruin everyone's day but it has to be the coin spider, which has a truncated abdomen.
Does my bum look big .....Smile
MrsFlump · 24/06/2021 17:13

Someone said gorillas - noo, they are my favourite animal!

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Soubriquet · 24/06/2021 16:44

The black rain frog also sounds like a little squeaky toy Grin

LadyR77 · 24/06/2021 16:42

Oh the black rain frog is quite sweet - its sad little face! That toad with the egg holes on its back though.....urgh!!!

NarcissaMalfoysManicure · 24/06/2021 10:50

@PompomDahlia

Those worms that live under the sea bed. Also urchins and spiky anemones. Triggerfish with bitey teeth are scary too.

I hate lots of monkeys - too human looking with their hands and mannerisms.

I hate the pointy face dogs - they look like rough men you’d be scared to walk past outside a pub.

I'm going to blame Oliver Twist for associating English bulldogs with thuggish men - poor Bullseye, with Bill Sikes for a master!
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