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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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Eyjafjallajokulldottir · 23/06/2021 22:40

@Coffee4Queen

Wolf spider carrying it’s babies on it’s back

Now was there any need to post a picture of that

🤮

LunaTheTuna · 23/06/2021 22:39

I give you the coconut crab....

Margotshypotheticaldog · 23/06/2021 22:37

Those stork pics! 😱
Definitely not the kind of creature you'd want dropping your baby off!

TellmewhoIam · 23/06/2021 22:35

Tardigrades, as @WhateverJohnnyMcNofriends said. My entire worldview shifted after I learnt of the existence of tardigrades. And not in a good way.

Coffee4Queen · 23/06/2021 22:27

Wolf spider carrying it’s babies on it’s back

ConnectedToSandsview · 23/06/2021 22:26

Moray eels. Freaky massive wriggly fuckers. Met one in the sea once. Big fat nope.

GuyFawkesDay · 23/06/2021 22:21

Marabou stork. Properly gave me the creeps in Kenya.

DentonsFringeArnottsWaistcoat · 23/06/2021 22:20

Black Rain Frog. Like an avocado with a face.

merryhouse · 23/06/2021 22:17

@Soubriquet "shedding the velvet" sounds like some kind of interesting euphemism...

Spottysausagedogs · 23/06/2021 22:15

Bull terriers. Something weird about the shape of their heads and the tiny beady flush set eyes creeps me out. Sorry if you have/love one! I do think the knowledge that it can be one of the more dangerous breeds influences my opinion. I wouldn't go anywhere near one personally.

woodhill · 23/06/2021 22:08

@DentonsFringeArnottsWaistcoat

Blobfish. Bluergh!!!

Mr Blobby fish - he is hideous

DentonsFringeArnottsWaistcoat · 23/06/2021 22:07

Deep Sea Hatchetfish

Rach247 · 23/06/2021 22:05

This thread is great but I really wish I’d never laid eyes on that holey toad.

LCDIT · 23/06/2021 22:01

Praying mantis really creep me out.

DentonsFringeArnottsWaistcoat · 23/06/2021 21:59

Blobfish. Bluergh!!!

Eyjafjallajokulldottir · 23/06/2021 21:58

@Everydayiwakeupanditsmonday

I used to work with a golden retriever that had a really sleazy grin- gave me the creeps!

Like this charmer? 😬

SwanShaped · 23/06/2021 21:51

I LOVE the maned wolves. Never seen one before

GrouchyKiwi · 23/06/2021 21:50

Orangutans, but mostly because they eat baby lorises, which WHAT. I thought they were herbivores.

Those maned wolves just look so wrong.

But my least favourite (apart from spiders) is the jerboa. It looks incomplete.

SwanShaped · 23/06/2021 21:48

And there’s something not quite right about Queen termites.

SwanShaped · 23/06/2021 21:45

Lampreys are top of my list. Along with ticks. I almost have a phobia of them and live in a high tick area. So have had to deal with a fair few. Burying their tiny heads into my children’s bodies and sucking their blood.

NigellaSeed · 23/06/2021 21:31

Those giant Galapagos turtles - look like ET

Rach247 · 23/06/2021 21:23

Northern stargazer fish. They make me want to cry.

I’m on board with the dolphin hate but am rather fond of a sloth.

woodhill · 23/06/2021 20:40

@OhWhyNot

Kangaroos

If you are ever chased by one don’t let it chase you into water they will try to drown you (ok well they do this to dogs so I’m sure would do this to a human too)

Sloths

Not like Skippy then

Aparallaxia · 23/06/2021 20:28

I agree on so many of these.

Racoons. We came out of our building once (during lockdown) and came face-to-face with one and it looked at us like we were the problem. [NB I live in Los Angeles. You can stop feaking out now.]
Naked mole-rats. Disgusting habits too.
Lampreys. People used to eat them too. No, God, please, no.
That hammer-head bat. Looks like Yoda went over to the Dark Side.
Harpy Eagle. Obviously not real: escaped from Greek mythology.
I thought the Secretary Bird was extinct thanks to its feathers. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
Star-nosed mole: model for that monster from Stranger Things 1.
Dik dik. Afrikaans for 'dildo' for a reason.

MamaWeasel · 23/06/2021 20:20

Eels and worms

Any dog with bulgy eyes 🤢

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