Anything that can take down a centipede impresses the hell out of me. Seriously. That's *NO* easy task!
April 18, 2008
Anonymous said...
I love when a new ugly is added to the list. Awesome. Some days the world seems real old and big, you know? Full of some crazy shit, like eyeless burrowing Harkonnen hamsters with little shrimp tails for hands. I want pictures of its ugly babies!
YO! WHO SAYS MY FAV ANIMAL IS KINDA UGLY EH? No serious: I really think the two-legged parasite of this planet is the real ugly thing! Why dontcha post a pic of an unerected old mans penis? THAT is ugly. and definetly NOT this cute mole...
September 03, 2008
Rare is the day when I see anything get the best of a centipede. That alone endears this creature to me (sorry, you invert lovers).
You're looking at the profile of a new addition to Ugly Overload: the marsupial mole. There are two species of these Australian marsupials, and not much is known about them.
They are the epitome of specialization. Anything that doesn't aid in digging has been disposed of, including eyes, external ears, and a tail (vestigial at best). On the flip side, it has some unique digging upgrades: the third and fourth digits on the front paws sport elongated claws (see photo), their marsupial pouches face backward (like the wombat) to keep dirt from getting inside, and their neck vertebrae are fused together to help them ramrod their way through sod.
I'm reminded of myself. I've stripped away anything that doesn't assist in accounting or blogging, including physical health, social grace, and pigment in my skin. On the other hand, my sack-of-potatoes body fits easily into any office chair, I have calluses on my blunted fingertips, and I absorb sustenance from the glare of my LCD monitor, photosynthesis-style.
Thanks for the critter, Mike. Once again, I find myself pining for the Outback.
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Close this window Jump to comment formNow, I usually find "ugly" animals to still be pretty appealing, but damn, that thing is gross! Wow. :D
April 18, 2008
That thing is REALLY ugly! Give me owls any day of the week
April 18, 2008
It's a furry mouth. With cloven hoofs! There actually seem to be more bizarre types of moles than 'normal' ones.
April 18, 2008
Wow...that is disturbing
April 18, 2008
Anything that can take down a centipede impresses the hell out of me. Seriously. That's *NO* easy task!
April 18, 2008
I love when a new ugly is added to the list. Awesome. Some days the world seems real old and big, you know? Full of some crazy shit, like eyeless burrowing Harkonnen hamsters with little shrimp tails for hands. I want pictures of its ugly babies!
April 18, 2008
Wow, this is quite possibly the strangest mammal I've ever seen.
April 19, 2008
Perhaps if you solar power your monitor, you can get some Vitamin D into that sustenance menu. Ha.
April 19, 2008
Ah, I like your thinking, yvonne. That might clear up my softening skeletal structures. I thought I was getting all my D from ice cream. Guess not.
April 19, 2008
Ah, my new favorite animal. Siberian tiger, eat your heart out! Any thing that reduces the number of centipedes in the world deserves a big trophy.
April 21, 2008
There's a certain H.R. Giger vibe to this picture, if Giger's designs ever had fur.
April 24, 2008
YO! WHO SAYS MY FAV ANIMAL IS KINDA UGLY EH?
No serious: I really think the two-legged parasite of this planet is the real ugly thing!
Why dontcha post a pic of an unerected old mans penis? THAT is ugly. and definetly NOT this cute mole...
September 03, 2008