A Frightening and Mysterious Animal w/pic, page 1

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Topic started on 4-11-2009 @ 07:12 AM by genius/idoit

I don't know about frightening but definitely mysterious.
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I don't know if this was posted already I did a search and didn't find any thing.It looks like a cross between a hippo and a kangaroo to me.What do you think?

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reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 07:23 AM by GreyWolf2012

Mexican Hairless Rat........Seattle Mangy Asian Rat........

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 07:28 AM by ReelView

Just bald rat. Looks like the tail may have been removed.

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 07:56 AM by Drunkenshrew

Seems to be to plump to be a rat from the family Muridae. Could be a baby pocket gopher (Geomyidae).

Here a picture from a small species. A few species reach weights approaching 1 kg (2.2 lb). The baby in this picture is probably even younger, than the photographed specimen.

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reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 02:46 PM by woodwytch

reply to post by genius/idoit

Ahhh ! That's actually kind of cute in a pink, hairless kind of way.

As to what it is I really don't know, it's head is sort of bear-cub shaped, but its back feet are more rodent-like ... either way the small tufts of hair show that it is meant to be hairy / furry, so maybe the poor little guy has mange or something ... he's still cute.

Woody

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 03:00 PM by TheWalkingFox

It's a bald vole. Why it's bald is a good question (my guess would be parasites or chemical exposure) but it's definitely a vole - it's way too small to be a squirrel, too big to be a mouse, and too pudgy for a rat.

Frightening, huh? Man, some people are such babies. I'd totally catch that sucker, feed it sunflower seeds, and name the little dude "Goblin"

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 03:25 PM by gnosis111

Looks like a hairless mole rat to me, I came across one and like the article said it appeared either deaf, blind, or fearless because it just sat on it's haunches and smelled the air at me then slinked away.

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reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 04:00 PM by Rossa

To anyone who is curious its a hairless/tailess squirrel, google it and see

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 04:07 PM by Rossa

And here is the link to the photo on the web
urbpan.livejournal.com/tag/squirrel

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 04:11 PM by Rossa

AAAANNNDDD the original photo was posted in July of 2007

Sorry kids I call HOAX

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 04:35 PM by TheWalkingFox

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Nah, see those leaves in the upper left? Those are blackberries. it's too small to be a squirrel. Besides, a squirrel in that posture would have its tail lifted over its back.

I'm telling you. Vole

Not a hoax, just a so-ugly-it's-cute rodent

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reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 06:55 PM by AOmonsta

rabid squirrel probably

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 08:36 PM by cowboyz4ever

hairless gerble?? just because the tail, I wish we new what size it is

reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 08:40 PM by cowboyz4ever

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"a hoax"?usually people makea hoax is to gain or to open the door to a whole new set of beliefs, So I ask Hoax for what"??
If I was going to do a hoax it would at the very least exciting LoL