9/24/2003: Ugly-ass Cuban mammal not extinct

Undertoad · 09-24-2003, 12:43 PM

Happy Wednesday! No, this isn't an animal shot, because this is not the real animal. This is a stuffed model of it. And I wouldn't dare bring this out on a Friday. Come on.

This is an "almiqui". It was thought to be extinct, but then a Cuban farmer found one. They brought it out to study it for two days (and I guess to help build this model) and returned it to its habitat in the eastern mountains of Cuba.

During the daytime, they say, it burrows underground. It only comes out at night when it can forage for insects.

And because it's so nocturnal, people never see it, and so they thought there were no more.

Or so the schoolchildren had hoped. Now they have to live with the idea that this thing might, just might, be coming out of its hidey-hole, late at night after they've gone to bed, poking through the darkness for some flesh it can rip open with its snarling gnashy teeth. Did you feel its little snout poke you? Boo!

Only one Cuban vermin uglier than that one:

Elspode · 09-24-2003, 12:55 PM

Scale this up 10x and you've got the next really nasty Star Wars beastie.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2003, 05:24 PM

Kudo's UT. That's a winner in the fugly catagory, for sure.

Leah · 09-24-2003, 05:31 PM

Looks a little bit like the West Australian Quokka (found only on Rottnest Island), except not as fierce looking as the one pictured. This little critter would send shivers up a little kids spine.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2003, 05:56 PM

Quote:

This little critter would send shivers up a little kids spine.

Ah, it does have socially redeeming value.

daniwong · 09-24-2003, 05:59 PM

I think at some point in time - I dated this........

ThisOleMiss · 09-24-2003, 06:33 PM

sure that isn't a genetically altered neutria?

Elspode · 09-24-2003, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by daniwong
I think at some point in time - I dated this........

What was the attraction...the extremely phallic nose or that radical long-haired musician thing its got going on?

novice · 09-25-2003, 01:25 AM

ELSPODE- "Internet Mental Health".....hmmmm. I'm calling 'oxymoron'

Nothing But Net · 09-25-2003, 01:31 AM

You may say it's ugly, but somewhere this creature has a mother.

ferkelparade · 09-25-2003, 04:14 AM

The practical thing about this guy, if you have one as a pet, you'll always have a bottle opener handy.

mrputter · 09-25-2003, 05:47 AM

I know a lively fellow
Who is really quite unique
He's small and smart and yellow
With a rodentlike physique

He doesn't play the cello
And he never deigns to speak
He's the Strong Man's Leporello
And they just call him <A HREF="http://www.homestarrunner.com/sneakvideo.html">The Sneak</A>...

Emrikol · 09-25-2003, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mrputter
I know a lively fellow
Who is really quite unique
He's small and smart and yellow
With a rodentlike physique

He doesn't play the cello
And he never deigns to speak
He's the Strong Man's Leporello
And they just call him <A HREF="http://www.homestarrunner.com/sneakvideo.html">The Sneak</A>...

Haha! That's the same thing that came to my mind when I saw this too.

Kinda scary O_o

xoxoxoBruce · 09-25-2003, 04:32 PM

Damn, Mrputter. It IS the sneak.

aside- Enjoyed the pictures on your websight of UAE.

Leah · 09-25-2003, 11:25 PM

The Sneak..... how strange, but fully anyway.

09-24-2003, 12:43 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/24/2003: Ugly-ass Cuban mammal not extinct Happy Wednesday! No, this isn't an animal shot, because this is not the real animal. This is a stuffed model of it. And I wouldn't dare bring this out on a Friday. Come on. This is an "almiqui". It was thought to be extinct, but then a Cuban farmer found one. They brought it out to study it for two days (and I guess to help build this model) and returned it to its habitat in the eastern mountains of Cuba. During the daytime, they say, it burrows underground. It only comes out at night when it can forage for insects. And because it's so nocturnal, people never see it, and so they thought there were no more. Or so the schoolchildren had hoped. Now they have to live with the idea that this thing might, just might, be coming out of its hidey-hole, late at night after they've gone to bed, poking through the darkness for some flesh it can rip open with its snarling gnashy teeth. Did you feel its little snout poke you? Boo! Only one Cuban vermin uglier than that one:

09-24-2003, 12:55 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Scale this up 10x and you've got the next really nasty Star Wars beastie. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-24-2003, 05:24 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Kudo's UT. That's a winner in the fugly catagory, for sure. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-24-2003, 05:59 PM	#6
daniwong Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 196	I think at some point in time - I dated this........ __________________ Mistress of all that is claim related.

09-24-2003, 06:33 PM	#7
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	sure that isn't a genetically altered neutria? __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?

09-24-2003, 05:31 PM	#4
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Looks a little bit like the West Australian Quokka (found only on Rottnest Island), except not as fierce looking as the one pictured. This little critter would send shivers up a little kids spine.

09-25-2003, 01:25 AM	#9
novice Ignorance is bliss and I'm orgasmic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perth, australia Posts: 296	ELSPODE- "Internet Mental Health".....hmmmm. I'm calling 'oxymoron'

09-25-2003, 01:31 AM	#10
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	You may say it's ugly, but somewhere this creature has a mother.

09-25-2003, 04:14 AM	#11
ferkelparade aspires to be a viking Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 28	The practical thing about this guy, if you have one as a pet, you'll always have a bottle opener handy. __________________ "frotz grue" http://www.portinari.de - oceanpunk

09-25-2003, 05:47 AM	#12
mrputter Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 71	I know a lively fellow Who is really quite unique He's small and smart and yellow With a rodentlike physique He doesn't play the cello And he never deigns to speak He's the Strong Man's Leporello And they just call him <A HREF="http://www.homestarrunner.com/sneakvideo.html">The Sneak</A>...

09-25-2003, 04:32 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Damn, Mrputter. It IS the sneak. aside- Enjoyed the pictures on your websight of UAE. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-25-2003, 11:25 PM	#15
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	The Sneak..... how strange, but fully anyway.

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