Post pics of animals nobody's ever heard of...

[Dookus]

This is the almiqui - a nocturnal Cuban mammal thought to be extinct, but recently rediscovered. I expect it's gonna go extinct simply because even OTHER almiqui's wouldn't wanna hit this:




on edit: PLEASE tell us a little something about your critter. Pretend it's Show and Tell.

[xray s]

1. DAMN!

If there is such a thing as reincarnation, Dick Cheney is coming back as ONE OF THOSE!!!!

[Lautremont]

2. He IS one of those.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Spotted Cuscus

from Down-Under

[GOPisEvil]

3. Behold: the capybara!

OK, so lots of people have heard of them, they're still cute. :D

[Dookus]

5. they're adorable

the world's largest rodent, iirc.

[GOPisEvil]

7. You are correct.

[Dookus]

43. actually

the hamster in my sig is the largest. That's a billboard he's nibbling.

[GOPisEvil]

45. Was he raised in Love Canal?

:D

[foo_bar]

31. I saw one at a state fair

The carnie barker charged a quarter for "The World's Largest Gerbil!"

[Spinzonner]

34. Nah, I've seen lots of Republican Politicians bigger than that

[Radical Activist]

82. A co-worker told me about these and I didn't believe it was a real

animal for weeks. You don't live in Little Rock do you?

[rumguy]

4. Here's a Caracara

An ancient bird of prey that is still living...

[GOPisEvil]

6. Nice hat!

Oh...those are feathers...*embarrassed*

[chookie]

8. The Bintarong

[Dookus]

10. ooh, cool

tell us something about it. Is it a weasel? A lemur?

[chookie]

41. About the bintarong

Fruit-eating aboreal viverrid (related to civets) from Burma. Sumatra and Borneo. Despite its awkward appearance, it is very agile and acrobatic.

[Mikimouse]

13. OMG! IT'S .........OSCAR!!!!!

n/t

[Sporadicus]

23. I Want One! n/t

[bobja]

29. And their feet smell like popcorn, and

They make good pets. So the keeper at the zoo told me.

[Lorien]

88. Those smell just like popcorn or Fritos

seriously! I know some people that have two (one is a lot larger than the one pictured). They are also known as the "bear cat". Very docile animals.

On edit; one of the few civets with a prehensil tail.

[mike_c]

9. pangolin....

[Dookus]

11. way cool...

where's it from?

[mike_c]

15. here's some info....

From http://www.pangolin.com/PangolinPic.html

The pangolin is a long-tailed, sticky-tongued tropical Old World (Asia and Africa) mammal. Most species feed at night, sleep during the day, and roll into an impenetrable ball when threatened.

The pangolin's body is covered with large, flat, imbricated horny scales; it somewhat resembles the New World armadillo in terms of its feeding habits and its employment of a curled up, hedgehog-like defensive posture. It has a long sticky tongue which it uses to gather termites and ants.

The pangolin is also called scaly anteater, any of the armored placental mammals of the order Pholidota. Pangolin, from the Malayan meaning "rolling over," refers to this animal's habit of curling into a ball when threatened. About eight species of pangolins, usually considered to be of the genus Manis, family Manidae, are found in tropical Asia.
Description

Pangolins have a long tail, short powerful limbs, and a conical head. They are native to the regions of Southeast Asia and are found in parts of Africa. This reptile-like animal with large overlapping scales has often been spotted in the Kafue National Park, in dry woodland or scrub terrain.

Some pangolins live in trees but most are ground dwellers. Ground dwelling pangolins have strong legs capable of digging into termite mounds for food. The arboreal pangolins have prehensile tails which they use both for balance and as a hook to hang from. Arboreal pangolins roll up in a ball in a tree hollow at night to sleep.

Pangolins vary in size. The Long-Tailed Pangolin is smallest, at about 3 feet (1 meter) long and weighing 3-4 pounds (2 kg). The Giant Pangolin is almost 6 feet (2 meters) long and weighs 70 pounds (32 kg). The Giant Pangolin's tongue is about 2 feet (61 cm) long, and internally is anchored to the pangolin's hip bones.

[Dookus]

17. woah.. that's a mammal?!?!?!

I just presumed it was a reptile. Looks like a skink.

[mike_c]

20. yep, as warm blooded as you and I...

...but looks like a huge, walking pine cone.

[The Spirit of JFK]

12. My brother had a run-in with a pangolin...

It was enormous...will try and find the pics.

[Teddy_Salad]

14. The Bilby....from Australia

[Donkeyboy75]

44. A cute little guy.

[Teddy_Salad]

86. Oh thanks, DonkeyBoy!

And the Bilby is pretty cute too, don't ya think? :evilgrin:

[DrWeird]

16. The oarfish.

This one's just a baby.

[GOPisEvil]

18. No way! That's the Lake Champlain monster!

:eyes:

[DrWeird]

21. This one's a little bigger.

[Dookus]

26. holy crap!

If I saw one of those while scuba diving, I'd plotz in my drysuit.

[CatWoman]

19. behold the mighty marmot

one of the rarest animals on the planet.

http://www.marmots.org/

[Hawkeye-X]

24. BatDog!

[loafie]

95. omg so cute

I want a batdog.

[Pithlet]

78. I didn't know they were so rare.

That's too bad. They're cute.

[chookie]

22. Kewl, Dookus! Your guy is a Solenodon!

Very poorly known. Closest relative died out 25 million years ago. Two surviving species, one on Haiti and one on Cuba.

VERY primitive -- even retains reptilian characters, most notably poisonous incisors.

[Dookus]

28. wow... didn't even know that much about 'em

just remembered last year when it was "rediscovered".

[Lisa]

25. speaking of rodents ...

My former roommate, when I went to visit her new place several years ago, had a pair of these. (She's a zoologist so I'm used to seeing her keeping unfamiliar species ... but apparently these "degus" (a Chilean rodent species) are now in some pet stores.)




http://centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/mammals/rodents/ROD3461.shtml


She said they were okay as pets, but weren't as interesting as her collared lemmings (which turned white and grew special claws in the winter).




I guess my own personal favorite would be the goura -- a type of large pigeon endemic to New Guinea. Since the extinction of the dodo and solitaire, these are the biggest pigeons in the world! (The size of a large duck, I would estimate.) I looked after some of them at an endangered-species breeding facility once -- they eat a mixture of fruit and cooked rice, with whole dried peas and lentils on the side. One juvenile used to walk next to me and slam his wings against my rubber boots (he probably thought they were other gouras, since the size is about the same).


http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/Misc%20Species/Victoria%20Crowned%20Pigeon.htm

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. Jackalope...

They exist....really! ;-)

[Roon]

36. My Uncle had one of those mounted on his wall

it was fake, of course, but my poor little cousin grew up thinking it was real. She got in an argument at school about the existence of this creature. She was swearing up and down that they exist because her daddy had one on the wall!

[DemBones DemBones]

98. My daughter had her photo taken riding a giant jackalope

Stuffed, of course, and big enough that it wore a saddle, the better to have your photo taken. I've forgotten where she said it was but someplace out west. Although you can see jackalopes in Georgia. . . at taxidermy shops. ;-)

[dsewell]

32. Naked mole rat

"A healthy specimen", according to this website:

http://www.oinkernet.com/molerat.htm

Of course, if Bush is re-elected and continues to push his environmental agenda, this is probably what guinea pigs will look like after a few generations of random mutation...

[Dookus]

37. heheh

I love the naked mole rat. The best April Fool's day article ever was a few years ago when Discover ran a story using a picture of one with its head glowing and said it was a newly discovered rodent in Antarctica which used it's heat-emitting head to melt ice underneath penguins and then grab 'em and pull 'em under.

[Reciprocity]

33. King crabs

They can grow to the size of toilet seats.


Stalin's last army - hordes of gigantic crabs on their way to invade Europe
By Julius Strauss in Kirkenes, northern Norway
(Filed: 28/02/2004)

Millions of giant Pacific crabs, whose ancestors were brought to Europe by Joseph Stalin in the 1930s, are marching south along Norway's coast, devouring everything in their path.
The monster crabs, which can weigh up to 25lb and have a claw-span of more than three feet, are proving so resilient that scientists fear they could end up as far south as Gibraltar.
Energised by a mysterious population explosion a decade ago, whole armies of the crustaceans - known as the Kamchatka or Red King Crabs - have already advanced about 400 miles along the roof of Europe, overwhelming the ports of northern Norway.
For more..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/28/wcrab28.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/02/28/ixportal.html

[Padraig18]

35. A face only a mother almiqui could love...

:scared:

[chookie]

38. The ratel

Native to S Asia and Africa south of Sahara; an aggressive nocturnal mustelid similar to a badger

[chookie]

39. The babirusa

A member of the pig family, very endangered; limited distribution on a few Indonesia islands. Good runners and swimmers.

[Runcible Spoon]

40. I give you the Rock Hyrax

stragely related to the elephant due to horny toes

[Dookus]

42. that is so cool

evidently, it photographs large like an elephant :)

did Dr. Seuss name it?

[chookie]

46. The yapok, the fossa, and the markhor

The yapok a truly riparian marsupial found from S Mexico to N Argentina.


The fossa is a forest-dwelling viverrid found only in Madagascar


The markhor is a wild mountain goat found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[newsguyatl]

47. get a load of these guys

[chookie]

58. sheared alpacas?

so durned cute

[Donkeyboy75]

48. I give you the star nose mole:

Nose:



Body:

[newsguyatl]

49. Leptictidiums

These strange hopping animals, resembling a cross between a shrew and a large cat, are part of a group that survived the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. They became extinct themselves once the lush tropical forests started to disappear about 40 million years ago.

[MyUncle]

50. humuhumunukunukuapua

[Dookus]

52. ah!

I befriended one of those in Hawaii. I'd snorkel ever morning near the hotel and one of these guys would follow me around everywhere I went. I named him Hummer.

[MyUncle]

55. They are the state fish and

we pay them well to be friendly to our visitors.

[Maddy McCall]

51. The Aye-Aye (Madagascar)--my favorite from physical anthropology:

A nocturnal, solitary primate in Madagascar that has one long finger that it uses to tap tree trunks--a wierd form of echolocation it utilizes to find grubs inside. Then it drills a hole into the tree with its finger and scoops the larvae out.

Thought to be magical by indigenous people--thought to bring death. Endangered because its habitat is being destroyed for sugar cane plantations.

[daisygirl]

53. The fabled Moosus acidtripicanus

[Maddy McCall]

54. And the kinkajou...

The South American "night walker"--a nocturnal primate.

[chookie]

56. The Manul, the Saiga, the Saki and the Pacarana

The manul or Pallas' cat is highly endangered, living in the high steppes of western Asia.


Saiga antelope, endangered herding animal of Russia with short proboscis. Horns are used in folk medicine.


Very rare Peruvian monkey with Moe Howard haircut


The Pacarana is very poorly known and believed to be almost extinct. It has a cleft upper lip, very long claws and whiskers, and lives in slopes of tropical Bolivia.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

57. Capybara - the worlds largest rodent

Declared by missionaries as a fish so they could eat meat on Fridays in the Amazon in the 1500's

[chookie]

60. They're HUGE! Can be 100 pounds!

I've seen them 4 feet long.

Populations of these are taking hold in Florida, where they are flourishing in the marshes.

[Magrittes Pipe]

59. I won the snipe hunt.

[Philostopher]

61. Actually, some Canadians here may have heard of this one ...

but I rarely see the name these days:



The narwhal.

The narwhal (NAWR-hwal) lives in the cold deep water of the Arctic Ocean. Most narwhals have gray backs, spotted gray and white sides and are whitish underneath.

The male has a long tusk (tooth) sticking out from the left side of the upper jaw. Females do not have a tusk.

Narwhals eat fish, shrimp, crabs and other small sea creatures. People once thought that the tusk was for spearing food. Enemies of the narwhal are polar bears, man and killer whales. Ice is the worst enemy. Sometimes the narwhal becomes trapped under the ice that forms at the surface. Without air they drown. When several narwhals get together, they can break through the ice with their foreheads

Edit: This was the "N" animal in a kids' alphabet book I had when I was a kid. I don't know where Mom got it, but it had a capybara and a lemur in it for their respective letters...

[Dookus]

62. even some Americans have heard of the Narwhal

I love 'em. Fascinating animals. That horn is amazing.

[fudge stripe cookays]

92. I know it from "Rock Lobster"

by the B52s. :D

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

84. Narwhals show up in the movie "Elf", I believe eom

[DemBones DemBones]

100. Check out "Voyage of the Narwhal" by Andrea Barrett.

The Narwhal is a ship in the title but I'm pretty sure she discusses narwhals, too She's a great writer who trained as a biologist and that shows up in her work. Her "Ship Fever and Other Stories" was magical, too.

[MissMillie]

63. Meet the Nutria (aka coypu)

The Nutria (also called the coypu) is a large, semi-aquatic South American rodent that has webbed hind feet. It has been introduced to the USA, Asia, and Europe, as a result of fur farms (where the nutria is farmed for its luxurious coat). It lives in swamps, in marshes, and near lakes, streams, and rivers, digging burrows near water in rainforests, temperate deciduous forests, and grasslands. The nutria is nocturnal (most active at night); it rests in its burrow during the day. The nutria's life span is about 6 years.

Anatomy: Nutrias range up to about 3 ft (0.9 m) long and weigh up to about 35 pounds (16 kg). They have reddish-brown outerfur and a soft dense, gray underfur (the valuable underfur of this rodent is also called nutria). Webbed toes on the hind feet help this mammal swim. It has a long, cylindrical, sparsely-haired tail. The ears are small and the legs are short.

Diet: Nutrias are herbivores (plant-eaters); they eat fresh-water plants, leaves, stems, roots, bark, and grains. Like all rodents, their two front teeth continue to grow throughout their lives, and the nutria must gnaw and chew to wear these teeth down.

Reproduction: Females give birth to a litter of 4-6 young in a litter. Newborns have hair and teeth at birth; their eyes are open as newborns. Nutrias are mature at about 6 months of age. Adult females have 2 to 3 litters each year.

Predators: Predators of the nutria include wild cats, red wolves, large snakes (like the anaconda), and people (who raise and kill nutria for its soft undercoat and its meat). When in danger, the nutria often goes into the water; it is a strong swimmer (but is clumsy on land).

Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates), Class Mammalia (mammals), Order Rodentia (rodents), Suborder Hystricognathi, Family Myocastoridae, Genus Myocastor, Species M. coypus.

[Dastard Stepchild]

64. I know of the Nutria :)

Dave Atell was shooting the bejesus outta them on his show "Insomniac" when he was in New Orleans.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

85. I've watched Nutrias swim in a lake in east Texas

it was quite funny. The lake level was very low and one took it into his head to swim from near the shore ALLLL the way out to where an exposed log was, near the center of the lake.

When he got there, SURPRISE! Another nutria was already there and apparently wanted some alone time so the nutria who showed up uninvited kinda got a beat down and left, defeated. Swam ALLLL the way back to near the shore.

Fascinating. YEs, I had nothing else to do.

[EstimatedProphet]

65. The Humpback Chub

Otherwise known as Gila cypha
Humpback chub are one of 4 significant endangered fish species of the Colorado river. The hump allows the chub to maintain its position in a strong current. I did a post-doc on temperature effects on these fish.

[Dookus]

66. very cool...

are you a biologist?

[EstimatedProphet]

67. I are.

Humpbacks are really interesting fish too. You can't tell from that picture, but they grow BIG. Like 3-feet-long big.

[Dookus]

68. cool...

I love marine life - I adore scuba diving and all that. But I was always bad at science... but being a marine biologist is my secret dream job.


So what ARE the temperature effects on these critters?

[EstimatedProphet]

69. Well...

No great surprise, but they grow much faster in warmer water (68° or higher, up to about 80°) than cold. What was a surprise is how much faster-like 6-7 times as fast. there were visible differences after a week.
This is important information, because they only live in the upper areas of the Colorado river and its tributaries, and a great many of these areas have been dammed; the dams take water off the bottom of the reservoir for power generation, instead of the top, and since they're typically several hundred feet deep the water from the bottom is very cold. Bad news for the fish...

[Dookus]

71. cool...

good work!

As a mere hobbyist, I understand a little bit about temperature and aquatic life. As a former salt-water fishtank owner, I understand how easy it is to kill fish.

Now when I get the urge for a saltwater tank, I just flush a $100 bill. It's easier.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

70. Behold the quagga

:-)


http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/quagga.htm

[jadedcherub]

72. ROUS's!!! That's what that thing looks like.

Except, it's small.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Is this thing on?

.jc.

[Dookus]

73. A rodent of unusual size?

the movie's great. The book is 100x better.

[jadedcherub]

74. Yes. Hurrah! :)

It does look like a little ROUS though.

[fudge stripe cookays]

93. "I don't think they exist." n/t

[liberalpragmatist]

75. Indus and Ganges River Dolphins

Both nearly extinct. First, The Indus River Dolphin:


> http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/platmino.htm
The Indus River dolphin weighs about 80 - 90 kg (180 - 200 lb) and has a length of 2 - 2.5 m (6.6 - 8.2'). Its original habitat included the Indus River from the Himalayan foothills to the estuarine portion of the river leading into the Arabian Sea. Crustaceans such as prawns, as well as fish such as gobies, catfish and carp comprise the major portion of its diet. It is essentially sightless, probably because the water it lives in is so silty that vision would not be effective, and its eyes have degenerated. It apparently relies on echolocation and on probing the bottom with its snout and flipper (as it swims on its side) to find and capture its prey.

The Indus River dolphin was apparently formerly common and distributed throughout the Indus River system in Pakistan, including the main tributaries. It has declined so that most of the remaining population is concentrated between two of the barrages, the Sukkur and Guddu barrages in Sind Province. The main reason for its decline was the construction of numerous dams and barrages, starting in the 1930's, which split the population into small groups, degraded habitat and impeded migration. Accidental capture in fishing nets and hunting for meat, oil and traditional medicine have also had an impact.

Also...Although its eye lacks a lens, and the genus Platanista is sometimes referred to as being blind, the Indus River dolphin's eye does seem to function as a direction-finding device by using the direction and intensity of light.

Number 2: The Ganges River Dolphin, which is very similar:

[Dookus]

76. good 'un!!

Are they closely related to the Yangtze dolphin?

[liberalpragmatist]

77. Hm... I don't know

It's very possible. Here's the Yangtze dolphin, also known as the bajji:


There does seem to be some resemblance.

And some info:
> http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/lipovexi.htm#picture

The baiji weighs 135 - 230 kg (300 - 510 lb) and measures as much as 2.5 m (8.2') in length. It occurs in freshwater rivers and lakes and prefers large counter-currents such as are found below meanders, channel convergences, and areas in a river with structure (such as sandbars and areas adjacent to islands). It feeds on various species of small fish. As opposed to some other freshwater dolphins, like the Indus River dolphin, its eyes are functional, although greatly reduced. The baiji usually occurs in small groups of 2 - 6, which may make up a larger social unit of up to 16 dolphins. During periods of high river flow, it migrates upstream into lakes and smaller rivers.

The distribution of the baiji originally included the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River down to the river’s mouth, as well as several nearby lakes and rivers. The upstream boundary of the baiji's historic distribution was located just above Yichang, where the Three Gorges formed a geographic barrier. It currently only occurs in the mainstem of the Yangtze River, and the extent of its distribution is significantly reduced.

As a habitat for the baiji, the Yangtze River has been degraded in many ways, including chemical and noise pollution and risk of physical damage due to ship collisions, blasting in the river and accidental entrapment in fishing gear. The Three Gorges Dam, currently under construction, will produce further stress on the baiji population. The dam's operation will cause alteration of the river's hydrological regime, which will affect the baiji's habitat. The baiji generally occurs in large counter-currents, such as are found below meanders and channel convergences. Erosion from the water released below the dam is expected to eliminate or degrade these counter-currents for approximately 360 km (220 mi) downstream. It is predicted by local experts that the baiji will become extinct in the near future whether the Three Gorges Dam is built or not.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tidbits
*** The baiji is one of the world's rarest mammals.

*** In the past, the baiji had been protected by custom, since the Chinese considered it to be an incarnation of a drowned princess (Burton & Pearson 1987). It also has a nickname in China - "Giant Panda of the Yangtze River" - that may reflect the general affection for this aquatic mammal (Tan 1996).

*** In one area where the baiji is most common (Anhui Province) a council has been set up called the ‘Lipotes vexillifer Conservation Association.' The association is to spread information about the baiji, especially among fishermen along the Yangtze River. An increased awareness of the baiji may have accounted for the rescue of several animals which had been hit by propellers. (Klinowska 1991)

*** The baiji's pectoral fins are light gray above and white below, hence the name "white-fin" dolphin. The baiji is sometimes erroneously called the "white-flag" dolphin in English, because "flag" and "fin" are both pronounced the same in Chinese, so foreigners may translate its name either as "white-fin" dolphin or as "white-flag" dolphin. (Tan 1996)

Very sad.

[ornotna]

79. Dikdik

Dikdiks are tiny antelopes of dainty appearance that are slightly larger than a hare.

[Djinn]

80. Tarsier

Native to the islands of the Philipines, Borneo and Sulawesi. Nocturnal, tree dwelling and tiny, 8.5 - 16cm long, 80-165g.

to give you an idea of size...



They have huge eyes, about 1.6cm. Each eye is bigger than the entire brain and larger than the stomach. So much so that they cannot move their eyes within the sockets. Instead, they can rotate their heads nearly 360 degrees, even though they seem to have almost no neck!

which might be why...

The Iban people of Borneo believe the tarsier's head could come off. Locals also believe it if they said the tarsier's name out loud, they would be haunted by ghosts.

[Dookus]

87. oooohhhh

wook at da wittle monkey thing!

[Dukkha]

81. Okapi

What is it?

It looks like it was made from spare parts of a Zebra, a Kangaroo, a Giraffe, an a Horse.

The Okapi was discovered as late as 1901, the last large mammal to be discovered.

The Okapi (ōkăp´ē) is a nocturnal ruminant mammal of the giraffe family. It inhabits the almost sunless rain forests of the upper Congo and feeds on leaves.

[scarlet_owl]

83. Jirds!

I actually happen to own one of these. His name is Farouk and he only has one eye. I'll post the picture as soon as I get around to it. In the meantime, here is a link to a jird site:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright3/pj/pj.htm

[Lorien]

89. Te Tenrec

From Madagascar. They come in various shapes and sizes:

[Dookus]

90. aww...

what a cutie!

[Chomskyite]

91. The Red-necked Grebe

[Samurai_Writer]

94. Okapi

My 3 year old niece showed me one at the zoo when I went to visit her last month. She called me "Aunt Okapi" the entire time I was there. LOL

[Cybergata]

96. Tanuki

Anyone living in Asia, especially Japan know of Tanuki. Last summer was the first time I'd heard of them. Tanuki is a major character in Tom Robbin's Viva Incognito. :hippie:









From the Tanuki FAQ : http://www.odanuki.com/Gallery/tanuki.htm

"The Tanuki or Japanese raccoon faced dog is a real creature living in the region of Japan around the Amur river. It is Canis viverriuns, nyctereutes or procionides, that belongs to the dog family.

In Japanese folklore the Tanuki has physical strength far above normal and great supernatural powers. It can change shape at will. As a goblin, the Tanuki is a peculiarly mischievous creature taking all sorts of disguises to waylay, deceive or annoy travelers. Standing by the road side on its hindlegs, it distends its belly (or rather his large scrotum) and strikes it with its forepaws as a drum."

[minkyboodle]

97. A Liger

Its pretty much my favorite animal.... Its like a Lion and a Tiger mixed, bred for its skills in magic



I hope someone gets this so I don't feel like a friggin idiot!! Gosh!!!

[Zookeeper]

103. Hey, is that Nicolas Cage on the right? n/t

[TroubleMan]

99. Pancake Bunny and Waffle Rabbit

[ElsewheresDaughter]

101. The Jesus Christ Lizard from Costa Rica

Basilisk.... They have the nickname "Jesus Christ Lizard" because when fleeing from a predator, they are very fast and can even run on top of the water.

[-..__...]

102. Vasa Parrot

The only bird with a penis.


Kakapo



A ground dwelling, nocturnal bird of New Zealand. Very endangered; there's only 86 left.