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Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts) Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:20 AM Jun 2021

Has anyone ever heard of this critter before?

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Has anyone ever heard of this critter before? (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jun 2021 OP

Amazing. redwitch Jun 2021 #1

Looks like an armored mole RainCaster Jun 2021 #2

Need more. They eat ants. quaint Jun 2021 #3

Adorable! Solly Mack Jun 2021 #4

Cute. Here's someone holding one for perspective. Hoyt Jun 2021 #5

Its half turtle, half trump. 5X Jun 2021 #6

Part chick, part ginger slice. zuul Jun 2021 #7

I read that as part tick, part chigger. Silly, I know. yonder Jun 2021 #10

yes Kali Jun 2021 #8

Never heard of it either. I learn something new every day. sop Jun 2021 #9

It almost looks fake. zanana1 Jun 2021 #11

Looks like taxidermy, too. That tends to make real animals look less real. nt Lisa0825 Jun 2021 #12

That seriously looks photoshopped, as well as looking as if made... 3catwoman3 Jun 2021 #13

Yeah, They Taste Like Chicken Jim G. Jun 2021 #14

redwitch

(14,944 posts)

1. Amazing.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:22 AM

Jun 2021

I would think I was hallucinating if I saw this critter!

RainCaster

(10,874 posts)

2. Looks like an armored mole

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:25 AM

Jun 2021

Never seen this before, thanks for sharing.

quaint

(2,563 posts)

3. Need more. They eat ants.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:29 AM

Jun 2021

Solly Mack

(90,766 posts)

4. Adorable!

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:31 AM

Jun 2021

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. Cute. Here's someone holding one for perspective.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:37 AM

Jun 2021

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512YhT+JdJL.jpg

5X

(3,972 posts)

6. Its half turtle, half trump.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:39 AM

Jun 2021

Who crossed mcconnell with dotard?

zuul

(14,624 posts)

7. Part chick, part ginger slice.

Reply to 5X (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:49 AM

Jun 2021

yonder

(9,665 posts)

10. I read that as part tick, part chigger. Silly, I know.

Reply to zuul (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 12:02 PM

Jun 2021

Kali

(55,008 posts)

8. yes

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 11:17 AM

Jun 2021

but I am a natural world freak too.

sop

(10,177 posts)

9. Never heard of it either. I learn something new every day.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 11:19 AM

Jun 2021

zanana1

(6,113 posts)

11. It almost looks fake.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 12:26 PM

Jun 2021

It looks like it has a piece of pink corduroy on top.

Lisa0825

(14,487 posts)

12. Looks like taxidermy, too. That tends to make real animals look less real. nt

Reply to zanana1 (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 12:40 PM

Jun 2021

3catwoman3

(23,985 posts)

13. That seriously looks photoshopped, as well as looking as if made...

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 03:04 PM

Jun 2021

...by the same person who designed the duck-billed platypus. Or some of the worst aliens from Star Trek episodes.

I'm glad it is small - the picture of a live one in someone's hands is kind of cute. If it were big, it would be creepy looking.

Jim G.

(14,811 posts)

14. Yeah, They Taste Like Chicken

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 03:12 PM

Jun 2021

J/K

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