picture of the day!

[The Ace]

Pyan, your wierd little friend looks like an Aye-aye, one of the rarest animals in the world.

[pyan]

Thanks, Ace - you're quite right. Here's another one:

[Lenny]

Aye-Aye? What a quaint little name!

[HardScienceFan]

Whoa Py,that's one hell of a weird animal.
He's looking at me,at me.me..
Yes master ,I will obey

[Tau Zero]

Originally Posted by Tillane

Yeah. Prefer these ears, though...

Well, if it's ears you like, meet the Fennec:

[Quokka]

Py that was either a possum or the most under feed Wombat I've ever seen .

They tend to look more like this guy.

[pyan]

Heh! - it was an Aye-aye - if you Google it, you get the picture on the first page.
I like the wombat - looks more of a character than a koala, which seem to be fairly dim.

[Talysia]

Wow, these pics are great! I love the Fennec fox!

[Joel007]

I kinda liked the ears and eyes on bush babies, they're similar



Just don't let them grab your finger... you'll never get them off.

[Quokka]

Originally Posted by pyan

Heh! - it was an Aye-aye - if you Google it, you get the picture on the first page.
I like the wombat - looks more of a character than a koala, which seem to be fairly dim.

I gotta say the Wombat is one of my favourite Australian animals. They're kind of nature's bulldozers, their warrens can completely ruin a field but they seem to basically toddle about doing their own thing. They're herbivores so they don't bother anyone else but they're also tough enough that noone really bothers them either. They're mainly solitary as adults and although they're normally fairly slow moving, apparently they're not very nice when grumpy .

Here's a quote from wiki:

Its primary defence is its toughened rear hide with most of the posterior made of cartilage which, combined with its lack of a meaningful tail, presents a difficult-to-bite target to any enemy who follows the wombat into its tunnel. One naturalist commented, that a predator biting into a wombat's rear would find it "comparable to the business end of a toilet brush".

And one last bit of useless wombat trivia, they're decendants of Diprotodon's which only died out about 50,000 years ago and the largest of which were about the size of hippo's!




Another animal I like, this time because its just so bizare, still photos dont really do justice to what the Cuttlefish can do, they are quite possibly the most intelligent of all invertebrate and seem to be an animal that has evolved to rely almost soley on sight (that last part is just my impression and should in no way to be taken as, or bearing any relation to, scientific fact).

Their skin can change colour and texture really dramatically. Some species use it for camouflage, communication, mating, and one species can flash an iridescent pattern that appears to stun its prey. Not suprisingly they have very well developed eyes as well.

If we do a good enough job of wiping ourselves out you could just be looking at the next master race. Sorry all for the rambling, just pictures next time I promise

[Allegra]

Amazing photos guys, thanks!

[HardScienceFan]

Thanks Quok.
Mollusca rule!
No nothing droll from this time,I would just like to put this one here,instead of the Art Thread.
I wanted everybody to see this bit of scuplture.
Kitsch?
Art?
I dont give a (11,1a)

[Allegra]

Clich'e, Benny.

[HardScienceFan]

Originally Posted by Allegra

Clich'e, Benny.

come again?
Did you know Ally,that you now actually can tell what I look like?
Ow,boy,once again I am not my usual self
All I can say Ally,is that I think that piece of sculpture is,is,is
it does something to me
WHen something has that effect,and the something is manmade,that's art

[Allegra]

Ben I totally agree with the theory but am curious to know - what does it do to you?