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'Bizarre' new mammal discovered

news.bbc.co.uk — A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report. The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi. The cat-sized animal, which is reported in the Journal of Zoology, looks like a cross between a miniature antelope and a small ant eater.

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  • inajeep, on 02/01/2008, -6/+73Surprisingly it tastes like antelope the scientists continued...

    j/k
  • SEGA4life, on 02/01/2008, -2/+39Wow that is Bizzare, and that animal it's holding is cool looking.
    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44392000/jpg ...
  • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+33It's just a rat that enjoys telling lies.
  • Gugel, on 02/01/2008, -3/+34When they said "a giant elephant shrew", I thought they were talking about a really big, slutty elephant.
  • yaryarhumphump, on 02/01/2008, -1/+27MOM?!!?
  • bjs3171, on 02/01/2008, -1/+24"type of giant elephant shrew"

    clearly.
  • Nanobe, on 02/01/2008, -4/+22Behold, God's latest design! Isn't it beautiful?
  • wimmers, on 02/01/2008, -6/+23id hit it
  • boredsam, on 02/01/2008, -1/+18Can you milk it?
  • sigg14, on 02/01/2008, -0/+15Richard Gere already has one on preorder from amazon
  • th3B3n, on 02/01/2008, -0/+14"Hey, check me out, I'm a new species! *nose grows* Uh, yeah, ignore that. It just happens. *nose grows* Dammit!"
  • jquipp, on 02/01/2008, -3/+17It is quite unique looking.
  • Ezxen, on 02/01/2008, -0/+13I can milk anything with nipples
  • dudefather, on 02/01/2008, -2/+13how does it taste?
  • abstracthuman, on 02/01/2008, -0/+11Ah yes, I see your point.
  • jabrthel, on 02/01/2008, -0/+10Couldn't be any more difficult than milking a cat.
  • PaxImperium, on 02/01/2008, -0/+10Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also distinct from Micronesia (to the northeast).
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia
  • infinitejones, on 02/01/2008, -1/+11Tanzania is in Africa.
  • moofree, on 02/01/2008, -1/+10Unique, but not bizarre.
  • d0onut, on 02/02/2008, -1/+10No, it's not.
  • iamnotrich, on 02/01/2008, -2/+11I know it's bad. but
    will it blend?
  • xt0ph3r, on 02/02/2008, -3/+12Wait, latest design? Does that mean there weren't two of these on the ark? This Creationism stuff is harder than they said.
  • AndrewDB, on 02/01/2008, -1/+10Like chicken.
  • grahamcase, on 02/01/2008, -6/+12It's not bizarre, it's Darwinian :D
  • Sabretou, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5I think the word you wanted was 'overstatement'.
  • rentmitchum, on 02/02/2008, -0/+5They can talk? Awesome!
  • VeryBoredNow, on 02/01/2008, -2/+7Thats how I imagine Paris Hiltons kids will look like...maybe a bit skinnier.
  • Dylson, on 02/01/2008, -0/+5He has quite a way with words, eh?
  • PaxImperium, on 02/01/2008, -0/+5Hmmm...misread it as Tazmania...okay Australasia isn't as weird as I thought...well except for some of the most poisonous creatures in the world...
  • ezikiel2517, on 02/01/2008, -3/+8It looks like the retard baby of a monkey-fish-squirrel
  • inactive, on 02/01/2008, -1/+6Clearly antelope-like. Much like Deerwhale.

    http://tinyurl.com/3xrhgc
  • moskaudancer, on 02/01/2008, -0/+4Ѹ
  • rentmitchum, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4Nothing like a good pair of shews..
  • lucidapathy, on 02/01/2008, -0/+4!
  • loganhid, on 02/01/2008, -2/+6it's man-bear-pig
  • d0onut, on 02/02/2008, -0/+4...lurk moar?
  • Tweekster, on 02/01/2008, -2/+6with a baseball bat?
  • sgtbutterscotch, on 02/01/2008, -0/+4Well, what did the Asia part of Australasia come from?
  • Bengals1us, on 02/01/2008, -1/+5Seriously, where does the antelope reference come in? I mean, it does have fur, it is a mamal, I imagine it breathes oxygen soooooo ANTELOPE?
  • Nikole, on 02/01/2008, -1/+5buried for not being nearly as cool or 'bizarre' as I was hoping.
  • JustAn0th3rFace, on 02/01/2008, -0/+3?
  • hinmanj, on 02/02/2008, -0/+3Can you... blend it?
  • fygars, on 02/01/2008, -3/+6Gotta catch 'em all.
  • Metatron197, on 02/01/2008, -0/+3Yes
  • Varz, on 02/01/2008, -0/+3How does it look like an miniature antelope?
    Looks more like a cross between a rat and a small ant eater.
  • WATYF, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Funnily enough, my mom actually does live in Tanzania. I'll ask her to pick one of these up for me on her next trip back. I'm sure she can just stuff it in her carry on.
  • michaelje0, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2I have nipples but I do not lactate. Why?!
  • TheDefiant, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2Where there is a nipple you're bound to find Ezxen doing what he does best; milking *****.
  • inactive, on 02/02/2008, -0/+2I guess it's either beta or 2.0
  • AgmLauncher, on 02/01/2008, -1/+3Hardly bizarre. There are much more outlandish creatures out there.
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