Ugly ratlike critter no longer extinct....

[Dookus]

stuffed 'almiqui', an insectivore native to Cuba , is presented by a worker, for a photo opportunity at the Cuban Museum of Natural Science on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003 in Havana, Cuba. A living example of the insectivore -believed for years to be extinct- has been found in the island's eastern mountains, a Cuban news agency reported. The last reported sightings of the creatures were in 1972 in the eastern province of Guantanamo, and 25 years later in 1999 in the eastern province of Holguin. (AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera)

[amazona]

1. here's a whoo hoo for ugly ratlike critter

I hope it does better than the Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers rediscovered in Cuba in the 1980s only to be made extinct after all when they cut all the trees in their forest down. Not that we can talk...we deliberately cut down all the trees in the last forest for them in the U.S. (the Singer Tract) after thoughtfully filming them for posterity so we would know what we lost!


does that rodent have a beak?

[scarlet_owl]

2. That's terrific!

Cheers to the ugly rat-like critter! :toast:

[Dookus]

3. yup!

I'm glad it's not extinct.

But I don't wanna encounter one in a dark alley.

[pansypoo53219]

4. rather

have the woodpecker. but at least its something.

[BlueJazz]

5. He looks like the Passenger Jet : Concorde SST ...

....Cool!

[dfong63]

6. i don't think he's ugly

[Dookus]

7. hrmm....

Believe me, there are few bigger critter-lovers in the world than me, but YIKES! That thing just AIN'T pretty. No wonder it almost went extinct - they don't even wanna fuck EACH OTHER!

tee-hee... just joshin'. I think it's sorta cute in a really ugly kinda way.

[LuLu550]

8. LOL

that was funny! Now I know why I am in here at 6:30 in the morning.

[WillParkinson]

9. Not ugly!

He's kind of cute. I seldom refer to any animal as 'ugly'. Just the attitudes that people have. Some of THOSE are ugly!

[Dookus]

11. well it looks like a cross between

a kiwi bird and a rat.

OK, maybe it's not ugly, but I doubt we'll soon be hearing the expression "cute as an almiqui".

[Bossy Monkey]

10. "Westley! What about the ROUSes?"

"Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."

Hey, now Camp X-Ray has a mascot!

[SlutBunwalla]

15. Get out of my head!

I thought the SAME thing when I saw that picture! :-D

[Superfly]

12. It's a Chupacabra!!!

[oneighty]

20. Yes!

Gives new hope for "The Goat Sucker" HoooRay HoooRay!!!

180

[TXlib]

13. I think it's sorta cute.

[Dookus]

14. No... THIS is cute....

[SoCalDem]

16. PUT HIM BACK where you found him

He is probably a vital link to the survival of the "extinct" population..

[Richardo]

17. I was fully expecting to see this picture....

Separated at birth?

[kmla]

21. Nah. The one on the right looks like it is capable of feeling

sympathy for others.

One the pictures is of a rat-like vermin, which makes alot of people cringe and recoil. The other one is covered with fur, and has a long nose.

[lpbk2713]

18. He's a definite shoo-in.

We're looking at the next host of the newest talk show on Faux.

[Padraig18]

19. Ermmm...

I'm shickled titless that they're not extinct, but that is one BUTT UGLY animal! :P