Creepy!

[Sonn]

I have posted this a few places to see if anyone can tell me what this animal is. I seen it on craigslist and it FREAKED me out lol. It kind of looks like a hairless opossum only not lol. CREEPINESS! Yeah would not want to wake up to that in my bed that is for sure.

 

Proceed at your own risk lol.

 

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 Kind of don’t think it is real looks statuey to me.

[jerseygirl]

I dunno….not one picture really has that funny eye reflection you normally get when taking snap shots………… don’t think it’s real either.

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

What did it say in the post? HAha

[Sonn]

here is the link to where the pictures are from on craigslist

daytona.craigslist.org/laf/976701606.html

[2lops]

Weird. The only thing i can think up is a peruvian hairless (dog)

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02NI1Qw8w0bLc/610x.jpg

but the dog has longer ears thicker snout etc.

It looks like some sort of rodent …animal..thing.. that has a skin problem…

I wonder if it’s friendly

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

“kubalibra” haha did they mean chupacabra?

I somehow doubt the person’s intelligence regardless of if it’s real.

 

It looks like an ugly chihuahua.

[LittlePuffyTail]

It looks like Anubis. You know the Ancient Egyptian dog thing they put in the tombs to guard the dead.

[bunnytowne]

There are ugly hairless dogs.  I think there is a breed from mexico that is hairless and ugly like that.

Yeah I was thinking   chupacabra too.    Nice to have as a gargoyle on the front porch by my front door though.  Hehee.

I dont’ know the hairless ugly breeds name but I know it exists.

[Sonn]

No not a Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican Hairless) I have seen more than a few of those up close and personal and none had the creepiness factor of that animal. I thought Xoloitzcuintli at first as well but it doesn’t really have a canine muzzle and probably not canine teeth lol.

[KatnipCrzy]

severe mange can cause the hairlessness.  It almost looks like a fox.

I am not sure what it is- but it does look like a real animal though.  Creepy, but real.  There are TV shows about the chupacabra and the theory that they are hairless coyotes, wolfs or dogs that have a severe skin disease due to mange.

Does this person imply that animal control came and picked this thing up?  Cripes, I would have to move.  That is so disgusting and scary.

[ScooterandAnnette]

Okay how weird am I that I looked at it and my first thought was “oh that is so cute!”.  It looks like a cross between a bat and a chihuahua!
– Annette

[Lightchick]

I was totally thinking that, Annette! Don’t some breeds of bats have the pointy-nose like that?! I always wanted one…except the cute bats are the ones that are carnivores. Veggie-bats have ugly smashed-in faces..

[ScooterandAnnette]

It reminds me a bit of this one – sorry the video is a little far away, it’s the best zoom I could get when taking it.

 

Like a wingless bat-dog that craigslist thing is!  I think I even see the little fingers in one of the pictures!

– Annette

[Lightchick]

I don’t see the video…

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

OK It looks to me to have prehensile paws (more hand like then anything)

I’m thinking illegal exotic, old world primate. NOT a dog or a cat.

And that first pic-scary I’m going to have nightmares

[ScooterandAnnette]

Lightchick, here’s the direct link for the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLVc44v4d48

– Annette

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Ok apparently (I contacted the poster) it was a hairless raccoon but was euthed for rabies.

[bunnytowne]

a mangy rabit coon.   That explains that face.  Yuck.  Sure looks weird without hair doesn’t it.

[MarkBun]

So that is what a raccoon looks like without its fur.

I thought it was a fox bat too but the tail threw me.

Here’s a link to a newsletter that also has a caged hairless raccoon.  Page 7. 

http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/newsletter1107.pdf

[jerseygirl]

sonn84, now you know what it is, does it make it any less creepy? Not to me!

This is sorta related…….a link to a page on hairless rabbits. I saw this a while back but it’s been updated and there’s a new addition.

http://www.petrabbitworld.com/InterestingInfo/hairlessrabbits.htm

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Annette-is that the Winnipeg zoo?

[Sonn]

Nope not less creepy lol. I used to have a pet racoon when I was little and I am very glad it wasn’t hairless if that is what they look like.

[Sage Cat]

There was a video recently of a Chupacabra in Texas filmed by a sherrif.

You can find it on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/08/12/pkg.tx.chupucabra.kens

Looks a lot like the photos here.

[ScooterandAnnette]

K&K – no that’s at Animal Kingdom, WDW. I wish it was here!

A hairless raccoon huh?  How weird!

– Annette

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

jerseygirl – hairless rabbits… not so cute. That webpage made me kind of sad too!

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

Sage Cat – that animal in the chupacabra video really looks like my dog from behind! Hahaha… it’s obviously some kind of canine critter. Just not a very pretty one! Crazy hairless animals.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

OK you guys just reminded me of this guy
Thylacine

This thing is REAL and became extinct recently. It’s called the Tasmanian tiger, and it’s RAD!! I remembered because video of it was shown on a program with some lady claiming she talks to chupacobras -so I didn’t think it was real but had to look it up. Spent hours reading about it-How cool is this guy??

 

Video!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmhmAfcRt8

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacinus_cynocephalus

[jerseygirl]

Ha! K&K, I actually looked up pics of the Tassie tiger to compare to the pics that sonn posted! I don’t know about recently extinct…..though I think it was during 1900’s so guess that’s recent viewing the age of planet Earth. They have a baby preserved in a muesem somewhere in Oz…..

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

1936!! We just missed them really !!

Yeh I saw another show on that preserved baby, they are saying they can extract enough DNA to clone a pack of them, and give them enough genetic diversity to maintain themselves. I for ONE would be in line for a ‘Stripey-kangaroo-dog’!!! lol

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

I love Tasmanian Tigers! There are still occasional stories that people spot them… who knows whether that’s true, but they were/are cool either way!

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

I’m extremely fascinated by Australian wildlife in general… some crazy stuff happens when species evolve far away from the rest of the world

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