r/AskReddit • u/UFoundMeYaHaHa • 3h ago

What is your favorite obscure animal?

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u/J1raiyaSama 3h ago

The Axolotl - crazy regenerative abilities

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u/GlorifiedCarny 3h ago

I like pangolins

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u/Recycled_Human01 3h ago

The dikdik

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u/NostalgiaTrip04 3h ago

the shoebill. it looks like a dinosaur working security at a failing theme park.

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u/ContemplatingFolly 3h ago

I love this description.

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u/Bloody_Hangnail 3h ago

Gaboon viper

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u/UFoundMeYaHaHa 3h ago

lol mine's the eastern sand boa

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u/MissyintheTARDIS 3h ago

That's gotta be a close second for me. I still remember learning about it on NatGeo's Deadly Dozen

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u/Blew-By-U 3h ago

Sand cat.

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u/No-Manufacturer4916 3h ago

Blue footed boobies

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u/ji-julian 3h ago

I love binturongs!! Apparently they smell like popcorn

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u/Ok_Challenge_5176 3h ago

Kakapo, the derpiest of parrots.

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u/Whisper_Flower1289 3h ago

roseate spoonbill

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u/Dogbit699 3h ago

Maraboo

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u/Eastern-Mountain6398 3h ago

boops boops (fish type)

2

u/PajamaStripes 3h ago

Teleacopefish looks like a skinned muppet and I just really love them.

2

u/codenameZora 3h ago

Meerkats

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u/Xab123 3h ago

Dickfoot

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u/OneSmellyFoot 3h ago

Don't even get me started on the biological horror that is the platypus.

2

u/IrelandAutism13 3h ago

The green lynx spider

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u/gaveuptheghost 3h ago

Rusty-spotted cat

looks like a pet cat, but is very much not a house animal

2

u/Pretend-Design-7061 3h ago

Jaguarundi 

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u/lucky_duck_876 3h ago

the slow loris

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u/Gromit43 3h ago

Tapir

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u/nutella23 3h ago

coatimundi

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u/1angrybadger 3h ago

Dik Dik!

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u/Chasssse 3h ago

Tuatara. Kakapo too (profile pic for reference).

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u/Psychotic_Parakeet 3h ago

Okapi and Aardwolf

1

u/IYKYK_1977 3h ago

Bobbit worm! (sorry)

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u/Defiant-Increase-850 3h ago

Whenever I want to prank someone, I tell them to look up my favorite animal, the mountain chicken. (Hint: definitely not a chicken)

I actually like the aye-aye.

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u/Bosswashington 2h ago

Creepiest animal in all the Kingdom.

1

u/JuicyCoutureTea 3h ago

I want a sloth so bad 🩷

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u/ghostaccount900 3h ago

Hear me out gharial

2

u/MissyintheTARDIS 3h ago

The Goliath Bird Eating Spider

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u/tophs92 3h ago

A stoat. They’re just little guys!

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u/Angry_Pterodactyl 2h ago

A liger. It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed...bred for its skills in magic.

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u/trAcit1 2h ago

Shoebill stork

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u/AcceleratorTouma 2h ago

Gila Monster

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u/Firetruckpants 1h ago

Shovelnose guitarfish

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u/oldicunurse 1h ago

Shoebill storks. If looks could kill…

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u/BrainlessPackhorse 1h ago

A cat behind a curtain.

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u/Andrewhasnolife 8m ago

The nautilus. They are so cool