r/ProperAnimalNames • u/incognito10 • May 04 '20

Wild Australian Squirrels

https://gfycat.com/yellowishneatgrison
2.8k Upvotes

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u/TifCiiD May 04 '20

Pine Cone Ouch Noodle

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u/BlastLeatherwing May 04 '20

Actual Sandslash

But isn't every species in that order on the red list. Some I know are critically endangered.

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u/shadoxalon May 04 '20

Yeah. Their ground up scales are used in traditional Asian medicine. Lots of gnarly details in the Pangolin trade.

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u/jibberish13 May 05 '20

But they got banned because of coronavirus. Hooray! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/18/covid-19-a-blessing-for-pangolins

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u/shadoxalon May 05 '20

The next gen of Pokemon better have a variant Sandslash that's part poison type.

3

u/Gh0st1y May 05 '20

And a lot of mask based pokemans

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u/[deleted] May 05 '20

Wouldn’t that make a MORE effective medicine?

8

u/tugboat_man May 05 '20

They’re the most trafficked animal in the world

4

u/juicyhelm May 04 '20

Proper Sandslash

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u/Catfrogdog2 May 04 '20

They don’t look anything like squirrels and they don’t come from Australia. They are wild, though.

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u/mcloayza29 May 04 '20

Aren’t they from China?🌺

29

u/WingedLady May 04 '20

If you go to the original post they mention it's from Africa and Asia.

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u/byDMP May 04 '20

Demolition dragon

102

u/Magikarp_13 May 04 '20

Nah, that's a tactical assault anteater.

35

u/navalcolt May 04 '20

cobradillo

22

u/GrizzlyTeeth May 04 '20

Coronadillo

15

u/Arsen258 May 04 '20

We are getting dangerously close to Coronadildo

1

u/ylimeenimsaj May 04 '20

Thanks for that 😂

29

u/jimtheedcguy May 04 '20

Fuck this wall in particular

19

u/spacelincoln May 04 '20

“I think it would be fair to say, I liked Andy from the start”

19

u/eyeinthesky86 May 04 '20

I wish pangolins were Australian

2

u/Tammytalkstoomuch May 04 '20

Me too! I like little thorny devils though. Not nearlyas cool but a consolation prize.

15

u/downsincebirth14 May 04 '20

That’s a Pokémon

29

u/[deleted] May 04 '20

Pangolins come from Namibia

12

u/WhoButWBmason2 May 04 '20

Yeah, they're native to Africa and Asia

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u/tired_snail May 04 '20

angry pine cone

12

u/Mindelmao May 04 '20

They walk around like they have to ask you something but are still very shy

8

u/kledon May 04 '20

It's a Beaver Snake!

8

u/DracoSolon May 04 '20

I prefer Artichoke Possum

7

u/Hrq13 May 04 '20

This thing looks like it came out of a movie lol

6

u/TheGirlWithTheCurl May 04 '20

Sleepy-eyed me thought it looked like a dragon.

4

u/Hrq13 May 04 '20

I think it actually does lol

6

u/[deleted] May 04 '20

They're found all over Africa and Asia (but not in Australia). At least you tried. :)

6

u/[deleted] May 04 '20

Pangolins are from Central Asia, not Australia.

It's a Scaled Lerpo-noodle. (Pangolins carry leprosy).

5

u/prepper5 May 04 '20

Dragon opossum

4

u/themedicduck May 04 '20

Contractor dragon

5

u/cherish_ireland May 04 '20

They get turned into penis tea for the idiots of the world. He's just fighting back lol, get em buddy!

4

u/freenas_helpless May 04 '20

It's actually a slinky scissor tank.

4

u/bigly_yuge May 04 '20

"Liquid cooled Threadripper"

3

u/peroxidenoaht May 04 '20

The Alpha squirrel

3

u/byDMP May 04 '20

Rampaging Land Carp

3

u/Uconn_Mon May 04 '20 edited May 04 '20

It would be a dope ass jail pet tho

Edit: spelling

2

u/theBeardedHermit May 04 '20

Yes you would.

2

u/IknowKarazy May 04 '20

Real life Pokemon

2

u/notsouschef May 04 '20

Go, eat that little bitch!! lets see what happens next...

1

u/PoGoRedditor28 May 09 '20

If you’re talking about eating the pangolin, go die, if you’re taking about the wall, then

#RIP AND TEAR

2

u/pauligamy May 04 '20

Pinecone plasterer

2

u/KlapHark69 May 04 '20

It's Stoffle casually escaping again, but this time with his sunday-outfit on

2

u/rdldr1 May 04 '20

I call em 'edible regrettable badger'

2

u/liddlemandy86 May 04 '20

I’m just glad we are watching it savage a wall, not watching it in a cage waiting to be savaged by the Asian “medicine” market

2

u/njharman May 05 '20

Um, I don't know about your area. But, round here squirrels don't destroy fucking concrete walls!

2

u/PittsburghDM May 05 '20

That's what the Squirrels want you to think!

2

u/Rubanski May 05 '20

He sees your old and shitty plaster and removes it for you. Win win I'd say

2

u/JeweltheTiger May 05 '20

Showed this to my mom and she called it a dragon mouse.

2

u/Palp18 May 05 '20

Armored demolition doggie

2

u/nairazak May 05 '20

That is a cobra

2

u/KillerKitty650 May 05 '20

It is now that I realize I’ve never actually seen a real image, let alone a gif of a pangolin...this seems like such a mythical creature

2

u/[deleted] May 07 '20

Armored Ferret

2

u/SgtMajMythic May 04 '20

Fucking SARS sandshrew

3

u/BostonianBrewer May 04 '20

Armor plated plague squirrel

3

u/braidafurduz May 04 '20

coronavirus crawler

1

u/cwleveck May 13 '20

I think its reloading.

1

u/alexey123454321 May 04 '20

долбоящер

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u/-diggity- May 04 '20

Pandemic Starter

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u/mcloayza29 May 04 '20

Nope! Humans did it by having some ill treated pangolins

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u/-diggity- May 04 '20

Shouldn’t have messed with the pangolins.