Fun Game -- Guess the Species!

[jknudson]

photoshop creation?

No...

that's what i was thinking

and NO! Real animal....psst....it's australian.

[littleindiangirl]

It's native to australia!!!! wait.. I should really read before I post

[jknudson]

I'll give you some time to search for the first...here's another.

[littleindiangirl]

Do extinct animals count??

[jknudson]

Do extinct animals count??

To my knowledge neither are extinct.

[Lucero87]

it's a Bilby!!

[ladywhipple02]

I'll give you some time to search for the first...here's another.

Ugly as sin?

[jknudson]

it's a Bilby!!

There's the answer to the first!

And yes Lynn...it is ugly as sin...but whats the species?

[Spaniard]

Was the first a big eared hopping mouse?

Edit: Awww booooo I was wrong

[jknudson]

Well, here's the answer for the second before I get back to work.

It's a Almiqui (Solenodon cubanus), a creature that was thought to be extinct. The specimen was captured by a Cuban farmer.

Pretty weird creature.