{"id":318,"date":"2013-10-04T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:48:41","slug":"strange-looking-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/04\/strange-looking-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange looking animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago the BBC reported that the bizarre ‘grumpy looking’\u00a0blobfish<\/a> had been voted the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, so we thought we’d look in our photo archives for similarly strange and wonderful beasts. Here are our faves:<\/p>\n

\"Reticulate<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Colin Marshall\/FLPA<\/p>\n

Reticulate Stargazer buried in sand, Lembeh Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Martin Zwick<\/p>\n

Southern Elephant Seal bull during harem and mating season, Island of South Georgia.<\/p>\n

\"Warthog<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9James Hager<\/p>\n

Warthog, Imfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9www.joelsartore.com<\/p>\n

A naked mole rat at the Lincoln Childrens Zoo, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA<\/p>\n

\"Arabian<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Mike Hill<\/p>\n

Arabian Camels smiling for the camera<\/p>\n

\"817-3843\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Thomas Dressler<\/p>\n

Turkey<\/p>\n

\"C59-275061\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Frank Krahmer<\/p>\n

Aye-Aye, Madagascar<\/header>\n

\"F07-177487\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9John Cancalosi<\/p>\n

Ocellated Turkey, Guatemala<\/header>\n

\"F52-730029\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Juan Carlos Munoz<\/p>\n

Proboscis Monkey, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia<\/p>\n

\"Pacific<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Martin Zwick<\/p>\n

Pacific Walrus, Round Island, Alaska, USA.<\/p>\n

\"Shoebill<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Martin Zwick<\/p>\n

Shoebill in Uganda, Entebbe, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.<\/p>\n

\"ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Masa Ushioda<\/p>\n

Ocean sunfish, Mola mola, \u00a0off San Diego, California, USA.<\/p>\n

\"South<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Paul Springett<\/p>\n

Mountain tapir, Amazon jungle, Ecuador, South America.<\/p>\n

\"Lama<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Konrad Wothe<\/p>\n

Alpaca in a zoo in South America.<\/p>\n

See more strange and wonderful animals here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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