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Funny animals

A while ago the BBC reported that the bizarre 'grumpy looking' blobfish 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 favourites.

Proboscis Monkey male, Labuk Bay Sabah Borneo Malaysia - 860-285682
Southern Elephant Seal mirounga leonina bull bleeding after defending his harem, Falkland Islands, October 2003 - 817-217643
Lama pacos, alpaca with funny hairstyle in a zoo, Andes, South America, America - 1113-43691
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) laying on the ground, stretching its hind legs - 832-3193
Chimpanzees, adult with young / (Pan troglodytes) / Chimpy - 1127-2703
Turkey, Gascony, France. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads - 1161-1902
Red Holstein cow - 817-21687
Southern Elephant Seal mirounga leonina portrait of bull during harem and mating season, Island of South Georgia, November 2003 - 817-217641
Yawning gorilla (Gorilla gorilla graueri) - 832-35327
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex portrait Uganda, Entebbe, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre - 817-217733
Two sheep in partnership - 832-35803
Wild Turkey - 817-175084
Llama looking to the camera - 817-196496
fennec fox desert fox sitting in orange brown desert dune sand outdoors single animal head portrait funny animals Morocco North Africa Africa - 869-3345
proboscis monkey male proboscis monkey sitting portrait front view - 869-4268
Ocellated Turkey (Agriocharis ocellata), male, Guatemala - 817-93510
Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa - 764-938
Spear-point leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui) near Diego Suarez, northern Madagascar - 817-75778
European crab, Cancer pagurus, Norway, Atlantic ocean, north atlantic ocean - 759-3720
ocean sunfish, Mola mola, and snorkeler with underwater video camera, off San Diego, California, USA, East Paficic Ocean, Model Released MR-000088 - 983-38
toad (Bufo viridis) - 832-21325
Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Madagascar - 817-47007
Pacific Walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Round Island, Alaska, USA, North America two male are resting on a rock - 817-217410
Arabian Camels - 817-2230
Turkey - 817-3843
Southern Elephant Seal mirounga leonina portrait of bull during harem and mating season, Island of South Georgia, November 2003 - 817-217655
Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), male, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa - 764-5102
toad (Bufo viridis) - 832-21329
Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) in captivity, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States of America, North America - 764-2747
Nubian goat - 817-127036
Proboscis Monkey or Long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus), male, portrait, Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, Asia - 832-373822
Reticulated Giraffe, adult portrait, Africa / (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) - 1127-19013
Llama ruminating, portrait, llama tour at the summit of Boeses Weibele Mountain in the Defregger Group, Carnic Dolomites, Upper Lienz, Puster Valley, East Tyrol, Austria, Europe - 832-372016
Colobus Monkey, male / (Colobus guereza) - 1127-12597
yacare caiman julia heliconian butterflies sitting on crocodiles head - 869-4894
Curious pig, snout, Sardinia, Italy, Europe - 832-9369
California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), female catching herring - 832-369847
Borneo Orang-utans / (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) - 1127-12899
Orangutan at Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo - 817-448644
reticulated giraffe reticulated giraffe 02 head portrait front view funny view Africa - 869-4315
Mixed Breed Dog - 1127-5068
An Icelandic horse makes funny facial expressions - 817-365916
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) - 817-153075
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina - 817-165823
New Zealand Sheep - 817-47083
Man showing Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua), Flatanger area, Norway - 817-86784
Stuffed Babboon - 817-13740