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10 scary animals that are totally harmless

10 scary animals that are totally harmless

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Bob 04/27/2012 16:49 PM

Aha looks like jeepers creepers ! Cx

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Anonomus 04/27/2012 16:46 PM

It looks like a hairless rat monkey with bat earsssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Christan 04/27/2012 15:03 PM

Bella I found yu

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christans friend 04/27/2012 16:13 PM

Christan instead of putting stupid comments you should be working on your assignment. -Your reading Teacher

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jasmine 02/28/2012 19:33 PM

scaryyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!

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KK 02/27/2012 14:45 PM

HOW COULD YOU HOLD THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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nia 01/11/2011 15:54 PM

it looks like the choopacabra

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Anonymous 10/31/2010 17:10 PM

it looks like my ex wife no wait its sweet cute ....but with the part you said ,,,, points its middle finger at you, it's a death sentence that would be her lol

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Anonymous 10/31/2010 13:50 PM

AWW I think it's cute (except for them eye's) haha

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09/02/2010 12:03 PM

I object to the use of the pejorative phrase "witch-like"--Witches have always been Nature's guardians!

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katiesinger 05/06/2011 21:50 PM

Thanks for that. neither i nor any of my friends have a middle finger that looks like that!
Blessed be.

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Aye-aye

This gremlin-looking creature is actually a primate found in Madagascar. Aye-ayes have a number of unusual traits, including a long, bony, witch-like middle finger that they use to pry insects and grubs from tree trunks.
 
Perhaps due to their appearance, these gentle, harmless animals are often killed because of a local superstition that aye-ayes are harbingers of death. Some believe that if an aye-aye points its middle finger at you, it's a death sentence.
 
None of this is true, of course. These primates are peaceful, nocturnal foragers.
 
 
 
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