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Weird Animal With 'Body of Buffalo and Head of Crocodile' Baffles Everyone
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| Tue, Oct 6, 2015
| Selina Sykes
Posted on 10/11/2015 10:15:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A REMOTE village has become the scene of a real-life sci-fi film after a strange creature was discovered.
With scaly skin and calf-like hooves, the bizarre animal looks like a genetic mutation between a buffalo and a crocodile.
The creature, which was found in Thailand, appears to have the rough, scaly head of a reptile and limbs and hooves of a mammal.
It is not the first time a genetic cross between two species has been found, but it is one of the most unusual animals spotted.
The animal died soon after birth, according to a local website, but is believed to have brought good luck to the village and the family who made the discovery.
The creature was found in High Rock, Wanghin in Thailand.
Many weird and wonderful hybrids have appeared in the animal kingdom, from the 'zonkey' - a cross between a donkey and a zebra - and the common mule - a cross between a female horse and a male donkey.
Most hybrid animals do not occur naturally in the wild, but have been bred by humans - stirring much controversy and outrage from animal rights campaigners.
Most hybrid offspring tend to be infertile.
TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; godsgravesglyphs; highrock; thailand; wanghin
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To: nickcarraway
WHERE was this incredible creature found?
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:11:23 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: nickcarraway
It’s still a dead water buffalo calf with a skin condition called “Alligator skin” or ichthyosis. It’s a severe case, but that’s what it is. It’s probably a birth defect, but that’s all. The head only looks weird because of the position it is in, the teeth are normal bovine.
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:15:10 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: ponygirl
“That just looks like a cow that has been half-burned.”
The most logical explanation I’ve heard.
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:17:21 AM PDT
by
Twinkie
To: nickcarraway
Come on everyone. It’s phony! Didn’t anyone read the crock of shit article?
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:21:44 AM PDT
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: Twinkie
I told the U.S. government back in 1969-1971 that it was not a good ideal to drop all that chemical crap on the jungle.
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:24:26 AM PDT
by
lostboy61
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To: DPMD
That is an excellent question since we know something similar to this happened before and we know Webb Hubbel is dead.
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:28:20 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
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To: nickcarraway
Looks very much like a buffalo from the shot at the beginning of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4&v=iWmjJDfFv5E
As for the scales, someone suggested "harlequin ichthyosis". It happens in humans and animals.
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:43:29 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: nickcarraway
Weird Animal With 'Body of Buffalo and Head of Crocodile' Baffles Everyone
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posted on
10/11/2015 11:43:55 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, heifer croc is better ‘n’ none.
29
posted on
10/11/2015 11:44:59 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:01:49 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: G Larry
Why no shots of an open mouth. The original press release had photos from several angles, including, uh, of under the tail, and it shows a fairly normal water buffalo calf with a severe case of ichthyosis, "Alligator skin." The views of the head, being held in a normal position looked like a calf's head and its dentition were normal for ruminant calves.
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:04:42 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: nickcarraway
A burned and rotting water buffalo calf.
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:08:10 PM PDT
by
Bidimus1
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Thanks nickcarraway. Looks like a chimera, iow, assembled from parts.
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:13:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:29:10 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Obama voters are the reason we have to put directions on shampoo bottles.)
To: nickcarraway
36
posted on
10/11/2015 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/11/2015 12:38:48 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: BRK
I meant that crocallo scans better than “buffadile” which the other poster suggested.
To: nickcarraway
“Everybody’s got a water buffalo...aooooo”
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posted on
10/11/2015 1:05:43 PM PDT
by
madison10
(If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
To: nickcarraway
Manbearpig.... (Algore bred with a crocodile)
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posted on
10/11/2015 1:24:07 PM PDT
by
tightwadbob
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