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The Hodag – By Geox

The Hodag – By Geox “The Devil’s Dog from the Northwoods”Or: How a Surveyor, a Skinned Ox, and the American Midwest Invented the Apocalypse on Four Legs Some cryptids sneak through the shadows. Others soar through legend.The Hodag, he lumbers through a lie so good it became municipal branding. Born not of nature but of boredom and bad judgment, the Hodag has haunted the pine-choked backwoods…

The Hodag – By Geox

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Say hello to the rotifer, a teensy critter that uses its buzzsaw face to suck in prey. 

ViDEO. Absurd Creatures | Meet the Teeny-Tiny Creature With a Buzz Saw for a Face 

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The sea spider is a super special kind of arthropod with a tiny body and huge legs that, you guessed it, house their guts and genitals. Dive into this week’s episode of Absurd Creatures to learn more!

VIDEO. Absurd Creatures | The Bizarre Sea Spider Won’t Bite. We Promise. 

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The peanut bug suffers more bullying than you can imagine. As such, it’s equipped with all manner of defenses, including a skunk-like spray and, yes, one of the weirdest noggins among insects.

Absurd Creatures | The Oddly Shaped Peanut Bug Is Sick of Getting Beat Up, Guys

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Absurd Creatures | Three-Foot-Wide Coconut Crab Will Eat Your Soul and Maybe Kittens

Our childhood hermit crab has a rather more … sizable cousin: the 3-foot-wide, 9-pound coconut crab that can rip coconuts and sometimes, well, kittens to pieces.

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Absurd Creatures | The Vicious Fish With a Strike Like You Wouldn't Believe

The frogfish is a vicious hunter that swallows its victims whole, but it doesn’t really bite its prey. By rapidly expanding its mouth to 10 times its normal volume, the predator creates a vacuum that sucks victims in.

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Absurd Creatures | Hail Hydra, the Incredible Critter That May Be Immortal

The hydra’s got kind of a jellyfish thing going on, with tentacles it uses to snag prey. But this tiny freshwater creature regenerates itself over and over again.

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Absurd Creatures | The World’s Silkiest Anteater Is Not–I Repeat, Not–Stoned

The silky anteater isn’t high. It’s just tired, because this proficient nocturnal hunter has no business being up during the day.