#funkyanimals

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I love banana slugs!! I could talk about slugs and snails all day, everyday

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I love shrews because they’re such strange little guys. They have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any vertebrate and some species can even be toxic. Anyway, give it up for these weird little guys!

Also, shoutout to anyone else that loves rodents and other strange little guys. Let’s be friends.

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My all-time favorite snail move is when a baby ends up on an adult’s shell. They’re literally piggybacking.

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If I put a white pigeon in the bottom right, I win

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Garlic snails are snails that smell like garlic, if you even care.

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Porcelain crabs aren’t actually crabs! They’re another one of those freaks who has achieved the ideal body shape and gone through carcinization (becoming crab-like)!! All hail the crab!

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When I'm depressed, I draw a funny little animal. Please enjoy this opossum.

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The unken reflex is a posture that toxic amphibians will take to show off their bright colors. It’s their way of saying “stay back! I’m dangerous!”

In California, the California Newt (Taricha torosa) will do the unken reflex to show off their bright orange bellies. These newts produce tetrodotoxin.