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08-27-2013, 07:32 AM
The blobfish, the pig-nosed turtle or the proboscis monkey: Which of these is the world's ugliest animal?
Ugly Animal Preservation Society has launched campaign to find ugliest
Celebrities including Stephen Fry and Simon Pegg have given support
By MARTHA DE LACEY
PUBLISHED: 01:45 GMT, 27 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:25 GMT, 27 August 2013
All animals are beautiful. Except, perhaps, for some of these.
But just because they aren't as easy on the eye as a newborn puppy or a fluffy pony, it doesn't mean they don't need looking after.
So the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (yep, it exists) has launched a campaign to save these endangered species and encourage young people into careers in conservation: they are searching for a new ugly mascot.
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Proboscis Monkey: The monkey is named after its enormous nose
Proboscis Monkey
The proboscis monkey is named after its impressive nose, used as a resonating chamber to increase the volume of mating calls. The bigger the nose, the more impressive the mate... The monkey is also well known for its fairly rotund appearance, a by-product of its diet of unripe fruit, making it a pretty gassy primate!
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No beauty: The blobfish, which inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australia and Tasmania, is one of a list of unusual creatures the Ugly Animal Preservation Society hopes to help save from extinction
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Axolotl: The best-known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled
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Pig-nosed turtle: The most unique feature of the animal is the elongated, pig-like snout, which acts like a snorkel, allowing the turtle to breathe while the rest of the body remains underwater
Axolotl
The axolotl is a type of salamander, which remain aquatic for their entire life, and has the amazing ability to regenerate lost limbs. This freaky cross between Peter Pan and the Xmen, is endangered because of urbanisation in Mexico City and polluted waters.
Helen Arney (science presenter and comedian) is supporting this little critter; 'Beauty is only skin deep, and the axolotl had a dark secret... it never truly grows up, it's like Peter Pan, Justin Bieber, or any character Zooey Deschanel every plays in a film...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2402159/The-blobfish-pig-nosed-turtle-proboscis-monkey-Which-worlds-ugliest-animal.html#ixzz2d9WNXUMT
Ugly Animal Preservation Society has launched campaign to find ugliest
Celebrities including Stephen Fry and Simon Pegg have given support
By MARTHA DE LACEY
PUBLISHED: 01:45 GMT, 27 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:25 GMT, 27 August 2013
All animals are beautiful. Except, perhaps, for some of these.
But just because they aren't as easy on the eye as a newborn puppy or a fluffy pony, it doesn't mean they don't need looking after.
So the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (yep, it exists) has launched a campaign to save these endangered species and encourage young people into careers in conservation: they are searching for a new ugly mascot.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/26/article-2402159-1B78CD74000005DC-454_306x423.jpg
Proboscis Monkey: The monkey is named after its enormous nose
Proboscis Monkey
The proboscis monkey is named after its impressive nose, used as a resonating chamber to increase the volume of mating calls. The bigger the nose, the more impressive the mate... The monkey is also well known for its fairly rotund appearance, a by-product of its diet of unripe fruit, making it a pretty gassy primate!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/26/article-2402159-1B793A51000005DC-121_634x331.jpg
No beauty: The blobfish, which inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australia and Tasmania, is one of a list of unusual creatures the Ugly Animal Preservation Society hopes to help save from extinction
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/26/article-2402159-1B78CD70000005DC-305_634x458.jpg
Axolotl: The best-known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/26/article-2402159-1B78CD51000005DC-807_634x397.jpg
Pig-nosed turtle: The most unique feature of the animal is the elongated, pig-like snout, which acts like a snorkel, allowing the turtle to breathe while the rest of the body remains underwater
Axolotl
The axolotl is a type of salamander, which remain aquatic for their entire life, and has the amazing ability to regenerate lost limbs. This freaky cross between Peter Pan and the Xmen, is endangered because of urbanisation in Mexico City and polluted waters.
Helen Arney (science presenter and comedian) is supporting this little critter; 'Beauty is only skin deep, and the axolotl had a dark secret... it never truly grows up, it's like Peter Pan, Justin Bieber, or any character Zooey Deschanel every plays in a film...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2402159/The-blobfish-pig-nosed-turtle-proboscis-monkey-Which-worlds-ugliest-animal.html#ixzz2d9WNXUMT