Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities » weird animals http://www.odditycentral.com A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Giraffe+Zebra=Gebra? http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/giraffezebragebra.html http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/giraffezebragebra.html#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:20:41 +0000 Spooky http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/giraffezebragebra.html a giraffe and a zebra

Or is it Zeraffe…? The answer is neither, this animal is called an Okapi and it was first discovered in 1901. Although scientists say it is closely related to the giraffe, it looks like the result of a love story between a giraffe and a zebra. The Okapi can only be found in the Ituri forests, north-east of Congo, in Africa.

an Okapi

cross between a zebra and a giraffe

]]> http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/giraffezebragebra.html/feed 36 Ashes, the Hairless Monkey http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/ashes-the-hairless-monkey.html http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/ashes-the-hairless-monkey.html#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:10:43 +0000 Spooky http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/ashes-the-hairless-monkey.html Ashes is a 13 year old chimpanzee that has literally no hair on its body. When he was born, Ashes had a beautiful fur, but by the time he turned one, he was completely bald. Looking at his arms I can understand why a chimp could easily rip a human’s arms off if it wanted to, he’s just a huge pile of muscles.

Ashes the hairless monkey

bald monkey sleping

bald monkey eating

]]> http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/ashes-the-hairless-monkey.html/feed 21 Janus, the Two-Headed Turtle http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/janus-the-two-headed-turtle.html http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/janus-the-two-headed-turtle.html#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:16:11 +0000 Spooky http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/janus-the-two-headed-turtle.html Named after the Roman god with two heads, Janus is a 10 year old, two headed Greek turtle. Here it is eating some salad leaves at the Geneva Natural History Museum.

Janus the turtle eating a salad leaf

a two-headed turtle

Janus, the turtle with two heads

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via FrogView

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