http://www.swezlex.com/log/archives/00000263.htm
I tried googling eel-dog, but this and a bunch of beastiality porn links (wtf?!?) are all it came up with.
What the hell is this thing? I’m assuming from the picture’s caption this is a wild animal but…??? Is this real?
I’m not sure that’s real. Looking at the feet, I’m inclined to say that it’s a photoshopped picture of a fish.
I could be dead wrong though, I’m just guessing. . .
if you zoom in to about 200%, you can see that the dither on the feet is a different rate than the rest of the animal.
not a bad chop, all around, though.
And the camel spiders aren’t real, either.
Plus the paws aren’t dangling the way you would expect if the creature were actually suspended in the air - you can see that they are positioned like a dog’s feet touching the ground. Nice job on a first glance, though.
Camel spiders are real, as is that photo.
What isn’t real is the size that is perceived in the photo (look at the hand holding the spiders, not the leg behind them), nor are some of the claims about it.
I’m pretty sure that Cecil and/or The Staff already debunked this down to it’s true details, but the thread escapes me.
The site is less than trustworthy. If you go to the next strange animal on that website (a three headed frog) you’ll note that it is actually just three frogs holding on to each other (likely in a mating ball).
Yes, absolutely a chimera of the post-PhotoShop era.
How about the chipmunkiphant; is that real?
Yes, but this same site leads us to the Angry Hornets Video
It’s a shame the director of this short flick is squandering his talents at NatGeo. I loved the background screams as the Hornets devour Honey Bees whole.
Well, barring anyone coming up with proof that it is real, I’m going to tell my “oogies” to go away and be relieved it’s not a real animal…because that thing seriously gave me the creeps. shudder
ever thrown driftwood into a lake/river/etc for your dog to fetch? with this guy, you could toss a painted rock as far as you could and let him swim deeeeeep down to get it.
not to mention the home protection advantages if one could be bred with an electric eel!
Wow, that is soooooo cute, I’m mailing it to everyone I know… (but definitely fake just in case you weren’t trying to whooosh us:))
This is where we venture into the great and wonderful world of… Japanese pop culture!
Way back when, way back in 1967, there was a manga by the name of Tensai Bakabon (literally, “genius fool”). This manga series was adapted for four tv shows that ran for about a year each, in 1971, 1975, 1990 and 1999.
Now, please do click on the link above, it’s the cover from one of the early manga books. There are a number of characters in that image, notably an insane horse in the middle. Don’t look at the horse, however, look at what’s below him. Does that look familiar? Here’s a slightly better picture of that character. His name is “unagi-inu”. Those who like sushi might know that “unagi” means “eel”. “Inu”, of course, means “dog”.
And that is the origin of the “eel dog”. It’s a character from a funny manga. A creation of Fujio Akatsuka, one of the most important manga artists in Japan.
Hope this helped.
This reminds me about the endangered Naga (source of Nagahide) that tromps through the deserts of Eastern Washington…
