# That is freaky ass looking critter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732 "2006-06-30T05:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/1 "2006-06-30T05:44:37Z")
Via Fark… Brrrrr… bad dreams tonight. [The little critter was discovered Tuesday evening in the backyard of an East Palo Alto home](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/29/MNGKQJMRT811.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/2 "2006-06-30T05:46:33Z")
If I ever see something like that in or near my home, I’m going to assume that I’m unable to drive or operate machinery for a while. And maybe turn on the Floyd… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/3 "2006-06-30T05:49:13Z")
Darn, I thought this was going to be about another Chupacabra sighting. Marmosets aren’t that freaky. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/4 "2006-06-30T05:51:59Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Darn, I thought this was going to be about another Chupacabra sighting. Marmosets aren’t that freaky. [/QUOTE] [Oh man… you are so wrong…that thing’s out for blood!](http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/06/30/ba_marmoset01.jpg)… and maybe some cockroaches. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/5 "2006-06-30T10:51:47Z")
Just don’t get it wet, or feed it after midnight, and everything will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/6 "2006-06-30T11:42:29Z")
Well I for one think they’re kind of cute. They look like my kids. Kind of.\* \*not really ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/7 "2006-06-30T16:48:42Z")
[Marmosets from Hell.](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/8 "2006-06-30T17:01:55Z")
Looks like an alley cat and a monkey had a romantic interlude … :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/9 "2006-06-30T17:05:32Z")
Before I enlarged the pics, I thought it was wearing a tshirt. See, THAT would have been freaky. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/10 "2006-06-30T17:07:12Z")
Looks like a Dr. Moreau experiment. I wonder if it has two asses? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/11 "2006-06-30T20:09:34Z")
And if they’re bright red, like a gibbon? Damn, that WOULD be scary. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/12 "2006-06-30T20:17:50Z")
Awwww, he’s keeeee-ute! But then I think pugs are keeee-ute! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/13 "2006-06-30T20:23:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dijon Warlock] [Marmosets from Hell.](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) [/QUOTE] I thought exactly the same thing! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/14 "2006-06-30T20:29:10Z")
He’s a little fellow. The one pic has him next to half a banana and it’s nearly as big as he is. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/15 "2006-06-30T20:30:23Z")
They eat cockroaches? Know where I can get one? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/16 "2006-06-30T20:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] . The one pic has him next to half a banana [/QUOTE] He looks sort of Sphinxish in that one, including the nose. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/17 "2006-06-30T20:34:06Z")
It’s a monkeycoon! ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/18 "2006-06-30T20:51:34Z")
Wow, I saw and thought, “What? Its just a monkey, whats the big deal?” I guess I’m harder to freak out. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/19 "2006-06-30T21:09:06Z")
I think it’s cute! ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732/20 "2006-06-30T23:40:12Z")
When I first saw that picture in the paper, I thought “Lordy, that is the world’s ugliest Persian kitten…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-freaky-ass-looking-critter/362732.md?page=2)