# What kind of animal is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357 "2012-09-21T05:14:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/41 "2012-09-21T19:14:39Z")
It’s the Id Monster from _Forbidden Planet_. Run! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/42 "2012-09-21T19:26:23Z")
It’s Venus. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/43 "2012-09-21T19:45:12Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > It’s either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we’d know. > [@tdn](#): > > 😕 > > What’s a back? No, no. :smack: You’re doing it all wrong. Watch: What’s a Henway? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/44 "2012-09-21T19:46:22Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > No, no. :smack: You’re doing it all wrong. > > Watch: > What’s a Henway? About 3 or 4 drachmas. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/45 "2012-09-21T19:50:38Z")
Doesn’t matter its been dead for awhile now. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/46 "2012-09-21T20:16:01Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > It’s a coyote with mange. It’s almost always a coyote with mange. No, I’m pretty sure this one really \*is \*a chupacabra. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/47 "2012-09-21T22:15:34Z")
It’s a Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class 5 Full Roaming Vapor, and a real nasty one, at that. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/48 "2012-09-21T22:25:05Z")
It’s actually just some guy dressed in a [Ghillie suit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=663590). Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/49 "2012-09-21T22:25:53Z")
With all this light it’s hard to tell because of the reflections off my screen but I think I’m looking at a boob. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/50 "2012-09-21T22:34:39Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > With all this light it’s hard to tell because of the reflections off my screen but I think I’m looking at a boob. How \*you \*doin’? ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/51 "2012-09-21T22:40:55Z")
I’m pretty sure you’re not feeding it right. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/52 "2012-09-21T23:10:08Z")
Don’t feed it after midnight! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/53 "2012-09-21T23:27:41Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I believe I have conclusively identified it as… > > [The Missing Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Link) I so hoped that was going to go to a 404 error. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/54 "2012-09-25T10:48:27Z")
It’s a snake which has swallowed an elephant. Or possibly a hat. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/55 "2012-09-26T13:25:24Z")
I’m not sure but whatever it is, I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/56 "2012-09-26T13:50:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s a snake which has swallowed an elephant. > > Or possibly a hat. A snake that’s swallowed a hat? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/57 "2012-09-26T17:38:11Z")
Imagine that! ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/58 "2012-09-27T01:29:09Z")
It’s clearly a Crumple Horned Snorkack. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/59 "2012-09-27T02:50:49Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’m not sure but whatever it is, I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him. I call him Harvey. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/60 "2012-09-27T03:05:26Z")
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