- harbinger of doom!
- convergent evolution at work
- acid freakout! - murderface murderface murderface
one. ugly. monkey.
this is the aye-aye. and it's one ugly thing.
i should point out that i did NOT take this photo -- i found it online, and wanted to blog about it and so i put it here so that it would not one day dissapear w/o notice, and break my link.
as pointed out by mv4 below, it seems likely that this photo is from bristol zoo gardens, in the UK
UPDATE (6 Mar, 2007) --- oh, snap, there's a youtube vid of the baby aye-aye
Comments and faves
DNSF David Newman, yahmdallah, Terretta, mv4, and 120 other people added this photo to their favorites.
petite_tragedy (83 months ago | reply)
Umm, if I actually think it's cute, do I have to visit the eye doctor?
It does kinda look like it might suck your bone marrow if given the chance...
phoszoe (83 months ago | reply)
It's about to pull a Jedi mind trick on me.
Terretta (83 months ago | reply)
This is the [best|freakiest|weirdest] photo I've seen on Flickr.
SkyShaper (83 months ago | reply)
this is so good a photograph, and Flickr thought so too......your on the Explore pages!
chris.corwin (83 months ago | reply)
the photo's really not all that wonderful -- it's just an amazingly startling animal.
benno06 (83 months ago | reply)
what the!???
straight from depths of hell > (
Terretta (83 months ago | reply)
A photo is not a thing divorced of its content. All the technique in the world can't make a photo unless it has content of some kind. And content like this is SO striking, SO exceptional, that the technique pales by comparison. So I disagree with the theory this is a bad photo. It's certainly the photo I've sent to most friends, that causes the most consternation when seen, and challenges our very conception of our relationship with animal life on earth.
I'll be shocked if this doesn't become an internet meme. There are other photos of these on the web, but this is the one I'd see taking off if a site like Fark.com or SomethingAwful gets hold of it.
Update: Ok, author blogged this photo, so maybe it is a meme. But I hadn't seen it before.
Blue Blue Glass Moon (83 months ago | reply)
i agree nemoi..... i shiver looking at this one.
Chrissie64 (83 months ago | reply)
Weird and wonderful animals!!!!
Sara Richer (83 months ago | reply)
Petite Tragedy - "Umm, if I actually think it's cute, do I have to visit the eye doctor?" ... Umm, perhaps the psychiatrist ;0P
(Actually, I think it is rather cute, too.....)
mv4 (83 months ago | reply)
one of my friends questioned whether the image was fake, so I had to find 'proof' that a baby aye-aye does in fact look like that
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0419 _050419_ayea...
I believe the source of all these baby aye-aye photos is Bristol Zoo Gardens in the UK.
chris.corwin (83 months ago | reply)
awesome! -- i have been trying to track down the original source.
thanks.
*rae* (83 months ago | reply)
is it weird that i new exactly what it was from the thumbnail? haha, i watch animal planet religiously. the adult aye-aye isn't as crazy looking as the baby...but, still crazy looking.
another story (83 months ago | reply)
this looks like gollum from lord of the rings after being left in the dryer too long. creepy!
N u n o (83 months ago | reply)
Man, it looks like a gremlin...
Hemali Tanna (83 months ago | reply)
wow ! dont be so mean to him! :):)
He is kind of cute :D
Gail Johnson (83 months ago | reply)
that is soooo ugly
NancyMacDo (83 months ago | reply)
Looks like someone made a stuffed version.
www.flickr.com/photos/gramarye/150299449/in/p ool-20796593...
henryjdalton (83 months ago | reply)
Reminds me much of dreadlocked girl! -----> www.flickr.com/photos/35377493@N00/127159789/
almaenity (83 months ago | reply)
awwwwe, I think it's cute: novelty factor; Einstien hair; huge ear to head ratio; innocent pose; and curious, if not somewhat deranged, looking eyes.
In all life there is beauty (and cuteness), it all just depends what paradigm you see things from.
Imagine how ugly us hairless up-right walking primates look to other creatures! Yet ... my kitty thinks I'm adorable :D
Terretta (83 months ago | reply)
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segitary (81 months ago | reply)
koala ?? i guess...........??
~Princess Kitteh~ (80 months ago | reply)
ok, um......DANG !
flickrChick1966 (77 months ago | reply)
gee, I think hes kind of cute in a weird kind of way.....I take that back I think hes really cute..
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chris.corwin (76 months ago | reply)
oh, snap, there's a youtube vid of the baby aye-aye
yancheelaa (73 months ago | reply)
uikiiiiiiid :) cool
svensonsan (71 months ago | reply)
Blogged this on:
www.pop64.de/blog/2007/07/22/schoenes-leben-n och-kollege/
Thanks.
slinkymischief (71 months ago | reply)
I want one!!!
CharlesSF (71 months ago | reply)
What a great shot of Nature's YOUTH!!
This is an official invite to Nature's Babies (INVITE ONLY), make sure this is tagged "Nature's Exquisite" and/or "Nature's Babies
CrazyFast (69 months ago | reply)
Demon child!
Emmilein (69 months ago | reply)
Ugh. :( ugly is a.......understatment. *shudder*
DreamzInColor (67 months ago | reply)
That's a monkey??
Looks more like a vampire that hasn't quite made his change into a bat. lol
lmao at your tag: ' holyshitthatsugly'
:P
Lauren Rocks (66 months ago | reply)
that thing is so ugly, it's cute
backus_g (66 months ago | reply)
This little creature is from Madagascar, if you Google it you will see what it looks like as an adult, while its still unattractive it looks better than this, not so scary looking anyway, poor thing. It looks like it was in the middle of morphing when someone one interrupted the process, too much imagination I suppose.
chris.corwin (66 months ago | reply)
yes, i am very familiar with the aye-aye, thanks.
no google required.
and i know it's a leemur, not a monkey.
as douglas adams points out in my favorite book of all time "last chance to see", the monkeys almost killed the lemurs off entirely, and now the world's most successful monkey is trying to save it.
forevermarriedtohim (66 months ago | reply)
Some Madagascan even eat Aye-Ayes. Hmmm... hunt and eat Aye-Ayes... doesn't look like they have ANY meat on them in the first place. If you grill them do they smell & taste like chicken? Anyone up for some Aye-Aye Soup? Or perhaps... (I just can't resist saying this...) some Aye-Aye & Dumplings?
Ok Ok.... I'll stop already. :-)
paper.swan [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)
AHhahahaha wtf
kukerteric (65 months ago | reply)
dude what the fuck is that
caged_pw_cj (64 months ago | reply)
My eyes!!!
crystalglasseyesforyoutogazeinto (63 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Different., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Terretta (62 months ago | reply)
Yep, still ugly.
zeldaceltrusca (62 months ago | reply)
demon child!
jackie121467 (61 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Holy Crap That's Hideous!!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
A.W. Photography (61 months ago | reply)
Please concider joining and adding this animal photo to:
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SmackNally (59 months ago | reply)
join us!
Randy Shelton (58 months ago | reply)
That is one ugly monkey.
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makayshay (58 months ago | reply)
what the!!
DC Chillin_Llama (56 months ago | reply)
Looks like a gremlin
Austrianlion (55 months ago | reply)
That's one ugly monkey!
Please add him to my group:
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