{"id":19877,"date":"2024-05-16T13:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=19877"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:20:06","slug":"weirdest-creatures-north-america-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2024\/05\/16\/weirdest-creatures-north-america-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Weirdest Creatures (North America Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Look, the rest of the world has some weird looking animals, but I think the US needs a look. Where&#8217;s our self reflection. Where are our weird little creatures right at home? That\u2019s why I\u2019m doing in an investigation\u2013at least four creatures, count &#8217;em\u2013into the strangest of guys right here because they&#8217;re not examined close enough.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Coatimundi<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19878\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1-1200x778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, this guy isn\u2019t from the southeast. He\u2019s from the southwest and most prominently Arizona (if you don&#8217;t count the areas outside of the United States.) He yawns big like a dog and has a long snout along with two big black eyes. Why&#8217;s he shaped like that? Why&#8217;s he snouted like that? They gotta stop making wild animals cuddly with and teeth sharp enough to rip skin and paws that&#8217;ll rip you like a bear. That&#8217;s not fair.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Star-Nosed Mole<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19874\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MA-101617-speed-eater-Popup-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MA-101617-speed-eater-Popup-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MA-101617-speed-eater-Popup-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MA-101617-speed-eater-Popup-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MA-101617-speed-eater-Popup.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, have you ever thought about how weird moles are? Like genuinely, it\u2019s something I ponder. They\u2019re weird dirt diggers who can\u2019t see and just burrow in the ground, and the only reason they\u2019re normalized is because they\u2019re from north america (specifically the northeast and parts of Canada). But we let this guy get off too easy! His claws? Paws? Deserve a mention on their own I mean look at those things. He\u2019s semi-aquatic? What for! What do you need to be! There\u2019s so many things going on with him, and the further you look, the more is going on with him.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Alligator Gar<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19873\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20190730154700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20190730154700.jpg 725w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20190730154700-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre>(man in photo not identified)<\/pre>\n<p>I didn\u2019t think this animal was that strange until I realized he\u2019s a fish. A FISH!!! HE SHOULD NOT BE THAT LONG. HE IS LONG AS A MAN. IT IS 100 MILLION YEARS OLD. Imagine catching one of them and you don\u2019t know what it is. Imagine seeing one of them under <i>your boat. <\/i>You\u2019ll think you\u2019ve been visited by a cryptid, an honest to God. It should replace the Lochness Monster in all honesty. And the cherry on top? This guy is found in Dallas, Texas. Do not let that thing near me.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Greater Siren<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19876\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina.jpg 604w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Siren_lacertina-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No. No because what is that thing? WHAT IS THAT. nonononono. no no no. that&#8217;s it i&#8217;m done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, the rest of the world has some weird looking animals, but I think the US needs a look. Where&#8217;s our self reflection. Where are our weird little creatures right at home? That\u2019s why I\u2019m doing in an investigation\u2013at least four creatures, count &#8217;em\u2013into the strangest of guys right here because they&#8217;re not examined close &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2024\/05\/16\/weirdest-creatures-north-america-edition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weirdest Creatures (North America Edition)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19881,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19877\/revisions\/19881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}