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You've always wanted to see... Anonymous
Let's try this:
Post a pic of an animal that you've always wanted to see. Let's see if we can create some variety of species in /an/ ^^

Mine is Thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf as many know it. I saw a pic of them when I was a kid and thought it was awsome. Sadly it is extinct now, I will never see one....
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Pangolin, most awesome of mammals.
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Tasmanian TIGER

And I should know, I live here.
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A living Velociraptor mongoliensis. And yes, I know I have less hope of ever seeing than the OP (considering that the Thylacine may still be alive/clonable)
>> Anonymous
>>73226
I've heard it called tasmanian wolf and tasmanian tiger. Both names are also mentioned in the book I have and in wikipedia. But I guess tasmanian tiger would be more accurate then, if it's called that there ^^
>> Anonymous
I also vote for Pangolin.
>> Anonymous
>>73228
Cool.
I've always wanted to see a Deinonychus. My chances are as good as yours...
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Oops, forgot the pic
>> Anonymous
I have an easy one. A rusty spotted cat. One of the smallest species of cat, adult males usually top out at around 4lbs. I hear the kittens contain the secret formula for cute because of their diminutive size.
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This pic may kinda suck, and it may not even be the thunder bird of native americans, but its all I could find. Anyhow, I wanna see a thunder bird. They also have supposed video of two of 'em from the '70's here in Illinois.
And when ya live in Chicago, that makes ya excited...If they're real...

Ever heard of that urban legend of a gigantic bird that nearly flew away with some lady's son who was in the back yard? That happened in Lawndale, Illinois...makes you think doesn't it?
>> Anonymous
There's some supposed video of some thylacines that have survived up to now...

I think I saw it on Animal X like a year and a half ago... Hmmmm...
>> Anonymous
>>73287
As for the thunder bird legend, I saw a show on the Discovery Channel that suggested it might be caused by periodic earthquakes along that fault line just off of California. The last one happened about three hundred years ago, just before European explorers made it there.
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I'd love to see an Irish Elk(Megaloceros). I love deer.
Or an Atlas Bear, which I always wonder what they looked like. They were the only african bear so it had to look awesome.

Hell. I'd be happy with any gigantic mammal. I've always had a fascination with them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aepyornis

Elephant Bird
>> Anonymous
I'm having trouble understanding what ya heard... Earthquakes cause gigantic birds to appear? lol what? Maybe yer missing some details. Anyhow I'd love to hear more on that, its interesting.
>> Mesikämmen Anonymous
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I've always wanted to see a brown bear in nature. I think I once saw one, but it was far away, and I couldn't be absolutely sure (even though it seemed way too big for a moose) so I wouldn't count that. At least there is still some living here in Finland, and one is living pretty near from where I live. I've seen it's footprints once or twice around an anthill. Maybe one day...
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can't believe this hasn't been posted yet
>> Anonymous
>>73680
Giant sloth, right?
I've been thinking...what were the trees like back then??!!
Awsome animal.
>> Anonymous
>>73341
is this pokemon?
>> Anonymous
>>73683
I'm pretty sure megatherium weren't arboreal.

I'm pretty sure NONE of the megafauna were...

Feel free to correct me, of course.
>> Anonymous
>>73689
Well, I didn't really think so, the idea was just so surreal. I'm just wondering, every time I see this gigantic sloth drawn by someone it always has it's paws turned inside like sloths have these days. Why, if they did not climb?
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Entelodont, giant evil Pigs
>> Loupe
>>73227
>>73669
come to alaska!
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>>73811
Great Bear Rainforest is in BC. I'm on Vancouver Island, but even bear watching trips to Desolation Sound are expensive, I'm assuming any trips into the rainforest to see kermode bears would cost even more.
>> Anonymous
>>73815
there are some good summer jobs at remote fish camps or hatcheries in the area, I believe. You can try workplace alaska if you're interested.
>> Anonymous
>>73799
I smell Mononoke... >_>
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A WATERBEAR. The most AWESOME CREATURE ON THE PLANET.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada

All I need is a microscope ...
>> Anonymous
>>73834
i made one of those explode in biology
>> Anonymous
>>73694
Because of the weirdo leg anatomy inherited from their climbing ancestors, they couldn't walk like normal mammals. There are preserved ground sloth tracks that show how they walked.
>> Anonymous
How'd you do that?
>> Anonymous
>>73850
How'd you do that?
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Giant Squid.

Yeah, I know they have a live one caught on video, but I'd really like to see a live one up close.
>> Anonymous
Thylacine reminds me of Simlife.
>> Anonymous
>>73669
Um, actually a moose *seems* to be bigger than a brown bear. They're a lot higher, at least, dunno for sure but I recall body mass is greater as well. Now THEY'RE big-ass animals! I've seen one in nature and I DON'T want to see a bear at close in nature. Btw, we have the foot prints of a bear cub in concrete in our cabin. They're about 10cm/4 inches long and are like human foot prints with one toe less. They're quite cute, in fact. ...They're also the reason my dad got a rifle at the cabin. The mom couldn't have been far...
Ja muuten, aina kiva törmätä muihinkin suomalaisiin täällä. :)
>> Anonymous
>>73883
Well, I've seen mooses dozens of times. I practically live among them. They are higher, but their figure is very different, even from far away. I guess I should have said that it just looked different from a moose, not bigger. I'm pretty sure it was a bear, it wasn't very high, but quite big and wide and dark. I still won't count it, as it was so far away that all I could see was it's figure.
Eläköön Suomi.
Though I guess there are quite a lot of Finns here.
>> Anonymous
>>73892

Ahma elikkäs teh wolverine maybe?
>> Anonymous
There's no way a wolverine so big that I could have seen it so far away. Also I live in southern Finland and wolverines aren't that common here. I know for sure that there are bears living in this area, but have never heard that there would be wolverines here.
Though I would be so glad if I ever saw one...
>> Anonymous
>>73892
Yeah, well, there's no mistaking a moose for a bear unless you're a /total/ fucktard. Sorry. You're probably not that stupid. :D
And southern Finland? Nope, no wolverines there and lucky you. Me, I'm from the north and I'd rather meet the bear than a wolverine even if they're surprisingly small. And the zoo of native animals in Ranua is awesome. Definately worth the visit. The have Jaska, the talking raven. He can say his name clear as day. :D
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The Terror Bird "Diatryma gigantea"
A +7 foot (2.1 meter) carnivorous bird
Scientists can't decide if it had little claws on it's front facing wings that it used to stab things with or if it just plain kicked things to death.
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>>73931
Actually, scientists can't decide if it was herbivorous or not.

Now, phorusrachids on the other hand, those birds kicked ass (with a sickle-like claw no less!)
>> Anonymous
>>73929
Ha, I've been there. Awsome place. Can't remember the raven though, but sounds cool.

Yeah, well, I'd like to see a bear in nature, but it's more likely that if I ever did, I would be scared to death etc. Oh well, I guess one should be.
>> Anonymous
>>73936
Yeah, well, it depends. Just DO NOT get in between a mother and its cub/s...
>> Anonymous
>>73938
Well, no DUH...I know that much.
>> Anonymous
>>73945
I know you do. It was a statement involving excrement and a famous detective... :)
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Quagga.

Because the name is absolutely retarded.
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When I was walking a trail last year I saw a mother black bear and her 2 cubs across the water from me and I sat down and watched them SLLLOOOWWWLLY climb the rocks for like an hour. It was awesome. Of course every time I brought my camera I saw nothing and as soon as I left it at home, BEARS! I already had a picture of the spot without bears.
>> Anonymous
>>74089

That's shopped
>> Anonymous
>>74092
Uh. Yes.

Anon said that s/he'd taken a picture of the place s/he'd seen the bears. Not the bears themselves. The obvious photoshop work is to indicate where the bears were, and what path they took when they were viewed.
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peek-a-proboscis monkeys we~
>> Anonymous
>>73862
There's a giant squid (a dead one) at Underwater World at Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia for public viewing.

Just so you know.
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I'd really really like to see one of these guys. They remind me of ground sloths and other extinct beasties but are still alive.
>> Anonymous
>>74212
Hut-ch-ch-ch-cha!
>> Anonymous
There's a giant rotting carcass at Underwater World at Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia for public viewing.
>> Anonymous
>>74212
JEW!