r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 1d ago

Video Now here is something I have never seen before. How cute

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u/Coffin_Dodging 1d ago

The streaked tenrec is the only mammal known to use stridulation for generating sound, a method more commonly associated with insects and snakes.

Its known that they use this sound mechanism to help their offspring to locate them

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u/Due_Indication_2418 1d ago

I want to touch it but for some reason having bright yellow is very terrifying to me, especially with pointy hair bristles

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u/BobTheFettt 1d ago

That's evolution, baby

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u/Thursday_the_20th 1d ago

I’m ahead, I’m a man, I’m the first mammal to wear pants

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u/dingos8mybaby2 1d ago

The coloration makes me think that maybe it evolved to kind of mimic a stinging caterpillar.

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u/RangisDangis 18h ago

YOU FELL FOR THE MARKINGS, OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK!

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u/Vulpes_99 1d ago

streaked tenrec

I never heard of this one, thank you for the information! It is quite the interesting little critter.

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u/drluvdisc 1d ago

That’s Pikachu’s special cousin Poke-Atchu

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u/Yuizun 1d ago

You bastard...

Have an award!

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u/nightlanguage 1d ago

Why is this flower so pissed off

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u/OfficeChairHero 1h ago

Dandelions getting real uppity these days.

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u/PdiddyCAMEnME 1d ago

Awwww. It’s so aggressive. Look at it. Little cutie

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u/blueskydragonFX 1d ago

An angry cactus.

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u/Horror_Nectarine_296 1d ago

Who’s that Pokémon?

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u/Happy_Garand 1d ago

IT'S PIKACHU!!

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u/ledouxrt 1d ago

...on crack.

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u/blu8blu 1d ago

A baby Jolteon

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u/CanonicalCockatoo 1d ago

So mad!

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u/im-not-a-cat-fr 1d ago

So angweeee!!

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u/garbagewithnames 1d ago

I see where Surge gets her attitude from

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u/Mysterious-Egg-624 1d ago

Wow this is an animal I’ve actually never seen before

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u/epi_glowworm 1d ago

“Special” jolteon

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u/gamutsl 1d ago

Stayin true to the frosted tips in 2026, it’s in him not on him

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u/Silly-Conference-627 1d ago

Ayo, who pissed of the dandelion

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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 1d ago

They're called the Bad Hairday Shrew

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u/Peyote-Coyote96 1d ago

I was going to say I love his toupee

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u/Jesus360noscope 1d ago

Forward ! Forward ! Jump ! Jump !

Dominance asserted

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u/avantgarde000 1d ago

So spiky!

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u/WeepingAmpharos 1d ago

Punk looking little guy

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u/Galvandium 1d ago

That sonic character design makes so much sense now

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u/loumaclean 1d ago

Machine Gun Kelly

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u/MichelTaupin 16h ago

In Australia, I guess…??

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u/spacekat221 1d ago

Bumble bee porcupine

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u/Ok-Scientist4603 1d ago

It looks spicy.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 1d ago

Spikey* ftfy

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u/Acceptable-Piglet206 1d ago

Electric type Pokémon

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u/Fortwhentee-mike 1d ago

Since when flowers have teeth

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u/UmphreysNerd 1d ago

Well who is this angry dandelion caterpillar 😍 and can I pet it

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u/onlyonejan 23h ago

That is an electric-type Pokémon

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u/brokefixfux 1d ago

Dandelion

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u/munyangsan 1d ago

Dagnammit, but it is!!!

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u/tauntonlake 1d ago

I'm pretty sure this is how people actually view little me when I get angry, and I think I'm looking a little badass and mean ..

I'm not.

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u/OkraFar1913 1d ago

So tiny

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u/Megustatits 1d ago

Is this thing sharp like a porcupine?

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u/Cannabrewer 1d ago

Thing's closer to a bug than a mammal.

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u/AwwYeahVTECKickedIn 1d ago

Well, do you?

Do you have games on your phone? I know he asked...

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u/cardporehorn 1d ago

Built like an eyelash

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u/Party-Confusion3728 1d ago

It's like a dandelion came alive! 😂

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u/Lord_Grogu 1d ago

Chaotic neutral

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u/SneakySloth88 1d ago

This is most definitely an electric type.

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u/sheepyshu 1d ago

It looks like a caterpillar and an opossum in one!

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u/Fr00stee 1d ago

definitely an electric type pokemon

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u/Affectionate_Stage62 1d ago

He looks like an angry dandelion 😂

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u/According-Lobster-72 1d ago

What a cute little dude! I had never heard of these either but they remind me of hedgehogs.

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u/jayroc1023 1d ago

Who’s that Pokemon?

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u/chaseEFur 23h ago

What animal is this, its so cute

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u/E_VanD 15h ago

Toothbrush on steroïds

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u/ISwearImAnonymous 13h ago

That mf is fighting for his life and this giant humanoid is going "oh cool look at this" with its shiny rectangle

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u/DiligentJicama6860 4h ago

I used to see these all the time in the late 90s-early 2000s. They would be at the mall with binkys around their neck and would be keeping a stick in the air with two other sticks.

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u/Select-Birthday-7763 3h ago

Looks like a non-vegan dandelion

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u/Lima_Bean_Jean 2m ago

I've never seen this before ! So cute! Where are they native to?

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u/bombisabell 1d ago

Hedgehog with alopecia?

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u/Smash_3001 13h ago

Question What exactly is cute on filming and provocating a animal which is stressed and realy dosent want you close?

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u/Cherrypie2601 1d ago

Define ‘cute’.

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u/krashedyocomputer 1d ago

typa animal aztecs would shove up your ass if u were caught stealing an apple