[Ahuizotl]

Interesting. There's a cryptid in India called Makara, it's said to have an elephant head and a fish body. Some believe it's a water elephant.

[frogfish]

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Interesting. There's a cryptid in India called Makara, it's said to have an elephant head and a fish body. Some believe it's a water elephant

These are parts of Hindu mythology

[crazy_sherlock]

me too think its not real. maybe a baby elephant some kind....

[frogfish]

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maybe a baby elephant some kind....

That's poisonous? I don't think so.

I still think water shrew.

This post has been edited by frogfish: 21 June 2006 - 12:23 PM

[coldethyl]

Water shrew seems most likely to me as well.

[Urisk]

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The latest picture of Thai water elephant.


In my country somebody said that water elephant is fake. It made by Burma trader to cheat money from tourist like this one. It cost 3 million bath (Thai currency)or ~75,000 dollar! But somebody said water elephant is real. They has seen it swim in the river or even caught it and feed it like a pet, but it will die in 1-2 week later.
By the way. I took this pic from Thairath news. This article write in Thai language. If I have more time I will translate this article into english.

Dude, that would be cool! Thanks for that. Yeah I rememberr reading in a book by Dr Shuker about these wee buggers.

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How do we know these aren't actually sinister mouse shapeshifters, disguising themselves as trinkets to be sold to unsuspecting tourists???

We can only hope. Sheer genius.

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Jedi Master is correct. Shrews are posionous mammals that inhabit river and stream ecosystems (especially the water shrew).

eh!? The only truly poinonous mammal is the platypus. Shrews may transmit a disease or give you a nasty bacterial infection via a bit, but they ain't poisonous. I've handled shrews before, and even witnessed someone getting bitten by one. We're all still here. Plus the fact that shrews make up part of a staple diet for various owls, merlins, sparrowhawks... and you don't see them keeling over dead due to "shrew poisoning".

Who knows, maybes they're (warning, HPL reference here!) Zoogs?

RKD

This post has been edited by Roadkill Demon: 21 June 2006 - 01:28 PM

[frogfish]

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eh!? The only truly poinonous mammal is the platypus. Shrews may transmit a disease or give you a nasty bacterial infection via a bit, but they ain't poisonous. I've handled shrews before, and even witnessed someone getting bitten by one. We're all still here. Plus the fact that shrews make up part of a staple diet for various owls, merlins, sparrowhawks... and you don't see them keeling over dead due to "shrew poisoning".

Not so...

"Some species of the small, shy shrew have poisonous saliva that they use to immobilize their prey. Humans don't have to worry too much, however. These venomous shrews usually eat fish, frogs, small mice, and newts--not people. "

http://encarta.msn.c..._Poisonous.html

Shrew, common name applied to certain small mouselike mammals, related to the mole, with a long, pointed snout and soft, gray-brown, velvety fur. Some species are among the smallest of mammals. Most live on the ground, although a few species are semiaquatic or arboreal. Shrews are active, nocturnal animals that feed primarily on insects and worms but also eat mice equal to their own size, as well as plants and occasionally fish and other aquatic animals. Many species have glands from which a fluid with a disagreeable odor is secreted, and some species have a poisonous saliva. Members of one subfamily of shrews hunt by means of echolocation, although this sense is relatively crude compared to its development in bats.

The shrew family is the largest among the insectivores (see Insectivore), and numerous species are found on all major land areas of the world except the polar regions, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, and Tasmania. In the United States, the most common are the long-tailed shrews and the short-tailed shrews. Long-tailed shrews are slightly less than 7.5 cm (less than 3 in) long. The ears are larger than in some other shrews, and the teeth are brown at the tip. Five to seven young are produced in a litter each spring. The short-tailed shrew known as the mole shrew, the most common shrew in the eastern United States, is about 11.4 cm (about 4.5 in) long. Other insectivores, such as otter shrews, belong to different families. Tree shrews and elephant shrews are not true shrews but belong to separate orders.

http://encarta.msn.c...5846/Shrew.html

[Urisk]

Hmm very interesting. Curious that venom has developed in these wee beasties. Never heard of poison in placental mammals.

RKD

[T.Rote]

Drwhomo sent this Ebay link to me. It look real but look fake, too. What do you think about it?

[Katy W]

It looks like a mouse with tusks and a trunk to me, i mean seriously take away the tusks and trunk and it's a mouse

[skorpi3]

about a year ago, i watched a documentary on this on national geographic,

in the end after the X raying and stuff, it was found out that it was constructed, a hox

[SQ]

Water Shrew.

[frogfish]

Its a dead shrew with added parts.

[coldethyl]

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Drwhomo sent this Ebay link to me. It look real but look fake, too. What do you think about it?

I hope this ebay seller gets in trouble. That's just plain ridiculous!

[~Onyx~]

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Its a dead shrew with added parts.

....................THAT THEY'RE SELLING FOR $60,000!!!!!!!.....