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Tailless tenrec yawning

You can see why the keepers do not wish to be bitten by one of these little guys. Tenrec House, Paignton, 24th March 2012

Tailless tenrec yawning
gentle lemur, 25 Mar 2012
    • gentle lemur
      You can see why the keepers do not wish to be bitten by one of these little guys. Tenrec House, Paignton, 24th March 2012
    • DavidBrown
      This picture is really cool. The only tenrec that I have ever seen in a zoo was but a tuft of fur balled up under a log.

      How big is this guy?
    • Blackduiker
      A bit intimidating for such a small creature.
    • Chlidonias
      those are some nasty-looking teeth!!
    • gentle lemur
      I think this is the largest of the tenrecs - roughly the size of a rabbit. It can weigh over a kilo. The species is really remarkable for its litter size, often over 20! Females have 17 pairs of nipples (you can see I have done my research). All Paignton's specimens are males.

      Alan
    • IanRRobinson
      It's a huge gape - I wonder why they need one as vast as this?
    • gentle lemur
      Hmmm . . . would it scare you, if you were a fossa?

      Alan
    • DavidBrown
      This thread made me realize that I know virtually nothing about tenrecs. I always thought of them as little hedgehogish type critters that lived in Madagascar. I had no idea that there are 34 species that have evolved to fill multiple niches from shrews to otters: [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenrecidae]Tenrecidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
    • Pertinax
      Is this GL's most bizarre shot of the year?
    • Jordan-Jaguar97
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