You Dirty Rat!

The 1.4kg Mallomys giant rat is one of two species of mammal found by Conservation International on an expedition to the Foja Mountains in the north of Papua province, Indonesia.

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Aye-aye

This is an Aye-aye, which is a species of Lemur from Madagascar. (aren't they all?)

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American Pit Bull Terrier

Perhaps the original buff dog, the American Pit Bull Terrier is not an animal you would mess with. Although bred for fighting these dogs tend to be simply more determined than vicious when reared as pets as the media would have you believe. Obviously they can be trained in such a way that they become vicious towards humans but so can any creature with a modicum of intelligence.

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We're going to need an EVEN BIGGER boat!

Meet the Megamouth Shark or Megachasma Pelagios. You certainly wouldn't want to call it by the wrong name!

It's a very rare deep sea shark but is found to be distributed pretty much wherever the water is deep enough. Saying that, only 39 have ever been found.

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Massive Otter

This fella is a Giant Otter. He can be found milling around in South America and can grow up to 6ft long!

Being one of the largest predators in its area it can pretty much eat what it wants. Daily meals may consist of: caimans, snakes and catfish.

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Don't look behind you kid!

Another one for the box of fake pics or is it?...If you see this roaming the backyards down your way take a pic and send it in. Just for the more observant of you, yes your right its fake as in its a model not a fake picture.

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The Loch Ness

Arguably the animal highest on any cryptozoologist’s list is Scotland’s Nesse, the Loch Ness Monster. Sighted as far back as the 6th century AD, it was the addition of a modern road around the lake in the 1930s that brought about an avalanche of sightings. Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, 24 miles long and at one point is 1 1/2 miles wide. It has an average depth of 450 feet and at times plunges close to a 1,000. It is cold and murky, with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the most prying eyes of science. Nesse has been known to cross the road (why?) and several motorists have had near collisions with it. More money has probably been spent in attempting to scientifically verify its existence than on any other creature.

Source Thanks to www.spritenet.com for the last few posts