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If you think you’re the ultimate metalhead, you haven’t met these heavy metal animals. These odd-looking animals are so edgy that they make us want to headbang.
Though some cool animals are just born with naturally rocking colors and features, others have unique traits that make them even metal-er (which is officially a word). Excluding the obvious ones - black animals - goats have long been associated with Satanism due to their disobedient and stubborn nature.
Another utterly strange animal, the Texas horned lizard, also known as "horny toads," has the bizarre ability to shoot streams of blood from the corners of their eyes to deter predators. Does it get more metal than that?
Check out our list of hardcore unusual animals below, and add your own if you've got a pet that leans toward the dark side.
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#1
Woolly Squad Goals
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Ahh, the famous Abyssal goats. Stare into the deep empty darkness of it's face and learn the unknowable secrets of the elder gods that man has no wot of. Als plays well with kids.
Casandra Nițescu 8 years ago
Am i the only ones who think these don't look scary? I think they look like sheep from a fantasy world , or stuffed animals!
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#2
Horns on Horns Situation
PurpleUnicorn 8 years ago
This is a Jacob sheep. The central horns are unusually straight, I've never seen one like his before. Very common in pet farms etc
Jay Leigh 8 years ago
Actually it is NOT a Jacobs. It is a Hebridean sheep. Jacob sheep look nothing like this at all but are commonly confused with the less popular Hebrideans because the too produce multiple horns.
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Venomous Sloth 8 years ago
Looks like my drawings when I finish, have no idea what 2 do, and then just add spikes on the head 4 no reason. :)
#3
Midnight on the Move
#4
Panda Drama in Sheep’s Clothing
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
Gene Simmons should consider getting this little guy into his band
#5
Midnight Feathered Mystery
Jeltje de Koning 8 years ago
There is! It's called melanism, it's very rare but there are a few creatures (just like this c**k) who have it.
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#6
Nature’s Master of Disguise
Asia 8 years ago
Google image search tells me that this is lagartixa satanica rabo de folha. That name :O
PurpleUnicorn 8 years ago
Uroplatus phantasticus, the Baweng satanic leaf gecko, from Madagascar.
Aurelia Grey 8 years ago
Hmmmm...proof of reincarnation, that's really Sister Mary Alice from my old high school.
#7
The Mysterious Twin Face
Kira Thesloth 8 years ago
I think it is. I seem to remember the original photo with a caption of the owner mocking his cat for not listening to him.
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#8
Armor Level: Max
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
On the second photo you can see he's performing his solo during a concert
Holly Rossmaier Newingham 8 years ago
Compelled to help them across the rd. As quickly & carefully as I possibly can.They are still in danger of death by car. can't leave 'em!
#9
Splash of Drama
Nina Amalie Haastrup Spindler 8 years ago
This looks like one of Suleimans evil henchmen, from Howl's moving castel, mascarading as a fish!
#10
Midnight Feathered Rebel
Vincent Jay 8 years ago
#9 The fish looks like it's changing into something else like "the thing" in Antarctica.
#11
Blue-Eyed Bandit Vibes
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Looks like he's wearing a super hero costume with goggles. Cute dog, love his eyes.
#12
Curled Up and Ready
John L 8 years ago
That's one way to discourage a predator. How do you swallow something like that? ;D
Molly Block 8 years ago
In China, they will eat anything if you put it on a bamboo skewer. Including this!
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Virgil Blue 8 years ago
Maybe one of those moth's with a skull on it's back?
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#13
Not Your Average Wing Design
PurpleUnicorn 8 years ago
Clymene moth, they come in a variety of colours but all show the black cross at rest
#14
Bad Hair Day Alert
John L 8 years ago
Find a few more strutting c***s like this, and they can start a Rock Band, lol.
Ethan Firl 8 years ago
That's a great name for a band. The Strutting C***s!
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#15
Nature’s little armored weirdos
PurpleUnicorn 8 years ago
ThIs one took a bit of finding! It is the emei moustache toad. Male grows spikes in time for mating season, in order to impale their rivals
Amber Ice 8 years ago
Turns out to be not the prince, but the villain! XD
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#16
Innocent But Alert
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
I had to help someone catch an escaped bunny with markings almost exactly like that a few days ago! Only it's ears were also black. It was a wily little rabbit, it took quite some time some real tactics to finally get it. I swear I could hear it sniggering in the bushes after each failed attempt to catch it's fuzzy little tush. After catching it it proved to be a good sport and was friendlier than I expected : )
#17
The Three Pup-eteers
#18
Soaked and Not Soaked
#19
Unlikely Best Buddies
person (i think) 8 years ago
How dare you besmirch Grumpy Cat! She is perfect and needs no improvement!! :)
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#20
Deep Sea Drama
#21
Master of Disguise
Laurel Dugan 2 years ago
Uroplatus phantasticus, the "Eye-Lash Leaf-Toed Gecko," so I guess he *really* wants us to switch!
#22
Long-Haired Drama Queen
#23
Feathered Mood Booster
#24
Fierce Feathered Gaze
MistyMae Art 8 years ago
Yes. It's a California condor. A critically endangered species that's trying to make a come back. Amazing birds with a 10 foot wing span and stand over 3 feet tall!
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#25
Battle-Scarred and Unbothered
John L 8 years ago
That's what you get for trying to pick me up. How IS your hand, by the way? ;D
Filip Threepwood 8 years ago
Btw, that's actually his blood :D They squirt it out of their eyes to scare away predators :)
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Artur Roszak 8 years ago
That's a Horned Lizard, they live in American West, anyway they are quite gentle animal, they sell these as pets. I would only recommend them to experience herpetologist. That blood is not from a "victim" that picked it up, that blood is the lizards, when scared it squirts blood from tiny vessels near its eyelids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_lizard
Artur Roszak 8 years ago
forgot to say, the reason I recommend them to experienced keepers only, because their main diet is ants.
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"To the disappointment of kids who want to see them squirt blood, horned lizards rarely squirt at humans. If you catch one, it will sit demurely in your palm. It won't bite. It might hiss, or puff itself up at little. But only canids and felids like bobcats, are treated to a stream of foul-tasting blood." From BBC website
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Laura Devisscher 8 years ago
It doesn't hurt to pick them up, the blood comes from his eyes which he squirts at potential threats.
#26
Cold Stare Energy
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GlassOfWater 8 years ago
Not sure if this is relevant (probs not) but google 'bashkir curly'. It's a breed of horse with a unique characteristic.
H David Méndez 8 years ago
This post makes a lot more sense if you listen metal music while you are reading it.
Silver Bride 8 years ago
What I can say from that pictures, I suggest at least Dimmu Borgir :P
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GlassOfWater 8 years ago
Not sure if this is relevant (probs not) but google 'bashkir curly'. It's a breed of horse with a unique characteristic.
H David Méndez 8 years ago
This post makes a lot more sense if you listen metal music while you are reading it.
Silver Bride 8 years ago
What I can say from that pictures, I suggest at least Dimmu Borgir :P
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