An ever-expanding collection of animals that simply do not exist.Tumblr (3.0; @madeupanimals)http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9u8kDlyp1r9ivrqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sea Swallow?  More like your kid’s Arts and Crafts project.  Who misses Fimo?</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367685670http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367685670Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:55:51 -0500Sea SwallowAnimalsMade UpImaginary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9u4g0C8Z1r9ivrqo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bobtail Squid?  Nuh-uh.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367531547http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367531547Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:53:45 -0500Bobtail SquidAnimalsMade UpImaginary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9u2i4CEa1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pacific Viperfish.  Are we still giving R.L. Stein work?</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367459296http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367459296Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:54 -0500Pacific ViperfishAnimalsMade UpImaginary<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9lm06NiC1qkhek1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://westartwithar.tumblr.com/post/16357971499/elephant-shrew">westartwithar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Elephant Shrew.</p> </blockquote> <p>CGI has really come a long way, right?</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367268530http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/16367268530Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:48:51 -0500Elephant ShrewMade UpImaginaryAnimals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkex38pHv1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15605235924http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15605235924Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:24:39 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkamnRMjt1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What sick son of a bitch wrought this monstrosity on the world?  Oh, wait - it’s not real.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15600111615http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15600111615Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:51:59 -0500SawfishAnimalsImaginaryMade Up<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxie3cGpW91r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One or the other, man - but it’s impossible to be both.  This thing is MADE UP!</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544495523http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544495523Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:11:33 -0500Peacock FlounderAnimalsImaginaryMade Up<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxh0pb7QNP1qmyzzpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15534763747/fuckyeahaquaria-oriental-flying-gurnard">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahaquaria.tumblr.com/post/15526993654/oriental-flying-gurnard-dactyloptena-orientalis">fuckyeahaquaria</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Oriental Flying Gurnard</strong> | <em>Dactyloptena orientalis </em><br/>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben-naden/3289159607/in/pool-86153831@N00/">Ben Naden</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>NUH UH</p> </blockquote> <p>I’d be scared if this thing was even real.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544453589http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544453589Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:10:54 -0500Oriental Flying GurnardImaginaryMade UpAnimals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxh1seKn3i1qmyzzpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15534499479/fuckyeahaquaria-striped-pyjama-squid">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahaquaria.tumblr.com/post/15531080410/striped-pyjama-squid-sepioloidea-lineolata-by">fuckyeahaquaria</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Striped Pyjama Squid</strong> | <em>Sepioloidea lineolata</em><br/>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkjames/3819839461/">Dermal Denticles</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>yeah right</p> </blockquote> <p>Putting this myth to bed.  BUSTED!</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544408465http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15544408465Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:10:05 -0500Striped Pyjama SquidAnimalsImaginaryMade Up<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgms14Pj31qmyzzpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15493966448/fuckyeahaquaria-by-finsnfeathers-no">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahaquaria.tumblr.com/post/15490596572/by-finsnfeathers">fuckyeahaquaria</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aquadiver/3689223512/in/pool-86153831@N00/">fins’n’feathers</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>no</p> </blockquote> <p>This thing is so fake that it doesn’t have a name.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494443986http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494443986Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:29:42 -0500AnimalsMade UpFishImaginary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsfeWjCQ1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There are like a million different kinds of made up Nudibranches.  <br/><br/><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Nudibranch&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=kCgJT6jQMILgsQLSyvmQCg&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=lSgJT62LOqqqsQLF0diQCg"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Nudibranch&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=kCgJT6jQMILgsQLSyvmQCg&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=lSgJT62LOqqqsQLF0diQCg">https://www.google.com/search?q=Nudibranch&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=kCgJT6jQMILgsQLSyvmQCg&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=lSgJT62LOqqqsQLF0diQCg</a></a> </p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494254564http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494254564Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:26:01 -0500NudibranchImaginaryMade UpAnimals<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgs9x7PHx1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You wish, Unicorn Fish.  See what I did there?</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494083059http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15494083059Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:22:45 -0500Unicorn FishMade UpImaginaryAnimals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgcio0SDx1r9ivrqo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Okapi?  More like, “Oh, crap - I think they’re on to me.”<br/><br/>Purely fictitious. </p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15476511222http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15476511222Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:42:24 -0500OkapiAnimalsImaginaryMade Up<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxfp6674ZB1qbcae8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15468396133/pobmahw">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pobmahw.tumblr.com/post/15453016620">pobmahw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://itaishinja.com/archives/3231687.html">【閲覧注意】地球上でもっともカッコイイ生き物 - 痛い信者(ﾉ∀`)</a></p> </blockquote> <p>whatever this is, it is also fictional</p> </blockquote> <p>There’s no end to Asian trickery.  They’d have us believe this was real.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468511464http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468511464Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:06:15 -0500SpiderAnimalsImaginaryMade Up<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxg56kNuIT1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Barreleye Fish.  The green orbs are its eyes - or they would be if it was real.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468394360http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468394360Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:03:56 -0500Barreleye FishAnimalsMade UpImaginary<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15439547474/eu-zoo-logy">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>not even cryptozoology</strong></p> <p><strong>eulogies for animals people used to think existed</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>This.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468136466http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15468136466Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:58:46 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxez51uVaY1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sea Pig.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439493049http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439493049Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:55:00 -0500Sea PigAnimalsImginaryMade Up<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxez1m9iq41r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shark Ray?  Yeah right, God.  Just go ahead and combine two super-terrifying monsters.  FAKE!</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439402715http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439402715Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:53:46 -0500Shark RayImaginaryAnimalsMade Up<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxeyvj2yGT1r9ivrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Get out of here, Yeti Crab.  No one’s buying it.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439240433http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439240433Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:50:00 -0500AnimalsImaginaryYeti CrabMade Up<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx9xobmRZK1r027v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lionsandlobstersandbears.tumblr.com/post/15439068005/godawfulwasteofspace-dumbo-octopus-fake">lionsandlobstersandbears</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://godawfulwasteofspace.tumblr.com/post/15292653363/dumbo-octopus">godawfulwasteofspace</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>dumbo octopus</p> </blockquote> <p>FAKE</p> </blockquote> <p>Double fake.  It should be ashamed.</p>http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439166429http://madeupanimals.tumblr.com/post/15439166429Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:48:31 -0500Dumbo OctopusImaginaryAnimalsMade Up