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Nate 02-08-2007 10:11 PM

Truth > Fiction
 
Found this in a sciencey magazine. It's a Star-Nosed Mole.

http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1171001984
http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1171001479

Of course I don't think this creature inspired the design of paramites or sligs but it's interesting that there are real creatures that have a strong resemblance to things that seem so alien.

Cullen Heath 02-08-2007 10:32 PM

Nice, pretty cool. A very interesting read, too.
Good find.

moxco 02-08-2007 10:48 PM

Ooh yummy, weird eh?

Wil 02-09-2007 02:28 AM

The world’s fastest‐eating mammal, huh? That’s a pretty impressive title, and would make much better reading on their grave stones than ‘sort of reminded people of Sligs and Paramites’. Interesting, nonetheless.

Jordan 02-09-2007 12:33 PM

Those noses look an awful lot like a Paramite when talking. Nice find, it shows a strong resemblance to Oddworld! ;)

Arxryl 02-09-2007 02:56 PM

Very interesting! I've never seen such a thing before! Other than a platopus, but that's a different thing.

moxco 02-09-2007 05:44 PM

Yeah it does have a paramitish.
And Arxryl I think you mean Platypus

snuzi 02-09-2007 05:58 PM

You're one to talk when you misspell things half the time :rolleyes:

What an incredible find. Isn't it amazing how we still have creatures roaming around the Earth that we don't even know are in existence? Nature never ceases to fascinate me.

Sapphire 02-10-2007 02:05 AM

Oh my god I love you for finding this. :D I'm SUCH a nerd when it comes to new species, animal knowledge... all that jazz, and I've NEVER seen one of these moles before. Amazingly creepy! Love it!

Bullet Magnet 02-10-2007 05:13 PM

Ah yes. Perhaps my favourite of the moles. Their noses are so damn sensitive, I believe if you flick it the pain alone will kill it. So don't flick their noses, ya hear?

You want weird though, try checking out the echinoderms in detail. Or the invertebrate Chordates. Weird.

Arxryl 02-11-2007 10:38 AM

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And Arxryl I think you mean Platypus

Oh may the Gods smite me now and have demons charr my lonely and forgotten soul until I can spell it right! Please forgive me! I did not know of the sin I have previously commited!

Spirrow 02-12-2007 04:16 AM

Teh, I saw it in an animal encyclopedia a few weeks back. And the wierd
part is, I thought about Oddworld just like everyone else. But nice find, Nate.