Weird creatures

The Armadillo in my last blog post,

you can read it here,

has surely captured my imagination.

The more I think about it:

...the nose, like a rat?

...the ears, cute?

...the shell, comfortable?

...having hard shell down the front of your face, odd?

...the claws, huge?

...the tummy, hairy?

...rolling into a ball, very clever?

Well I found another...

...at the Grant Museum.

Here's what the Armadillo looks like underneath the shell, the skeleton.

This one has a much longer tail.

The colour of the shell could have faded with the light over time.

Sorry not a great quality photo.

Just to keep the weird creature theme going...

...I present the Elephant Shrew,

related to both the elephant and the mole.

This photo, with its reflection, of a table full of books alongside the labels,

makes me think he looks like he works in a bank.

Do you know of any weird creatures?

Please leave a comment and where to find them.

These two are to be found at the Grant Museum, an amazing zoological museum,

open afternoons, not Sundays.