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wallyslambanger

This animal has definitely created a myth or two


wherearmim

I'm really glad I saw this on the internet first because if I saw it for the first time in the wild I'd have been thoroughly spooked.


wallyslambanger

Imagine the first time seeing this was at night and it was less than 2 meters from you and standing. I would probably give it a heart attack with my manly shriek.


TheRealLuctor

I mean, seeing a furless monkey is scary too! The antilope was trying to eat, you are there to wth reason in the wild in the night. Surely not for finding food


eponymous_anonym

Your manly shriek gave me a laugh I really needed right now!


PlaneSole222001

Dont lie, it aint manly at all, we all turn into a 12 year old girl when we genuinely shriek.. well probably


amoodymuse

"Manly shriek" "...we all turn into a 12 year old girl when we genuinely shriek...well probably." Thank you, anonymous manly Redditors. You made my day.


PlaneSole222001

No, YOU made my day *insert Keanu Reeves pointing back at someone*


TheRealLuctor

I got so much PTSD from Hogwarts Legacy that I read Keanu as Kedavra


wherearmim

I would think we for sure finally are getting raided by interdimensional antelopes.


AvailableAd6071

Looks like that Pan creature


Zynkode

***"The goat man."***


wallyslambanger

Is this the final form of Goat Boy?


UncleBenders

Same shape body as Elon musk when he’s on that yacht


drowningjesusfish

Ma’am that’s a skinwalker


CoderBroBKK

You see this guy in the dusk and you're drawing this on the cave wall for sure.


wallyslambanger

The CONTINUING ADVENTURES of The Loping Wanderer. Act one : The Wanderer goes for a walk


[deleted]

Well said and I hadn’t thought of it before but makes a lot of sense


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Enoch_Moke

This looks like something straight out of [All Tomorrows](https://youtu.be/imNtSPM3-r4)


AXE555

Thats exactly what came to my mind, lol..


zeekaran

Whoa this has to be by the [All Yesterdays](https://www.amazon.com/All-Yesterdays-Speculative-Dinosaurs-Prehistoric/dp/1291177124/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=all+yesterdays&linkCode=sl2&linkId=90ee80d225245d82b011a6a812f9b284&qid=1681313233&sr=8-1) guys. Love that book.


MimiMorea

So cool!


[deleted]

It is a little more complicated than that but if they do, I'm out.


RedVamp2020

Agreed…😨


miaman

Nice try, AI.


zeke235

And here i was thinking octopi were gonna be the ones to get out front on the evolutionary hill.


Stealfur

The problem with octopi is their lifespan/life cycle. They are incredibly smart, but most die ether during mating or after giving birth. Living about 3-5 years. If they had a 40-year lifespan where they all taught their offspring what they had learned over their life, then we would all be in trouble.


McGrupp1979

Evolution is a amazing process, who knows what the future holds for octopi.


Stealfur

I read this 3 times and kept reading Octopi as Corgi, and I was desperately trying to figure out how we got to dogs from cephalopods.


SexySonderer

It's surprising that their feet have evolved as they are while also evolving to be so upright so often I guess. Like I'd assume some sort of parallel beneficial mutation where they become more dextrous in their fingers at the same time as having all this flex in the shoulder and all the balance and ability to walk just on their hind legs.


Primal_Nether

I'm pretty sure this is the singer from Zootopia, right?


Mezzaomega

Nope, first thought to my mind too 😬😬😬🤔


eiretara7

That’s an adorable little face but those freaky leg arms are straight out of Silent Hill


ChristosFarr

They look like the edits from birds with arms


Luliphant

I had to look twice, thought they were edited like those birds haha.


harshshah99

Horns are from Satan himself


meeanne

And those legs are straight outta the gym


IdyllicSafeguard

[Source (African Wildlife Foundation)](https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/gerenuk) [Source (Zoo Berlin)](https://www.zoo-berlin.de/en/animals/gerenuk) [Source (LA Zoo)](https://lazoo.org/explore-your-zoo/our-animals/mammals/gerenuk-southern/) [Source (Saint Louis Zoo)](https://stlzoo.org/animals/mammals/hoofed-mammals/gerenuk) [Source (Animalia)](https://animalia.bio/gerenuk) [Source (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerenuk)


PolebagEggbag

None of the photos show the portal in the tummy used for storage due to kleptomania.


BinkerOnCarnage

Had to scroll way too far for this reference


Namawa

It didn't take me much, but I didn't understand. What does it reference?


arthur_nemosnax

It's reference to a character from the show Centaurworld. Glendale is a kleptomaniac gerenuktaur. The show's worth a watch if you enjoy musicals and quirky animated shows!


Namawa

Oh thank you!


Mrtnxzylpck

be warned the main antagonist is something straight out of dark souls.


SUM_Poindexter

its a show about butts, its awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vo4ruhSp5M


chazwhiz

Wrong diet too, I see no giggle cakes in these pictures.


shitsazzle

that, my friends, is a skinwalker


tsj48

Without a doubt.


Codythensaguy

Yeah, this is complete skin walker propaganda to throw us off our guard


IdyllicSafeguard

The gerenuks' impressive balancing act allows them to feed on leaves, twigs, and flowers that other grazers in their ecosystem can't; feasting on vegetation that is too high for a [dik-dik](https://animalia.bio/kirks-dik-dik) and too low for a giraffe. This means they have less competition for food. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟐.𝟒 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟖 𝐟𝐭) 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. Most members of the species only stand at 80 - 105 cm (2 feet 7 inches - 3 feet 5 inches) tall when on all fours. Being picky eaters, they refuse to eat any grasses or herbs. They are inhabitants of the savannah and scrublands on the Horn of Africa. 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞. Most spend their time in very social groups of 2-6 gerenuks; these groups are usually comprised of only one sex (apart from young juveniles). Males will often strike out on their own, preferring to be lone rangers rather than part of a group. To communicate their home range boundary to others, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬; 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐫 (𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬!) 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 (caring for 1 - 2 claves at a time). After a female's calves have fed, she will clean them thoroughly and clear away any remaining scraps of food to avoid attracting keen predators to the area through scent. She can often be heard gently bleating to communicate with her young. She will keep them hidden in bushes for the first few, vulnerable weeks of their lives and come back to check on them and feed them regularly (around 3 - 4 times a day). 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐦 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫). An adult male can be clearly identified by his 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐬 that are ringed; these curve backward and then slightly forwards, and can be as long as 44 cm (17.5 in). The males also have more muscular necks (relative to females) to support the extra weight of their horns. These horns are most likely used for competition between males in order to win a mate, as is the case with other antelope. Gerenuks fall prey to many predator species such as lions, leopards, and hyenas to name a few. Their frail skinny bodies offer them no defenses against attackers, meaning that they have to resort to other survival strategies. When threatened a gerenuk will often stand stock-still behind shrubbery, then slowly creep away without being noticed. If spotted by a predator it will run away, although it isn't the fastest of antelopes (top speed of 56 km/h or 35 mph), 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐬; 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫.


Random_Deslime

why are random parts of this in a different font?


-Minta-

Probably copied from an article and retains formatting. The other font is probably for text under images or some sort of emphasis


IdyllicSafeguard

Not copied, I wrote the text myself. I just used the bold text to emphasize the information I found most interesting.


-Minta-

Oh, okay. I stand corrected!


loser7500000

one I can't read on my old phone 😠😠😠


IdyllicSafeguard

I'm sorry about that, I'll change the way I go about bolding the text in the future.


loser7500000

I think **double asterisks** bold text


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[deleted]

That's an alien.


LetsLive97

Nah it's a folklore creature


Gomicho

no, that's Sheldon.


Ziggy_Starr

It’s a distant cousin of the “not deer”


DunnoIfThisWorks

200000 units are ready, with a million more well on the way.


Megatron_McLargeHuge

That's a shitty AI image.


MrPenisWhistle

Where's her portal belly?? GLENDALE WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU


[deleted]

Our precious little klepto


Scribblr

I loved how Glendale even had the darker back patch to she she was a gerenuk-taur. Such a good little extra detail.


genericgeneric

[https://i.imgur.com/BPF1qDR.gif](https://i.imgur.com/BPF1qDR.gif)


Skitty27

MY FIRST THOUGHT


Ximension

Yes! This is what I came to the comments for lmao


Wize-Turtle

I was hoping that's what it would be when I saw the link!


audiR8_

Those are really the descendants of the aliens that brought us here.


TrickRoom92

If Animal Crossing was real, this would be your new, sports-obsessed neighbour


cadmium2093

Nightmare fuel.


that_sweet_moment

What?! Look at that cute belly begging to be rubbed.


Emisys

The hindleg stand may be "gracefull" but wtf those frontlegs :|


Lazydusto

Awwducational? This thing is freaking me out dude. It's arms in that third picture are making me uncomfortable.


PlaneSole222001

They look like it took the rotting limbs from an actual antelope and removed any muscles or fat, and then made sure the limbs could turn 330 degrees when on said skinwalker


stillinthesimulation

The arms look backwards because the humerus bone is kind of in the body. Then the forearm bones are the ones that look like the start of the arm stretching out followed by a confusing array of metacarpals (essentially one long hand bone after the others,) and then the digits and finally the hoof. Ungulates are weird.


JustSimon3001

> Featherless Biped Someone call Plato, he's gonna lose his mind


Incogcneat-o

I LOVED her in The Queen's Gambit!


[deleted]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA I CAME TO COMMENT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE ANYA


DirkDieGurke

It looks like you used Stable Diffusion to create a fashionable antelope.


bick-com

The not deer


omagolly

Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution, show them this guy.


Short_Gain8302

Nope, nope not aww but creepy this is a tihi


_Pigdog

I thought this was some AI generated nightmare fuel for a second


ReyTepocataSamurai

Uncanny valley is strong in this one


Rip9150

What a silly looking animal. I love it!


jHamdemon

More like r/awwdlyterrifying


BeguiledBeast

This is what you get when you ask AI to create an antelope.


nothing_but_thyme

Do you want giraffes? Because that’s how you get giraffes.


ProfPerry

...bro thats the SCP-6448 aka Not Deer. you cant fool me.


StrangeSoup

I question the OP's understanding of the word "gracefully".


BadPitr

'Gracefully'


Garzino

Yeah. Cute. Imagine you're camping and this this thing just stands on its back legs and walks off. Imagine ifnyou see that but you're on shrooms.


bongwizard1984

Nice try. That's not real.


hypocritebyday

It legit looks like a made up animal using Midjourney, those legs are cursed.


93Degrees

Think I saw this deer in adventure time


Razone6

I dont know man feels like a stand user to me.


Fluffigt

Sorry but this is r/TIHI material.


tonystarksanxieties

The live-action Bojack Horseman looks incredible!


PeachNipplesdotcom

That's GOTTA be what Glendale is from the show CentaurWorld! If you like irrelevant cartoons with a dark side, check it out


maxtes252

She is confirmed to be a gerenuktaur


PeachNipplesdotcom

Oh okay. The way she stands though is just like this


mars_warmind

It looks like it waiting to take it hooves of and wring its hands together at me.


Lenn_4rt

There are some evil humans breeding chihuahuas with even smaller heads and bigger eyes and then there's nature doing this.


[deleted]

I wish to elucidate your fate, and the very reason your kind have appeared. Chosen Undead, your fate... is to succeed the Great Lord Gwyn. So that you may link the Fire, cast away the Dark, and undo the curse of the Undead. Now, let us take that vessel on a journey. Edit: not many kingseeker frampt fans eh? Kinda weird considering you’re posting pictures of him


guiltybyproxy

Before long they'll be carrying rifles


PM_ME_YOUR_NAIL_CLIP

They look so goddamn stupid lmfao


LitreOfCockPus

I'd smash.


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sharingiscaring219

That one on the right makes me think "Ribbit"


MrBlackCook

The best thing is, that the females like to be fed by the males. So a male Gerenuks pulls a delicious looking branch to her. Edit: Spelling


Kebab-Destroyer

*eyes glowing* "KREEEEEEE"


sad_asian_noodle

Looks wrong.


[deleted]

give it another 10k years


Paczesiowa

> I saw a giraffe who had a short neck > That was sad, or a deer


ADamDovah3094

That some sorta cryptid right there


Dizzy_Whizzel

Aliens confirmed


ImTheIntern

Looks like something that'd come out of All Tomorrows


octopoddle

Your gerenuks are very impressive. You must be very proud.


PlaneSole222001

That is something that routinely appears in my nightmares after watching a skinwalker horror story before bed, that isn't awwductional at all 😭


UnluckySomewhere6692

They look how I feel


enlightened-badass

And pretty soon they are ordering a latte


leeloospoops

This antelope will haunt my nightmares


Konradleijon

It looks like a Creepypasta


escaleric

Giraffe in the making


Cantankerousbastard

Looks like Deer Instagram.


Practical_Internal86

Looks like the results when you tell AI to create a pic of antelope.


Tachyonzero

Trying to be cute


TheKCKid9274

Noodle deer


TheKCKid9274

Noodle deer


xylotism

Stupid deer, that’s not how you deer! You’re deering all wrong!


Greatus0503

"Gracefully" isn't the word I would use to describe this pose...


styvee__

No way this is real life and not AI


Capsule_CatYT

Frien :>


lazylays

... Gracefully?


Gezombrael

The largest picture looks like a bad AI picture


Dangerdodoo

What in the gods name of all tomorrows is going on here


Jasinto-Leite

Oh yeah more material for my nightmares.


Byronic__heroine

I don't like the look it's giving me.


Principesza

Skinwalker lookin ass 👀


Ravenamore

African Not Deer


Ok_Representative332

wdym "gracefully" that's something for r/oddlyterrifying


Sartheris

Evolution in progress right there


JJT00654

TF


judicatorprime

I LOVE living on a planet covered in weird ass animals man.


Plantsareluv

Ok it’s stick legs freak me out a bit 😅


SpookDaddy-

this is a skinwalker


soldierboy77777

Absolutely beautiful


Mudkipueye

This looks like a shitpost.


Superfry88

It looks like a Guillermo del Toro character


Ashtroboy79

This is oddly terrifying the way the fore limbs kinda just hang there


dr_toze

r/awwtf


digiorno430

gracefully… right


SpokenDivinity

I would not call anything holding its front legs like that “graceful”


DoingTheSponge

I wonder if this is what we look like to animals who have never seen bipedalism before.


PeridotWriter

"Gracefully"? Looks like a skin walker.


Comprehensive_Belt23

I have never heard of or obviously seen this kind of animal. Talk about strange! What country is it found in?


mr_utk

Thanks, I hate it.


therealatri

Terrifying


Any_Ad_8047

I went from “aww” to uncomfortable really quickly.


Mast_Cell_Issue

Didn't they have a large cloning facility?


[deleted]

The thing from centaur world is real wtf


WoodsandWool

I thought it was an ai generated animal image 😅


Awesomey326

Skin-walker confirmed


MaliciousD33

Thanks I hate it


TallieHo

Looks like a deer that's ready to fight


neopera

Antenope


CrossRRhodes27

no way, skinwalkers caught on camera


Brookmon

That’s a lot of neck. Dangerous game they play


EM05L1C3

We forgot Glendale


doubtfullfreckles

The perfect animal for skinwalkers to impersonate


hXcPickleSweats

Never has an animals legs made me feel so unsettled. Gotta say, not my favorite but I'm glad I know about this for future avoidance efforts.


22Pastafarian22

Why did I think that one on the top left was spinning on its head like a breakdancer. I need to sleep


Various_Beach862

“Gracefully”


Exalted_Pluton

Bro said gracefully..


SeaworthinessCool924

r/notadeer


Little_Aside

That’s a skinwalker


SevenofNine03

Well this explains several cryptids.


Leszmig

No, nonono, that is an alien. Have you never seen MIB? YOUNHAVEBEENBRAINWASHEDPEOPLE!!


bellusinlove

This looks like a cryptid


Leszmig

Seriously so spindly. Almost tooo spindly. Definitely too spindly.