Jos

Jos from Belgium sent me the Aye-aye, a weird animal I didn't know before I started this blog.
In Dutch we call this lemur 'vingerdier', which means 'finger animal'.
Wikipedia says about this animal: "The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a woodpecker."
Weird, isn't it? (and a mouthful of words!)



On the envelope a close-up of this frightning looking creature!..
Though I think we humans don't have to be afraid of the aye-aye, as he/she only eats insect grubs, nuts and nectar.



Thank you, Jos, dankjewel voor dit bijzondere dier!

Nini

This cute rodent has been made by Nini from Belgium. 'Woestijnspringmuis', I thought when I opened the colorful envelope (see below). Though I am not sure whether this weird animal, in English, is the Dipopid, a Gerbil or a Hopping Mouse.



Thank you, dankjewel, Nini, voor dit schattige beestje!

RashidxMAN

This great Tapir has been made by Rashid from Belgium.
With a nice envelope - one might notice - apart from the husome weird animal, too: in the Netherlands we call a car 'the holy cow', I am not sure if this is also the name in Flemish?



Thank you, dankjewel, Rashid-x-Man, voor deze mooie bijdrage!

Mart1

Two animals were sent from Belgium by Mart1.
The Tapir, one of my favorite weird animals, you see below. And above you see the Blobfish!
Even if the fish him/herself wouldn't have been weird, he/she would be weird because of the name! Just have a try: say 'blobfish' to yourself 14 times while looking in the mirror with a serious face and try not to laugh!..

Though - the Blobfish indeed is weird! Living in deep sea (600 to 1200 meters, near Australia) a gas bladder, which fish usually have, wouldn't work. Instead of that, the Blobfish' flesh is a jelly-like mass. He doesn't need much muscles, as he just eats what comes close. Blob!



Blobfish and Tapir are accompanied by an interesting collaged envelop. When you take a close look at the backside, you can notice some butterflies, too!





Thank you, dankjewel, Mart1, voor deze verrassende bijdrage!

Victor

Victor sent this funny weird animal from Belgium.
My animal encyclopedia remained startling silent when I looked up the Vikbot. Four legs, a funny head, broad mouth, and left and right of the body/head six wings-or-antennas-or-something-like-that. The Vikbot looks like an animal. But which one??

The envelope brings some clues. The Vikbot might come from a different world!




Thank you, dankjewel, Victor, voor dit bijzondere beestje!

Antoine

Antoine from Belgium drew our attention to this weird little primate: the Tarsier!
The Dutch/Flemish name 'spook-aapje' (or 'spookdiertje') literally means 'small ghost-monkey' (or 'small ghost animal'). Well, while the tarsier is rather cute than horrific, the 'ghost' might refer to the extremely big eyes in such a small animal. Among wikipedia their eyeballs are even as large as their brains!..

Antoine sent the Spook-aapje in this wide landscape on the envelope:





Thanks a lot, dankjewel, Antoine, voor deze mooie bijdrage!

Amuldo (2)

An other beautiful amazing animal sent by Amuldo from the Netherlands: the Octopus! Or better: Octopus meets the Squirrel.



"'Do you think me weird?!', the octopus asked the squirrel.
The squirrel watched him and hesitated for a while.
'I mean, with all those arms and suction cups,' the octopus said.
His cheeks turned grey and he looked down.
'Not at all', the squirrel said. 'I don't think you weird.'
'I am not weird indeed', the octopus said in a low voice....."

Watch the - again great - stamps, and the messages on the rubber-stamped waves (click on the picture to enlarge)!

The text has been written by the Dutch writer Toon Tellegen. For the people who never heard of Toon Tellegen (pronounce the Dutch name 'Toon' more or less as 'Tone'): to my opinion, I think it's worth reading more work of this author. He writes short stories about all kinds of weird animals (well, after reading this short story I'm afraid they're not that weird anymore!). Apparently about animals, but of course providing us humans a lot of food for thought.

Thanks a lot, hartelijk dank voor deze leuke verrassing, Amuldo!