Hipster Species’ Found In Greater Mekong


Scores of new species found in Greater Mekong.

Is it just me, or are these new species of insects and animals that scientists found in Greater Mekong, very hipster-esque?

For not having been touched by man-kind, and being newly discovered, they sure are hip on the latest fashions and colors! But all kidding aside, some of these animals are pretty ill-looking. For example, the above hot-pink, spiny dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, has glands that produce cyanide to protect them from predators. Crazy. And while that striped rabbit isn’t some hipster chic (shek) purple or something, I could still see some hipster rocking out some faux-stripped rabbit fur, and drinking a PBR.

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Let’s compare… the above to…


I dunno about you, but if you told me this guy was discovered wandering around the Mekong River in Cambodia, I’d believe you.

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Permalink Posted in: odds and ends Comments(6) December 16, 2008


6 Responses to “Hipster Species’ Found In Greater Mekong”

  1. NYHC81No Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 8:18 AM

    cyanide rules.

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  2. shabootyNo Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 8:42 AM

    the next survivor needs to be in a fucking Laos cave.

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  3. ArielNo Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 6:31 PM

    Lol Laos cave. I hate bugs, I hope they kill it.

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  4. NYHC81No Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 7:00 PM

    That green number hates camera men, look at his face!! He’s like the Kanye West of snakes.

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  5. shabootyNo Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 9:01 PM

    Lol. That snake’s hiss is on auto-tune.

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  6. NYHC81No Gravatar says:
    12/16/2008 at 9:34 PM

    did you see the hipster rat? I saw it on yahoo, it has tight fur and tapered ears.

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