{"id":1320,"date":"2014-05-30T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T22:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2014\/05\/a_bunch_of_fascinating_animals_youve_never_heard_of\/"},"modified":"2014-05-30T10:37:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T22:37:55","slug":"a-bunch-of-fascinating-animals-youve-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2014\/05\/a-bunch-of-fascinating-animals-youve-never-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"a bunch of fascinating animals you&#8217;ve never heard of&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; unless you&#039;ve been following this blog for a while, in which case you may already have read about <a href=\"https:\/\/sci.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2011\/05\/the-sarcastic-fringeheads.shtml\">the sarcastic fringeheads<\/a> (who are not members of a rock band, despite the wonderful name!).<\/p>\n<p> The dumbo octopus, the pacu (a fish with teeth like nutcrackers, an attribute that has given rise to an urban myth guaranteed to alarm men), the pink fairy armadillo &#8211; yes, really! &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/strangest-animals-youve-never-heard\">visit the IFLS webpage <\/a>and read all about them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; unless you&#039;ve been following this blog for a while, in which case you may already have read about the sarcastic fringeheads (who are not members of a rock band, despite the wonderful name!). 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