The moth that looks like a poodle

[islander]

Is it a bird? Is it a dog? No... it's a moth that looks like a POODLE!

By Daily Mail Reporter
22 August 2012

It may look like it's just dropped in from Middle-Earth but this fluffy creature is actually a moth.

With its bulging eyes and cotton wool-like coat the moth almost doesn't seem real.

When taxonomist Dr Arthur Anker posted his bizarre picture on Flickr other users were at first skeptical about whether the photograph was a fake.


Is it a bird? Is it a dog? No... it's a moth that looks like a poodle

'Looks like something out of a Harry Potter movie?' wrote one, while another posted: 'It's freaking adorable I want one!!!'

The multi-legged insect is casually tagged a 'Poodle Moth' and there is not mention of a more scientific name.

But believe it or not the strange being really is a true native of Venezuela, where the scientist caught it on camera.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/

[hubag bohol]

Hmm, Photoshopper pud diay nis Islander...

[Lorenzo]

he he he he! cute lagi ni siya.

[statesville]

weird but cute..dili lang ko mohikap basin kuyapan nya ko nah..

[islander]

Hmm, Photoshopper pud diay nis Islander...

kun photoshop nga kanang program nga mo-edit, no way.  di ko kahibawo unsaon na uy.  pero kun photoshop nga mag-shop ug photos sa internet, type nako, hehe.  the internet highway is full of surprises. 

besides, sa una ra ko nakamatikod nga daghan dinhi sa tb maayong mang-post ug photos... bag-o pa ko namatikdan dayon nako si statesville.  dayon naay hubag, hehehe.  practice na lang pod ko uy. 

[islander]

he he he he! cute lagi ni siya.

cute gyod bitaw.  i'm just wondering about the design of his eyebrows, or what passes off as eyebrows.  or are they eyes?  they look like brown hairbrushes.  our creator has a sense of humor.

[islander]

weird but cute..dili lang ko mohikap basin kuyapan nya ko nah..

kun moth ni, gamay tingali.  pero bahalag unsa kadak-a.  di gyod pod ko mohikap, much less modagpi.  paita ning mora tag gadagpi ug poodle...

[Lorenzo]

cute gyod bitaw.  i'm just wondering about the design of his eyebrows, or what passes off as eyebrows.  or are they eyes?  they look like brown hairbrushes.  our creator has a sense of humor.

ha ha ha ha! they do look like hairbrushes don't they? and look at those long eyelashes!! he he he

[hubag bohol]

kun photoshop nga kanang program nga mo-edit, no way.  di ko kahibawo unsaon na uy.  pero kun photoshop nga mag-shop ug photos sa internet, type nako, hehe.  the internet highway is full of surprises. 

besides, sa una ra ko nakamatikod nga daghan dinhi sa tb maayong mang-post ug photos... bag-o pa ko namatikdan dayon nako si statesville.  dayon naay hubag, hehehe.  practice na lang pod ko uy. 

Na hala. Following is a gallery sa iyang mga ig-agaw...

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[islander]

atot ba ani... in the internet, anything goes.  it always pays to reserve judgment, extend one's disbelief, or simply keep the faith in the milk of human humor.

from a known blogger of a cryptozoologist (if anyone of us here had at least 3 units of cryptozoology in college, you know what this is all about.  i haven't heard of this subject until now, honest. ):

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

MYSTERY OF THE VENEZUELAN POODLE MOTH - HAVE YOU SEEN THIS INSECT??

by Dr. Karl Shuker
ShukerNature - http://www.karlshuker.blogspot.com


A furry mystery – the 'Venezuelan poodle moth' (© Dr Arthur Anker, aka artour_a/Flickr)

As cryptozoology enthusiasts will readily testify, just a few weeks ago the internet was awash with dazzling but highly deceptive photographs of black lions. Now, the latest animal photo to beguile and bewilder everyone online is this one.

[islander]

On 21 August 2012, Facebook friend David Laslett drew my attention to the eyecatching and exceedingly interesting photograph opening this present ShukerNature blog post. He explained that the photo had lately appeared all over the internet, and was labelled as 'the Venezuelan poodle moth'. Yet in spite of this insect's memorable name and very unusual appearance, and although he had spent a considerable time online attempting to identify it, David had not been able to find out anything whatsoever concerning it, not even its scientific name – only ever more copies of this same photograph and the same name applied to its furry-limbed, white-winged subject.

Greatly intrigued, David asked me if I knew this moth's species and whether I could trace any information regarding it. And so, without further ado, and as Sherlock Holmes might well have said in such a situation, the game was afoot!

I love a challenge!!

[islander]

It was a species that I'd never seen before, so I spent quite a time researching its photograph, its name, and its supposed provenance (Venezuela) online, but, just as David had reported, nothing! The photo had appeared on countless websites recently, but with no additional details. Consequently, as someone who has exposed various hoax wildlife photographs in the past, such as those purportedly depicting genuine black lions*  and multi-headed cobras**, I naturally began to wonder whether the poodle moth was the Photoshopped creation of a poodle-faker!


Larvae of the poodle moth?!! A pair of delightful dogerpillars, courtesy of Photoshop


*click http://www.karlshuker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/black-lions-manipulation-melanism-and.html to see shuker's investigation of those
**click http://www.karlshuker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/modern-day-nagasor-photoshopped-frauds.html for shuker's investigation of those