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Jul 28 2005 8 Comments

Tanuki terror

The ever popular and harmless looking tanuki is a familiar sight outside shops and restaurants. The little chap welcoming customers with his cute face and comedy potbelly. Plus, it goes without saying, his exposed genitalia. And yes, they are his testicles hanging down to the floor.

Yet one poor specimen appears to have suffered at the hands of a rogue scientist. An experiment that left the poor animal like this.

tanuki

A deranged and disturbing looking beast for sure.

Categorized: Culture, Odd, Photography

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  1. Henry says

    7/28/2005 at 3:27 pm

    had I testicles like that, my missus would never leave me

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  2. quaisi says

    7/28/2005 at 6:13 pm

    Those things freak me out without the pig head. 🙂

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  3. Hexxenn says

    7/29/2005 at 1:30 am

    Well now that’s pretty disturbing…

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  4. Jim says

    7/29/2005 at 2:25 am

    It must be the heat and humidity.

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  5. Midge says

    7/29/2005 at 12:36 pm

    Gods on high, it’s the tanuki from The Island of Dr. Moreau!

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  6. anon says

    7/30/2005 at 12:15 pm

    Actually, that’s not a tanuki at all. It’s the mythical “butanuki”.

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  7. Toni says

    8/3/2005 at 1:10 pm

    This image is so disturbing on so many levels.

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  8. keneko says

    8/19/2005 at 3:18 pm

    lol I’ve seen the comershal for that

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