Unique Japanese Animals

[yuujirou]

the kappa!

[burkhartdesu]

Or the Tanuki raccoon dog.

[YukisUke]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Or the Tanuki raccoon dog.

Okay, now that's cute. I'd pet that any day.

[SHAD0W]

Originally Posted by yuujirou

the kappa!

Your Kappa sushi got a real LOL out of me, congrats

[burkhartdesu]

The Red Crowned Japanese crane (grus japonensis)

[Rogozhin]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Or the Tanuki raccoon dog.

I saw one of these run across the road and was like "What the hell!?"...and then I remembered I was in Japan haha

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Or the Tanuki raccoon dog.

They skin em alive and it em in China.

[Columbine]

The salamanders are awesome and apparently smell a lot like rhubarb!

I wouldn't try and pet a tanuki though, that would just be asking to be bitten.

Hondo Stoats are stoatally adorable, though I don't have a picture. They're little and go completely white in the winter. Horribly endangered though.

This is a pretty good site for other animals: Japan's #1 Animal Blog - Japanese Animals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Insects and Wildlife

[SHAD0W]

Just found this wandering along the decking outside my school. What the hell is it? Looks like some sort of strange worm/slug thing cleverly disguised as a stick.　　If you touched it, it freaked out wiggling all over, then lay straight and solid on the floor like a twig until it thought the coast was clear.

[robhol]

Muhaha, ninja bugs.. Looks cool, though.