#UglyOverLoad

Scientific American - how could you need to know more to be thrilled? But go ahead and click if you do. Don't miss the links to photos of its cool relatives, but maybe don't scroll down too far unless you want to know a little too much about the horror of…

in Japan, which, as we've seen before, is a country that really appreciates its ugly animals.

Duke Lemur Center! They're the only place that's ever successfully bred the Coquerel's sifaka. There are only 56 of these lemurs in captivity and like probably everything on Madagascar they're endangered in the wild.…

photo gives you a healthy appetite. reproduced on the chocolate itself: this link explains that the company held a competition to design a logo in 1907 and they just liked the drawing.…

the official website for depressing info about the threats facing these unique scaly mammals, adorable video of a baby sticking out its tongue, and facts that even I didn't know, like that there are eight species of pangolin.

Fikile is being raised by the Tikki Hywood Trust in Zimbabwe (photo from their Facebook page).

a book with a sloth on the cover way before this one.) But it's not their fault they're popular, you know? So I'm betting you still want a book full of baby sloths. You can read more about it here.

New giant tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka. With an eight inch leg span. Not much else needs to be said about that except maybe "Whoa, cool!"

Wired, where they're falling all over themselves coming up with different ways of describing this new species from South Sudan: "looks like a tiny flying bulldog," "manages to simultaneously resemble a badger and bulldog.…

Japan Times. And some good news for a change: there are actually more of them than there used to be!

Who you calling ugly? Zoos prefer cute animals to less attractive species, research shows. Zoo showcasing 'five evil animals' ahead of Dragon Boat Festival Wikipedia.)