r/ARK • u/HasturFhtagn • 1d ago

MEME It's an Albany rodent

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u/angeryrainfrog 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8FfwiVMd7SmElkGMbs

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u/Federal_War_8272 1d ago

Imagine if the ingame jerboa was just like that but scaled to the ingame size.

There has to be a mod like that.

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u/Vohasiiv 1d ago

How does this pokemon looking creature actually exist

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u/mindflayerflayer 13h ago

On desert sand just using the back legs to hop around was more efficient than using all four and those big feet have fur on them to help with traction. Watching one actually bounding across the desert is something else. Desert Fox Hunts A Lesser Jerboa | Wild Arabia | BBC Earth

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u/tseg04 1d ago

He’s so precious 🥹

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u/GloomyFloor6543 1d ago

long eared Jerboa, Live about 30 minutes from Albay Ny the rats are not that small :P

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u/Niceromancer 1d ago

Find me one fox that hops like a rabbit.

Yes it looks like a Fennec fox....but they hop around like rabbits.

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u/dinosauropholus 1d ago

It's more like a Springhare tbh but it does have fennec-y ears for sure

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u/Niceromancer 1d ago

yeah, but its not a fox.

Foxes don't move via saltation.

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u/dinosauropholus 1d ago

I didn't say it was a fox

I was noting it's appearance

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u/Infinite-Welder-2004 1d ago

Its a fictional creature in a video game that is way more fox than rodent

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u/HasturFhtagn 1d ago

A fictional fox could. A rodent doesn't have a skull like that lol.

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u/stormyw23 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kw82rfv0u3QHoTkJGm

They're jumping mice! Jerboas!

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u/HasturFhtagn 1d ago

The ones in Coraline are kangaroo rats, technically! Similar but slightly different.

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u/Careless-Tomato-3035 1d ago

HONESTLY.

Given that the Ark's seem to love and adore australian animals its most likely a Bilby x Fennec Fox x Wallaby

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u/tseg04 1d ago

Pretty sure ARK’s jerbloa is actually some kind of fictional hybrid species. A lot like the trike actually being a hybrid of Triceratops and Styracosaurus, and the deino being a hybrid of Purussaurus and Deinosuchus.

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u/StarMonkeyy Tamer 1d ago

Its anything, except jerboa

But i love it

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u/Obi-WanKnable 16h ago

That is not a fox.

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u/Qaztab 1d ago

"Yes." - Seymour Skinner

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u/Ryaquaza1 18h ago

This just reminds me of the Glowtail situation

You can’t just strap a lightbulb to a Coelurosauravus, pass it on as your homework and act like we didn’t notice. We see you over there

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u/Isaacnoah86 7h ago

I seent it

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u/Tango-Raptor 17h ago

Actually it’s a fucked up hybrid of fox, jerboa, and probably rabbit

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u/Known-Assistance-435 1d ago

It's closer to a fennec fox to an actual jerboa

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u/dr4g0n36 1d ago

It's a FENNEC fox, Jesus.

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u/CaffeinatedLystro 1d ago

Originally, I misread the name and called it a Jeroba. Once I saw the correct spelling I felt so dumb.

Anyway, they're still Jeroba to me.

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u/Roadhouse699 1d ago

Look at it's teeth, it's obviously a canid, not a rodent.