But no one on fluther is saying that Chupacabra looks like a Chupacabra? Tha’s pretty weird.
Anyway, it must be National Chupacabra day today or something. They did a piece on Science Friday, on NPR today about them. A professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan believes that the legend is the result of sightings of coyotes with extremely advance cases of sarcoptic mange. It’s very interesting.
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The show starts with the eel guy but the eels are even more interesting than the sarcoptic mangy coyote chupacabras. The life cycle of the fresh water eel is pretty amazing. Who knew they were such extraordinary creatures?