Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer

The hot -headed Nackteisbohrer ( original: hotheaded naked ice borer ) is invented by Tim Folger fictional species. It goes back to a 1995 appeared in Discover magazine April Fool's joke.

According to the article, the carnivorous species was discovered by the size of a mole only recently in the Antarctic. With his well -perfused head and a body temperature of 43 ° C, the animals were able to dig passages through the ice and their prey, including penguins recreate. This was also the mysterious disappearance of an explorer Philippe Poisson ( Poisson d' avril - " April fish " - is the French term for April Fool's Day ) in the 19th century to explain.

Discover received more mail than because of the article to some -serious topic. Even from zoological gardens were requests for the animal. In the television show Ripley's Believe It or Not! the alleged discovery was reported as fact.

An alleged descendant Poissons thanked for the successful rehabilitation of his ancestor. In particular, his contemporary opponents, the German Heinrich von them all together Derersteapril had returned maliciously Poissons first descriptions of the animal on the abuse of absinthe.