I’m not sure if Ambondro mahabo is actually a “transitional fossil,” or if it was really as mean as it looks in this artistic representation, or if it was actually blue. It is kind of cute, though.
![By Alannis (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons By Alannis (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://crypticphilosopher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Ambondro.jpg)
It is also a relative of the echidna and the platypus, and they’re cute in a weird sort of way.
Photo credit: By Alannis (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.
