Meet Khokhulya (before it meets you, in your worst nightmares) – the new environmental mascot of the Ministry of Environemnt of the Kaluga region, Russia. This creepy creature appears at exhibitions, children’s events and in the streets of the region. The mascot promotes careful attitude to the nature while looking like something that came out of a fever dream.
Khokhulya is supposed to be an oversized and anthropomorphized Russian desman – a semi-aquatic mole species similar in size and lifestyle to the common muskrat. Should you find yourself wandering the highways and byways in Kaluga region, keep an eye out for Khokhulya, and keep your other eye on your radiation monitor, because there’s no way this nightmare-inducing creature haven’t crawled out from some radioactive waste dump.
If you are interested in some more batshit crazy stuff from Russia, make sure to check out Russian school toilets, awfully photoshopped wedding pics, and extremely creepy Russian playgrounds.
I like it!
This. Is. Hilarious!
So , just to be clear , this scary animal is the mascot used for public outreach by the companies intent on loosening environmental protection laws and destroying nature where these wild animals live !
Oh, good, now we have a mascot, the environment is finally safe.
Real life desmans are very bizarre and cute. This is only very bizarre.
“Khokulya” translates to “poo”. LOL
hes not there to teach kids about the environment, hes there to scare off anyone who tries to hurt the environment lol
It looks like a Tank with legs. Russians always do Tanks…