Among mammals, the order of the nasals occupies a special position, which can be explained by the fact that these extraordinarily oddly constructed animals have only recently been (re)discovered on the South Sea island group Hi-Iay. The poet Christian Morgenstern seems to have had a specimen in his hands, as he describes succinctly and clearly: The nasobem walks on its noses, accompanied by its child. It is not yet in Brehm. It is not yet in Meyer. And not in Brockhaus either. It first came to light from my lyre. Since then, the nasobem walks (as already mentioned) on its noses, accompanied by its child.