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There's some weird stuff on that list, Grimm! The crab the size of a dustbin freaked me a tad though... And what's the point of a soft shelled tortoise?

Surely that's just a regular tortoise that's been run over by a truck?

Very unpleasant.  Proof that god does not exist.  If he did, like any artist, he'd want to just tidy a few things up before calling it finished.

Wasn't Tweak based on that Long-Beaked Echidna?

Today I feel like a blobfish.

Didn't realize I did until I saw him there and felt a strange kinship. Thanks, mygrimmbrother.

Quote from: Mike Gloady on 28 August, 2009, 06:41:26 PM
Very unpleasant.  Proof that god does not exist.  If he did, like any artist, he'd want to just tidy a few things up before calling it finished.

Mike, we seem to be on very similar wavelengths - I was just thinking that. If we are created in His image, what the hell was he thinking when he drew up the blueprints for the goblin shark?

Maybe god is a madman. Or a practical joker.

Geoduck, what's that all about?

Those deep sea angler fish are beautiful.

Who is James Gunn anyway ?

I did have a look at the website but i wasnt really impressed with the adolescent style content of it.Also it looks like God messed up a bit when he designed the two creatures that are pictured on the home page.

Quote from: uncle fester on 28 August, 2009, 06:04:40 PM
There's some weird stuff on that list, Grimm! The crab the size of a dustbin freaked me a tad though... And what's the point of a soft shelled tortoise?

Seen the Coconut Crab before -- I can't find the link right now, but the other blog headlined it under "Honey? It's time to move -- the house belongs to the crab now" and pointed out that anything that had that many legs and could only be killed with a flame-thrower deserved to be renamed the Death Crab, and for humanity to declare war on it.

Cheers

Jim

I'm going to bed now and I'm going to dream about that crab. Bastard, scuttling up my house to the bedroom window.

Goblin shark. Citizen Snork of the shark world.

And the Tubifex worms what are they all about? Definitely not of this planet. Imagine finding one of those lodged in one of your crevices.






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Erm, I'd rather not imagine that if it's all the same with you, V me old china.

Quote from: Mike Gloady on 28 August, 2009, 06:41:26 PM
Very unpleasant.  Proof that god does not exist.  If he did, like any artist, he'd want to just tidy a few things up before calling it finished.

Well you try designing every single lifeform and the planet itself in 7 days without a few rough edges.

God spent too long on some things and not enough on others.

Quote from: peterwolf on 29 August, 2009, 11:58:38 AM
Well you try designing every single lifeform and the planet itself in 7 days without a few rough edges.

God spent too long on some things and not enough on others.

Snowflakes.  Two and a half days on those and bugger me if there isn't a deadline approaching. 

Which makes me wonder who God's editor is?  Ooooooh, metaphysical.

Alexandra Maria Lara is proof that god exists and that he does indeed take more time over some things than others. The coconut crab is merely a sign that God played Resident Evil on his lunch breaks and got a bit carried away.

Quote from: uncle fester on 29 August, 2009, 12:26:29 PM
Alexandra Maria Lara is proof that god exists and that he does indeed take more time over some things than others. The coconut crab is merely a sign that God played Resident Evil on his lunch breaks and got a bit carried away.

Excellent comments, right on both counts!

Quote from: vzzbux on 29 August, 2009, 10:36:03 AM
Goblin shark. Citizen Snork of the shark world.

And the Tubifex worms what are they all about? Definitely not of this planet. Imagine finding one of those lodged in one of your crevices.






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That footage of them is incredible.

A pulsating mass of tube worms.Imagine having the job of removing them .

Bloody hell, how does that knob worm fit into the ecosystem? Surely that deserves to be made extinct?

I went to South America last year and everyone told me gruesome tales about the fish that'll swim up your urine stream if you piss in a river, but a local guide told me it's a myth and (virtually) never happens. Interestingly though, the Quichwan (sp?) indians would only allow men to wade into the river for fishing as they could easilly bind up their 'bits', whilst women were more open to nasty fish-invasion.

And Piranhas aren't dangerous at all, they generally feed on dead flesh, so aren't half as scary as people think (though they just found a 14" one in a river in Devon!)

Quote(virtually) never happens

Virtually never happens...virtually never hapens?!? That's me never peeing near water again!

-Bouwel-

Quote from: Bouwel on 29 August, 2009, 09:34:00 PM

Quote(virtually) never happens

Virtually never happens...virtually never hapens?!? That's me never peeing near water again!

-Bouwel-

I only added the 'virtually' in case some smart-arse posted an example where it HAD actually happened. I think the message I got at the time was that it was bullshit.

However, later on the same rain forest trek, the same guide encouraged us to have a go on a genuine jungle creeper tarzan swing. After my (amazingly exhilarating!) swing over a huge drop, I asked if it ever broke - "sometimes, but not very often" was the rather scary reply.

I am never, ever going anywhere near a jungle. Ever.

-Bouwel-

Ah man it was amazing fun!

Coincidentally, the episode of "Dirty Jobs" that aired this morning was about geoduck ("gooey-duck", apparently)farmers...and we learned how to entice geoducks to mate. A male can ejaculate for 10-15 minutes at a time! Fun

Fun?

Not if it's all over your dry cleaning it's not.

What about this sicko:


It's a sea-dwelling parasite that attacks fish, burrows into it, and then devours its tongue.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/tongue-eating-parasite-discovered.php?dcitc=th_rss

You missed a crucial ingredient there:

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It's a sea-dwelling parasite that attacks fish, burrows into it, and then devours and replaces its tongue.

Top linkage. My favourite has to be the Aye-Aye :)

Quote from: SuperSurfer on 16 September, 2009, 11:52:35 AM

It's a sea-dwelling parasite that attacks fish, burrows into it, and then devours its tongue.

I actually feel quite sick.

Cheers!

Jim

That's flippin' horrible.  YUK.  That's about as Cthulhu as it gets.

Quote from: SuperSurfer on 16 September, 2009, 11:52:35 AM
What about this sicko:

Ahhhhh look at its cute little smile.






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Quote from: vzzbux on 16 September, 2009, 08:27:19 PM
Ahhhhh look at its cute little smile.

Side on it looks as if the fish is smiling as well.



Jeez, I had mackerel this evening and this image did come to mind while I tucked in.

Quote from: vzzbux on 16 September, 2009, 08:27:19 PM

Quote from: SuperSurfer on 16 September, 2009, 11:52:35 AM
What about this sicko:

"what we have here,,, is a metaphor.."



but on another perspective


man the host has human-like teeth --eeewww








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