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The Ungodly Creatures Thread
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:lol :lol :lolsubzero9285 said:Hatchetfish
Holy shit at their horrified expression! (They're much more fearsome in profile)
Heh. I dunno why anyone would be scared of the palm thief. The only thing that's dangerous about it is its habit of climbing up trees and rummaging noisily through coconuts, sometimes dropping them on unsuspecting bystanders - and its freakish pincer strength. When I met them as a kid they were pretty slow-moving things, minding their own business and searching for food most of the time. Blind as a bat too, but pretty apt at sniffing out "treats" in trashcans and everywhere else.
It's not like these guys sprint around on the hunt for juicy gaffers to rip to shreds. Leave some food or trash out and chances are they'll amble closer, eat as much as they can and drag the rest away into their holes to eat it later, but that's all.
Oh, and those long-legged spider crabs... they are delicious. I don't know if these particular ones are tasty, but when I was in Sri Lanka as a kid I gorged myself on them. They had a way of preparing them by mixing the flesh with spices and stuff and boiling (?) it inside the cleaned-out body carapace that was simply mouthwatering. I just wish my parents had gotten hold of the recipe.
Speaking of Sri Lanka, we had water scorpions and needle bugs in the pool. Freaked me out a bit at first.
Not my pictures. They're underwater creatures that breathe air through tubes sprouting out of their asses. Yeah.
Just look at him. A face only a mother could love.
...on the other hand, there are nearly no bugs that look "cute" from close up.
Needlebugs look less dangerous, but might still creep out some people.
They're quite harmless, but I could've sworn one of the fuckers bit me. It paid dearly for his dastardly assault on a superior species, inflating my ego quite a bit for the next few days. Heh.
It's not like these guys sprint around on the hunt for juicy gaffers to rip to shreds. Leave some food or trash out and chances are they'll amble closer, eat as much as they can and drag the rest away into their holes to eat it later, but that's all.
Oh, and those long-legged spider crabs... they are delicious. I don't know if these particular ones are tasty, but when I was in Sri Lanka as a kid I gorged myself on them. They had a way of preparing them by mixing the flesh with spices and stuff and boiling (?) it inside the cleaned-out body carapace that was simply mouthwatering. I just wish my parents had gotten hold of the recipe.
Speaking of Sri Lanka, we had water scorpions and needle bugs in the pool. Freaked me out a bit at first.
Not my pictures. They're underwater creatures that breathe air through tubes sprouting out of their asses. Yeah.
Just look at him. A face only a mother could love.
...on the other hand, there are nearly no bugs that look "cute" from close up.
Needlebugs look less dangerous, but might still creep out some people.
They're quite harmless, but I could've sworn one of the fuckers bit me. It paid dearly for his dastardly assault on a superior species, inflating my ego quite a bit for the next few days. Heh.
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Skittleguy
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Hmmm...must be NPD day.subzero9285 said:More Hatchetfish
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The legendary Megamouth shark
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Baker said:I saw this the other day and had a few rounds of WTF...
Tigerfish. Freshwater.
W.T.F. ?!!
Nematodes are great stuff, both from a scientific point of view and in their ability to gross people out. My biology prof loved them. There are so many differend kinds, some can only be seen under a microscope, some can easily reach one meter or more. Some are parasites, others predators....
There's even a theory that they're the real reason the staff of Aesculapius has a snake twisted around it.
See that bit where the worm pokes out of the foot in step four? You grab that worm end and wrap it around a stick. And for the next few days you pull it out sloooooowly using the stick, a few centimeters per day. Can take up to a few weeks if you're unlucky. I won't post a pic, go here or here if you want to see a foot with a piece of worm hanging out. Sicko.
Now if that isn't an ungodly creature I don't know what is.
Parasites in general make for great reading. Nothing for people with weak stomachs though. Some of that stuff is disgusting, to say the least. But it's also fascinating material.
There's even a theory that they're the real reason the staff of Aesculapius has a snake twisted around it.
See that bit where the worm pokes out of the foot in step four? You grab that worm end and wrap it around a stick. And for the next few days you pull it out sloooooowly using the stick, a few centimeters per day. Can take up to a few weeks if you're unlucky. I won't post a pic, go here or here if you want to see a foot with a piece of worm hanging out. Sicko.
Now if that isn't an ungodly creature I don't know what is.
Parasites in general make for great reading. Nothing for people with weak stomachs though. Some of that stuff is disgusting, to say the least. But it's also fascinating material.
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That's awesome. Hatchet fish have this permanent expression of abject horror that can only be matched by baby orang utans.subzero9285 said:More Hatchetfish
idahoblue said:Dude, you left out the best Coconut crab image:
And yeah, fuck those goblin sharks, they're like the mouth snappers in Aliens. Fuck that right off.
If I was walking along, and I came around the garbage can to see this, I'd scream like such a bitch that people within a 2 mile radius would need a hearing check-up. Then I'd run for my life.
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This made me laugh for like 3 minutes.
Great thread.
CENOBITE said:My favorite... the Mantis Shrimp, otherwise known by divers as the "Thumb Splitter" aka most evil shrimp ever (because its hits can split bone). What's better is you can have one as a pet!
Video of 'Baraka' the mantis shrip beating the everloving crud out of a crayfish:
Awesome, I didn't know this guy has the most powerful eyes of any animal.
This thread's educational, yo.
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CENOBITE said:My favorite... the Mantis Shrimp, otherwise known by divers as the "Thumb Splitter" aka most evil shrimp ever (because its hits can split bone). What's better is you can have one as a pet!
Son of a bitch! I´ve been watching videos of this guy, he´s an evil motherfucker!!
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Kenny the inbred White Tiger
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Yes. If ever I wanted new eyes implanted, it would be from the mantis shrimp (not really a shrimp, just in name). Jeebus, it can see like PREDATOR.
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...subzero9285 said:Kenny the inbred White Tiger
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Kittonwy?
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hahahah
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So beautiful. What a wonder of evolution.
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He is in fact mentally retarded, just like Kittonwy. Most white tigers in captivity are the result of extensive inbreeding and like most purebred animals, have a tendency towards genetic diseases and deformities.Bulla564 said:
White tigers are much rarer in the wild than their representation at zoos would suggest.
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This thread needs more insects.
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CENOBITE said:
I totally have to get one of these things!! I love mantis (used to have one as a pet in middle school), and shrimp is one of my favorite foods so it only makes sense!!
Edit: I don't have the time to take care of salt water creatures, so I guess it will have to wait. : (
Wow, those are beautiful.
Ooooh. Do a dragonfly larva next. I am so happy that these things aren't as big as they once were (>>75cm wingspan).EmCeeGramr said:
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Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
VeritasVierge
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NVM Beaten.
And quit picking on Kittonwy.
And quit picking on Kittonwy.
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good lordWhite Man said:
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But he's just a joke character some GAFer invented for the lulz. That makes picking on him so much fun!VeritasVierge said:
Awww...
Sorry, Kittonwy
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Wolf Spider carrying it's young.
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Hatchet fish have a very nasty camo ability...saw this on discovery and was shocked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Er4dpUfrM&feature=related
skip to the 5:42 mark and watch em disappear(almost)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Er4dpUfrM&feature=related
skip to the 5:42 mark and watch em disappear(almost)
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