Many studies of sticky animals have led to the development of new materials
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 21:59 (nine years ago)
yes who can forget 3M's bold research on sellotapeworms
― Mother Teresa May I (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:13 (nine years ago)
this gecko that can shed its scale sgives me the heebiejeebies
https://i.imgur.com/4MDCBbZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cUCITMm.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 17:00 (nine years ago)
the phrase "looks like a raw chicken breast" stuck in my mind's eye
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 17:06 (nine years ago)
The phrase "googly-eyed penis" stuck in mine.
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 14:08 (nine years ago)
Did George Lucas know about the bobbit worm before Jedi or was it just chance that he thought up a giant one?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 14:27 (nine years ago)
That sand striker footage is just missing a moment where there's a belch followed by a perfectly formed fish skeleton popping out of the sand
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 14:48 (nine years ago)
Eunice aphroditois are common on soft bottoms in warm waters, and if Lucas were a scuba diver he'd be aware of them. It wasn't known colequially as the Bobbit worm prior 1996, after Loreena Bobbit.
http://i.imgur.com/eSOyd3k.jpg
― президентских компромат (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:27 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/4FdNaJK.gif
― президентских компромат (Sanpaku), Friday, 17 February 2017 23:27 (nine years ago)
oh i hate that
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 February 2017 23:35 (nine years ago)
Evil.
― Dr. MC Selar (Leee), Saturday, 18 February 2017 00:37 (nine years ago)
never seen a fish emote like that
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Sunday, 19 February 2017 07:03 (nine years ago)
https://68.media.tumblr.com/204891818aca56c158bdeb07b07cae6f/tumblr_inline_ollyarKWQt1qb3qcf_540.jpg
the warusoba can be deep fried and eaten
― 龜, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:50 (nine years ago)
hr giger's lunchbox
― not even my mate ross king sniffed out this hot gossip (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:55 (nine years ago)
apparently it was the inspiration for alien?
― 龜, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:09 (nine years ago)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/17/scientists-find-giant-elusive-clam-known-as-the-unicorn-of-mollusks/
― 龜, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:53 (nine years ago)
Is 'mollusk' the US spelling? No matter, it just looks odd to me.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 21:25 (nine years ago)
Yeah sorry, I know they're in the phylum Mollusca, but we spell it mollusk all the same.
― Sadavir Entwhistle (Leee), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 23:30 (nine years ago)
Ignoring the memetic internet slang, pretty funny:
https://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/159737441365/asapscience-this-never-gets-old
― Sadavir Entwhistle (Leee), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 19:11 (nine years ago)
https://assets.wired.com/photos/w_1536/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Freediver-and-giant-manta-copyright-Andrea-Marshall.jpg
It is 25 feet wide.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:26 (nine years ago)
Or those remoras???
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:00 (nine years ago)
OMG that is awesome in lots of ways
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:10 (nine years ago)
Right?
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/andrea-marshall-manta-queen/#slide-1
Leee - assume they're some kind of parasitic sucker fish (highly technical term) that's latching onto the ray but I have no idea what kind.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:48 (nine years ago)
Sigh. *Are
Remoras are symbiotic sucker fish. That pic though gives me the creeps.
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 23:59 (nine years ago)
Just say NO to parasites. They fill me with a primordial horror/revulsion.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Thursday, 27 April 2017 04:01 (nine years ago)
remoras are anti-parasite; it's a mutualistic rleationshiphttp://www.leisurepro.com/blog/explore-the-blue/shark-remora-relationship/
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Thursday, 27 April 2017 14:51 (nine years ago)
Oh, cool! I had this image (from another fish?) of them attaching themselves and sucking blood. If I had to guess I'd say...leechfish, because that's how stuff is named.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:35 (nine years ago)
remoras are anti-parasite; it's a mutualistic rleationship
I'd forgotten they cleaned up their host's skin, but that picture! It's like a different kind of trypophobia.
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:10 (nine years ago)
Lampreys?
― handy bowling (doo dah), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:15 (nine years ago)
yes and let's please not add pictures of them or hagfish here
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:27 (nine years ago)
They do fit the WEIRD criterion, though!
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:27 (nine years ago)
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05lostcity/logs/july27/media/xeno2_600.jpg
xenophyophores, (relatively) giant single-celled amoeba-like organisms that live on the deepest sea floors
― clouds, Sunday, 30 April 2017 17:18 (nine years ago)
Dang that's a big cell.
― mutual interest in technology, the ocean & rap music (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 09:50 (nine years ago)
right? so bizarre -- they can't even really study them well because they just fall apart when they attempt to capture them
― clouds, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:16 (nine years ago)
news of a single-celled organism that can grow to nearly a foot across is kinda blowing my mind tbh
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 15:22 (nine years ago)
makes me wonder why i bother having all these other cells
the biggest cell, the best cell
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:03 (nine years ago)
Note that there are many, many cell nuclei in that xenophyophore, they just share a common cytoplasm. All it takes is nuclear replication without cytokinesis. Seems a perfectly reasonable solution for organisms with no need for tissue differentiation or cell migration during development.
Xenophyophores aren't the largest multinucleated cells. The aquatic algae Caulerpa taxifolia grows to 6-12 inches long. The pretzel slime mold Hemitrichia serpula is one you could find in temperate forests.
http://www.ispotnature.org/sites/default/files/images/51608/39f663908013471a17b43bfe643858c1.jpg
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:31 (nine years ago)
^aren't the largest by some measures. Also, wiki tells me that some filamentous mold cells extend hundreds of meters.
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:33 (nine years ago)
mmmm pretzel cells
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:41 (nine years ago)
Dammit ulysses beat me to it.
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 17:06 (nine years ago)
i'm getting alphabetti spaghetti vibes
― nxd, Thursday, 4 May 2017 08:26 (nine years ago)
Should thread title be changed to weird eukaryotes since we've now moved into slime mold and sea floor "thing" territory
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Thursday, 4 May 2017 10:51 (nine years ago)
Weird living things would be sufficiently broad, I think. Plus, we're leaving out the botanists.
Hydnora africanahttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4HaK29r8LuI/UMsTw8EcQAI/AAAAAAAAFuQ/zgFRoL-WEOk/s1600/hydnora_africana_flower.jpg
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Thursday, 4 May 2017 18:01 (nine years ago)
S/D plants that look like they're screaming
― ultros ultros-ghali, Thursday, 4 May 2017 18:12 (nine years ago)
Plants that look like screaming hamburgers.
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Thursday, 4 May 2017 20:09 (nine years ago)
feed me seymour
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Thursday, 4 May 2017 21:06 (nine years ago)
thanks for that tidbit sanpaku, v interesting. i'm so not a science person but i'm trying to be!
― clouds, Friday, 5 May 2017 00:00 (nine years ago)
BTW, I was wrong about Caulerpa taxifolia - single multinucleate cells can have creeping stolons that extend for several meters. It isn't rare at all, this is the invasiver algae that's wiping out native life in the Mediterranean, as none of the local herbivores are adapted to its toxins.
http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/ContentImages/_w/bio_Caul.diagram_jpg.jpg
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Friday, 5 May 2017 00:19 (nine years ago)
https://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/the-langoliers.jpg
x-post
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Friday, 5 May 2017 06:37 (nine years ago)