is this your personal list or a free-for-all
the latter. have at it folks!
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Monday, 17 May 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
3. The blobfish
http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/files/news/images/blobfish.jpg
― emil.y, Monday, 17 May 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's ziggy
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 May 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus christ i am not looking at another one of these pictures
― Have a slice of wine! (HI DERE), Monday, 17 May 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
blobfish = mitch mcconnell meme
http://fauxpopuli.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mitch-mcconnell-09081.jpg
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
also i would totally kiw a giant isopod
― J0rdan S., Monday, 17 May 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
meanwhile it would totally eyf (eat your face)
― Have a slice of wine! (HI DERE), Monday, 17 May 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
4. The sea lamprey
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00946/pic_used/sea_lamprey.jpg
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP Beaver
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
5. The botfly, which deposits larvae in the bodies of mammals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqV1MCDLcMM
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
6. star-nosed mole
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1963/a304starnosedmole.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 17 May 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Giant_isopod.jpg
^^^what is up with this photo. the hand is all wrong, this is shopped somehow right...?
― huggable snuggable teddy bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
7. coconut crab
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/672/pets0918.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 17 May 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost two hands
― fit and working again, Monday, 17 May 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
two left hands? and one without a wrist?
― huggable snuggable teddy bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
8. Warty Sea Cucumber
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vxu_tx5NynY/SKeKUBKJpSI/AAAAAAAAJoY/6ecboStGNHQ/s400/DSC_9723m6.jpg
― woof, Monday, 17 May 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost i see a left hand and a right hand, left arm hidden directly behind beastie
― fit and working again, Monday, 17 May 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
oh I see it now.. although I dunno something about the right hand looks wrong to me
xp
― huggable snuggable teddy bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 17 May 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh god I almost screamed out loud at that picture of the coconut crab on the bin. I will continue checking this thread out of some bizarre compulsion I don't understand.
― Matt #2, Monday, 17 May 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh I forgot to mention another thing about Naked Mole Rats: in addition to being hideous, unusually long-lived feces-eating monsters that feel no pain, they also are to known to reproduce primarily through inbreeding.
― (latebloomer) (latebloomer), Monday, 17 May 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
They are so fucking awesome.
http://i42.tinypic.com/mto4d5.jpg
The so-called ghost slug first appeared in South Wales gardens in 2006, possibly after arriving as a stowaway in imported potted plants.The nocturnal predator is armed with blade-like teeth (see inset) for slicing through animal flesh and can measure up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) long when stalking its prey.They engulf worms piece by piece. One end of the worm will still be alive while the other is being gradually ratcheted into the slug by the teeth.
The nocturnal predator is armed with blade-like teeth (see inset) for slicing through animal flesh and can measure up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) long when stalking its prey.
They engulf worms piece by piece. One end of the worm will still be alive while the other is being gradually ratcheted into the slug by the teeth.
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Monday, 17 May 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG at the naked mole rat fun facts. I had no idea!
Star nosed mole would have been the first thing to come to mind for me. They're even worse when you see them moving. *shudder*
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Have we forgotten the tongue eating isopod?
http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f181/44221d1239579277-tongue-eating-isopod-tongue-replacement-isopod-1.jpg
ps - Harbl, it IS NOT cute. ;)
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
11) that fish that swims up your penis and sticks out its barbed fins
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
omg i hadn't even scrolled down far enough to read that before thinking "so cute" xpost
― Guns, Computer, The Internet (harbl), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL I swear I remember you thinking that it was cute when we posted about it last year or something. :-)
Jimmy Mod - was going to post penis parasite fish but apparently that may be a myth?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link
awwwww, the widdle isopod looks like he's hugging the fish's tongue. except he's not hugging it, he's hanging onto what's left of the tongue after he ripped it to shreds with his razor-sharp claws. but it looks like he's hugging the fish's tongue, awwwww.
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i just like its little face, and the front legs
― Guns, Computer, The Internet (harbl), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
its face looks just like a guinea pig's face, only pickled.
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
OK its face and legs are sorta cute but the whole ripping out the tongue thing negates that for me I guess.
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
one man's meat is another man's parasitic, tongue-shredding crustacean, eh
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
That coconut crab thing is some next-level skin-crawling shit. Did someone post that on a spider thread before or did I imagine that?
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
OK so somehow while looking for more ideas for this thread I just wound up looking at tons of pics of Peruvian guinea pig meals. They serve the suckers up whole legs and tails and all! O_O
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post - Yes, it was on a poll about which spider was the scariest even though it's not a spider but a crab. It was on that thread that I learned they hang out in trees and sometimes DROP FROM THE TREES AND LAND ON PPL'S HEADS. omg.
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost - how cruel! how disgusting! how barbaric!
are the guinea pigs pickled, perchance?
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
there is an img macro of that coconut crab going IS THIS THE OCEAN and i love it but i can't find it
― Guns, Computer, The Internet (harbl), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Guinea pigs not pickled lol. Look sorta roasted. It's not really people eating them that was gross just seeing them charred and whole was kinda surprising.
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
umm one of the "view image results" hits if you google the coconut crab involves one climbing up a guy's bare chest
for a second that felt gross, and then it started seeming like if you can just let them hang out on your bare chest, they must be pretty cool crabs
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
WAIT, i take it back, he is holding it suspended NEAR his bare chest, duh
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
urgh, those photos of guinea pigs laid out like roasted pigs, with little red peppers in their mouths, are waaaay over-the-top, even for jaded old me.
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
11) (Since we have established that the penis fish is a myth): Giant Salamander
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/BB-Japanese-Giant-Salamander.jpg
― sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~herpsgh/atama.jpg
HI I WILL SEE YOU IN YOUR DREAMS!
― sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
oh lord
that is something else
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
haah when i look at that i hear *BURRRRRRRRRRP*
― Guns, Computer, The Internet (harbl), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it's more of a *BRRRAPPPP* *BRRRAPPPP* *GLUG* *GLUG* in my mind, but I feel ya.
― not having a luxury watch is terrible (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
that 'mander's mouth looks like as if someone has carved a wedge outta the world's most spoiled smoked turkey
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i am sad emil.y got to the blobfish before me
― Guns, Computer, The Internet (harbl), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
12. The Surinam Toad
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2962447793_9df324313f.jpg
http://www.molvray.com/sf/exobio/images/byl_surinamtoadsm.gif
http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/surinam_toad_eggs2.jpg
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Barry the giant sea worm is both disgusting and awesome:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/31/article-1165930-03FD1AB7000005DC-269_468x329.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"sea squirt"
― ENBB, Thursday, 14 April 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Not only does it look like snot...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7wipJ8SWBV4/TaMK-wb1AQI/AAAAAAAAA0s/Pz5LY6aY1IQ/s400/seasquirt_lg.jpg
... but because it "smothers other creatures while producing acidic toxins that in turn prevent anything from growing on it." Class act, all the way.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
It looks less repellent close up in that person's hands than on the rock.
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Tardigrades aka the Water Bear
http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/news9_0.jpghttp://www.panspermia.org/tardigrade.jpghttp://tardigrade.acnatsci.org/tardigrades/pic311.pnghttp://www.damnedct.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tardigrade.jpg
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
I think tardigrades are kind of cute!!
― Col. Pinkney Lugenbeel (Abbbottt), Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
They are okay but then I think about drinking them and get a little weirded out.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Sunday, 15 May 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
AKA "moss piglets" according to Wikipedia.
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Sunday, 15 May 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
abbott otm the second one looks like a cute microscopic pig
― THAT'S LIGHTWEIGHT DICKERY (dayo), Sunday, 15 May 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://bighugelabs.com/output/lolcat2420b7f308f36328c33e73298066a1ea4ae5bc9d.jpg
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Sunday, 15 May 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://bighugelabs.com/output/lolcat670805fed23b68ebfd2bd8d78809c347e6375743.jpg
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Sunday, 15 May 2011 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
You get the idea.
I don't get the idea because I don't see any pics. :(
― Coelacanth Green (Leee), Sunday, 15 May 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
MAGGOT: XTREME CLOSE-UP
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/03/article-1299938-0AAB7470000005DC-411_634x587.jpg
― tubular balls (Pillbox), Sunday, 15 May 2011 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
No way! They've just been tiny inside-out Walruses this whole time!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Sunday, 15 May 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
New primes album?
― blank, Sunday, 15 May 2011 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
Primus. Fucking iPhone.
Just as lovely as the Maggot, the water bear.http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52392000/jpg/_52392786_c0089246-spl.jpgRead all 'bout it!http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/12855775
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 07:47 (twelve years ago) link
reminds me of http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/07/combineEliteNotCosplay.jpg
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.damnedct.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tardigrade.jpg
this tard's got pizazz
― zingstreet (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
Weird. Well they were lolwaterbears.
― a giant and leaky bag of mayhem (Jesse), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh tarantula hawkhttp://i.imgur.com/eRLUH.jpg
― the dn centipede (_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_, ◦ ⃝◦ (cozen), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
I have so many feelings about that!
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 17 June 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
That is a tarantula hawk.
The tarantula hawk is relatively docile and rarely stings without provocation. However the sting, particularly of Pepsis formosa, is among the most painful of any insect, though the intense pain only lasts for about 3 minutes.[3] Commenting on his own experience, one researcher described the pain as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."[2] In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, second only to that of the bullet ant and is described by Schmidt as "blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric".[4]
Schmidt Sting Pain Index!
― Jesse, Friday, 17 June 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, duh, cozen identified it in the original post.
― Jesse, Friday, 17 June 2011 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
Is this index a joke?
1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic and burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
― Jesse, Friday, 17 June 2011 12:26 (twelve years ago) link
poll
― the dn centipede (_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_,(_, ◦ ⃝◦ (cozen), Friday, 17 June 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
Flickr gallery of close up bug faces
― They're coming to get you, (Jenny), Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2353963/Frankenstein-rabbit-monster-spikes-sticking-head-draws-hundreds-thousands-spectators-online.html
http://i.imgur.com/FFwWXvr.jpg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
poor little guy
― Treeship, Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jLnsphG.gif
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
what is that beautiful beast
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:39 (ten years ago) link
idk but Ian Holm sure seems keen for me to get it back to earth in one piece
― sktsh, Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
goblin shark i think
― Number None, Thursday, 21 November 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah goblin shark. Thought extinct till relatively recently I believe.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 21 November 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark
― ✓B (Matt P), Thursday, 21 November 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
Are the second teeth from an animal hiding inside a shark carcass maybe?
― polyphonic, Thursday, 21 November 2013 07:32 (ten years ago) link
yes, but it's a shark too, so it picked pretty much the absolute worst disguise
― j., Friday, 22 November 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
We talked about it over on Weird Animals
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2013/10/600-grey-goblin.gif
― 乒乓, Friday, 22 November 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
Rodents that are attracted to poo: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131111-hate-poo-theres-good-reason-why/all
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Friday, 22 November 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0mXz_Qqp4
― gr8080, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
some pretty crazy shit here: http://gizmodo.com/this-deep-sea-fisherman-posts-his-discoveries-on-twitte-1790323479
original twitter feed w/ images (in russian) https://twitter.com/rfedortsov/media
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--svrwbNOu--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/bcuihhbnenhzasfg09h5.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwKCReUWcAAg0Zp.jpg
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Czk4oHqWQAAn4FU.jpg