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Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Baggy:
I'm so glad this thread got necro-posted.
Behold Vampyroteuthis infernalis! It's not a squid or an octopus, but rather of its own order that split off they think back in the devonian period. Its essentially the missing link between octopi and squids. It swims with fins instead of jet propulsion like most cephalopods, and it can shoot a cloud of gooey glow stuff that keeps glowing for 10 minutes to distract predators!
I is Grammar:
Spotted Eagle Ray
This is the guy that offed Steve Irwin. It is the most venomous sting-ray in the seas, and it would have killed him even if he had been stung in the foot, because the neurotoxins are that strong. I get asked this question about every day at work. (I work at a skates and rays tank in a marine museum.)
@mantis shrimp: We had caught a mantis shrimp in a trawl net when I was taking a summer class at a marine science consortium, and we kept it and put it in an aquarium. One of the dumbass boys in the class started tapping at the glass to see what it would do, and it shot out the appendage and smashed the glass of the aquarium. Scared the hell out of all of us.
@Portugese Man-o-wars: They are technically plankton, because of their inability to swim against the current. They rely on their sails to catch the wind and move. I was stung by one off the coast of Bermuda, and I had to spend a week in a Bermuda hospital. Woo fun vacation!
GOD I love this thread.
Gryff:
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Johnny C:
Thanks, Gryff! Thanks for that. I'll sleep again for sure!
Gryff:
It survives by drinking from the artery...
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