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Title: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ally on 01 Jul 2007, 20:26: creature: The pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise), a recent discovery, is the smallest known seahorse on the planet.
why you should be aware of it: Something this small could easily swim up your nostril and cause a lot of discomfort.
picture:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/stifled_dreams/fish/JA_PIC_12_1.jpg)

More sea creatures that we should probably be aware of, please. We do like fish!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: calenlass on 01 Jul 2007, 20:38: I certainly like this fish!

(http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-06/mummified-sea-monster.jpg)

Worst fear: Dentists.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: colleenxcore on 01 Jul 2007, 21:26: I think people should be more aware of the Giant Pink Sea Snail, which makes its home in the South Seas, near the drifting Seastar Island. The inside of its shell can safely and comfortably accomodate several people for lengthy voyages, making it rather a lovely alternative to the pricey luxury cruises, which are prone to sinking. It is capable of catching cold, but give it some cough medicine, and it will be fine.

People should also be more aware of the noble and majestic Narwhal! Unicorn of the sea!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: godinpants on 01 Jul 2007, 21:40: I only found out about the narwhal a few months ago, fucking awesome they are.
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Post by: Liam on 01 Jul 2007, 22:40: colleenxcore: Dr. Doolittle reference, or something stranger still?
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Post by: Verergoca on 01 Jul 2007, 22:44: Ooooh. that is a pretty cool badass seahorsie!

*swoon*
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lunchbox on 02 Jul 2007, 00:15: You should probably be careful of mermaids. If you're out boating and you have a thing for ladies (sometimes even if you don't), mermaids could call you to your doom. They're pretty, I know, but guh they're evil.

(http://www.aquamarinedreams.com/SexyMermaid.gif)
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Post by: T-Rex on 02 Jul 2007, 00:19: Fact: Transgendered children often collect mermaids and find them fascinating because they lack obvious genitalia.
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Post by: Ballard on 02 Jul 2007, 02:57: Please let's not make this thread about candiru. Please.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lunchbox on 02 Jul 2007, 04:26: We can't make this thread about Candiru because they live in freshwater, and this thread is about sea creatures.

Another sea creature you should beware of is Gyarados.
(http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/a130.jpg)
Genetically predisposed to anger, Gyarados are capable of destroying cities with Hyper Beam and there is PRETTY MUCH NOTHING YOU CAN DO. They are just mean motherfucking fish.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Gryff on 02 Jul 2007, 05:05: IN BEFORE ISOPODS
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Post by: Lunchbox on 02 Jul 2007, 05:19: You don't need to worry about isopods. They won't hurt you.
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Post by: Lummer on 02 Jul 2007, 05:31: There exists evidence, that the Kraken actually exists. In the waters near the near the arctic cirlces, there have been sightings of Cephalopods the size of a 100 feet.

I think that's pretty awesome. Who knows what lurks in the deep?

Whoops, My bad, they're not THAT big, but still pretty darned huge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6385071.stm

"One expert said calamari rings made from it would be like tractor tyres." That's fucking awesome..
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: godinpants on 02 Jul 2007, 05:47: (http://www.dearreid.com/grc/aquaman.jpg)

You should all probably be aware of Aquaman.
He's normally pretty cool until you mention the fact he's the least useful member of any super hero team.

I would pay to see Aquaman take on a Gyrados, or the Kraken for that matter.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 02 Jul 2007, 05:57: They attack boats.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2661691.stm

In lab tests, the Giant Squid, smaller cousin of the Architeuthis Dux (Colossal Squid) has learned to open jars, proving it to be a highly intelligent predater as well. Cephalopods of these large sizes generally have a highly developed nervous system.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Cartilage Head on 02 Jul 2007, 06:04: (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/hey_there_fatty/Nautilus.jpg)

Don't act like you don't know that Nautilus is faster and bigger than any damn ship.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 02 Jul 2007, 06:40: Tiny octopus! I'm pretty sure it's just a baby but it is the single cutest thing I've ever seen.

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jimmy5times/Baby_Octopus_by_superchickenn123.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ElRodente on 02 Jul 2007, 06:45: I'd like to Draw people's attention to JimmyTheSquid
He has been known to eat entire cruise liners whole, and much like gyrados, has hyper beam capabilities.

One scientist described him as "Half Iago, half Fu Manchu, all Bastard" but nobody really knows what that means.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 02 Jul 2007, 06:51: Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 02 Jul 2007, 06:40
Tiny octopus! I'm pretty sure it's just a baby but it is the single cutest thing I've ever seen.

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/jimmy5times/Baby_Octopus_by_superchickenn123.jpg)

But it will still DEVOUR YOUR VERY SOUL!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 07:12: I think everyone should know about the coelacanth.

(http://www.mnh.si.edu/highlight/coelacanth/images/image_2_lg.jpg)

Well, not everyone, just cool people, so that you can feel smart when you know how to pronounce the name and noone else can.

Also, I'm not sure how that photo was taken, considering coelacanth's live several hundred feet underwater.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Oli on 02 Jul 2007, 07:15: Thanks to this thread I am aware of more sea creatures than I was yesterday.

Well done QC!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Verergoca on 02 Jul 2007, 07:36: Solenostomus paradoxusus REPRESENT!

(http://www.starfish.ch/photos/fishes-Fische/ghostpipefishes-Geisterpfeifenfische/Solenostomus-paradoxus.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: mberan42 on 02 Jul 2007, 07:48: Since I post it on other threads, especially ones that I want Tommy to freak out at, should I get it over with and post the Isopod pic?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lines on 02 Jul 2007, 08:20: Other than the one where it's devouring the tongue of whatever it was inside of, they don't look too bad. They kind of remind me of the Garthim (thanks Jimmy) from The Dark Crystal. But yeah, that one pic gives me the heebie jeebies.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/380353_028542ead3.jpg)

I wouldn't want to hug this thing, though.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 02 Jul 2007, 08:37: The word you are looking for is Garthim.
And I have been known to devour entire fleets. I'm surprised no one has asked me to take care of the Pasha Bunker or whatever it is called.
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Post by: chocolate_octopus on 02 Jul 2007, 08:56: I would like to make you all aware of me! (I am both tasty and informative)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: axerton on 02 Jul 2007, 08:59: Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 02 Jul 2007, 08:37
And I have been known to devour entire fleets. I'm surprised no one has asked me to take care of the Pasha Bunker or whatever it is called.

come on, Newcastle need some sort of tourist attraction, and actually the owners would like to get more than the occasional chunk of wood and metal back (and of cause the obligatory captain's hat - even if the captain wasn't on board it still has to float to the top)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: HPPH on 02 Jul 2007, 09:24: This far and no Gyo references about sharks and fish on four legs?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/hpph/fuckindork/gyo_page0528.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 02 Jul 2007, 09:42: Quote from: Linds on 02 Jul 2007, 08:20
Other than the one where it's devouring the tongue of whatever it was inside of, they don't look too bad. They kind of remind me of the Garthim (thanks Jimmy) from The Dark Crystal. But yeah, that one pic gives me the heebie jeebies.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/380353_028542ead3.jpg)

I wouldn't want to hug this thing, though.

That really does look like an albino Garthim!

Cool to see I'm not the only person in the world who's seen that film :D
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Orbert on 02 Jul 2007, 10:30: You should be aware that the two halves of a lobster's shell grow independently. They have red, yellow, and blue pigment in their shells.

This lobster is missing the blue pigment on his left side, resulting in the lobster-unfashionable "already cooked" look:

(http://cellar.org/2006/twotonelobster.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 10:35: Actually, referring to the "already cooked look," that just generally is something a lot of people don't seem to realize. Live lobsters are not red; they are dark blue, and only turn red when you cook them.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lines on 02 Jul 2007, 10:43: That is one crazy looking lobster.

Also, beware the Street Sharks!

(http://www.collectorsconnection.com/imagese/34a324.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Oli on 02 Jul 2007, 11:05: The Street Sharks ain't got nothing on these motherfuckers.

(http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/alexandrahaywood/2005/10/31/3700173209701.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lines on 02 Jul 2007, 11:14: Yeah, I think they would beat the living snot out of them. Street Sharks suck. I think these two could take them, too. I mean, look at them...

(http://www.richardcleaver.com/images/spongebob.jpg)

Vicious.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Kylos on 02 Jul 2007, 11:35: Being scared of cephalopods and crabs and all...
This page has officially creeped me the fuck out.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Nautilus-JB-01.jpg/230px-Nautilus-JB-01.jpg)

Horrible.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: colleenxcore on 02 Jul 2007, 11:52: Quote from: Liam on 01 Jul 2007, 22:40
colleenxcore: Dr. Doolittle reference, or something stranger still?

Definitely Dr. Dolittle. None of this Eddie Murphy and Olivia Huxtable crap, either. I prefer good ol' Rex Harrison and lanky Irishmen any day.

As for Aquaman, he still ain't got shit on The Narwhal. Observe!
(http://www.xepher.net/~tsat/gfx/art/ian.williams/williams.narwhal.jpg)

In our appreciation of sea life, let us not forget the creatures of the ancient deep! I give you ANOMALOCARIS, super predator of the Cambrian!

(http://lesdinos.free.fr/anomalocaris.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: calenlass on 02 Jul 2007, 11:57: I can fix it!

(http://unicorngallery.rubberslug.com/gallery/img.aspx?ImageID=363867&Max=400&s=0)(http://unicorngallery.rubberslug.com/gallery/img.aspx?ImageID=363867&Max=400&s=1)
(http://unicorngallery.rubberslug.com/gallery/img.aspx?ImageID=363867&Max=400&s=2)(http://unicorngallery.rubberslug.com/gallery/img.aspx?ImageID=363867&Max=400&s=3)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PbSIsDRiuTw
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Post by: colleenxcore on 02 Jul 2007, 12:05: Oh my god, is that Serendipity?

Edited, because I just clicked the link. LOL. A thousand hoorays!
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Post by: calenlass on 02 Jul 2007, 12:07: Quite so. She is super-friendly, but still sinks ships!
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Post by: pi on 02 Jul 2007, 13:05: Quote from: tommydski on 02 Jul 2007, 05:58
sunfish

, otherwise known as 'mola mola', are ferocious.
(http://www.eyeonthesea.co.nz/sony/images/Sunfish%20CU.JPG)
DAAAADUM DAADUM

Here's a talk on said mola, humorous at times.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/126
I like TED in general.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: camelpimp on 02 Jul 2007, 13:16: I saw a TV show once on this jellyfish that size of your pinkie, but it can KILL YOU. It lives mainly off of the coast of Australia? I think. Can't remember the name.
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Post by: calenlass on 02 Jul 2007, 13:23: I THINK YOU MEAN CTENOPHORA

(http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/mnemiopsis.250.gif)

THEIR BIOLUMINESCENCE CAN SLAY THOUSANDS

(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/images/RedLine1.jpg)

DOOOOM
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Post by: calenlass on 02 Jul 2007, 13:23: (Also that one totally looks like a penis.)
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Post by: camelpimp on 02 Jul 2007, 13:27: Being killed by a itsy-bitsy dick. What a way to go.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Verergoca on 02 Jul 2007, 13:51: That lecture is way cool! Huzzah! *goes to watch it again*

Also, i believe you mean the Irukandji jellyfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish)
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Post by: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 14:15: Quote from: colleenxcore on 02 Jul 2007, 11:52
I give you ANOMALOCARIS, super predator of the Cambrian!
Oh yeah, back in college I did an animation about this thing:
(http://ewancient.lysator.liu.se/pic/art/j/h/jhocking/anomaly.jpg)

ADDITION: doh I just said "back in college." fuck you tommy, fuck you
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 14:58: Quote from: camelpimp on 02 Jul 2007, 13:16
I saw a TV show once on this jellyfish that size of your pinkie, but it can KILL YOU. It lives mainly off of the coast of Australia? I think. Can't remember the name.

I am fairly sure that you mean the sea wasp, cubozoa (also known as the box jelly, Carybdea marsupialis). They are the most deadly creature on earth; they have enough venom to kill 60 men. Lifeguards in Australia have supposedly used stockings to protect against these deadly stings, since with even a tiny bit of fabric covering your arm, you are protected.
(http://jellieszone.com/Output/Hydromedusae/Popup189.jpg)
(I spent finals week reading my school's 11 volume encyclopedia of aquatic life instead of studying.)

Also there are too many imaginary creatures here. I'm disappointed, I had hoped that we could compile a really awesome list of marine life to be aware of. Oh well.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 15:26: Sea cucumbers defend themselves by vomiting their internal organs at a potential predator, then retreating to go and grow them back.

SEE ALSO: Sea cucumbers are freaking gross

(http://www.alaskaunderseatours.com/photo_gallery/images/Sea-Cucumber.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 16:03: Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 15:26
Sea cucumbers defend themselves by vomiting their internal organs at a potential predator
I imagine this is a pretty effective defense. I know I would be frozen in shock if someone barfed a lung at me, giving them ample time to escape.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ZJGent on 02 Jul 2007, 16:04: Quote from: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 16:03
I once tried to attack a leper.
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Post by: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:33: I don't know what this thing is, but if anyone knows that would be awesome. It's like a slimy squid-dog! I think it may be called a chimera, but I'm not sure.
(http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/chimaera_pup.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: camelpimp on 02 Jul 2007, 16:36: Quote from: Verergoca on 02 Jul 2007, 13:51
That lecture is way cool! Huzzah! *goes to watch it again*

Also, i believe you mean the Irukandji jellyfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish)

Actually I did mean that. But it's not actually very fatal at all, so I was mistaken.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 16:44: Oops, vergy, I completely missed your post, my apologies for being redundant.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Cernunnos on 02 Jul 2007, 16:47: (http://www.greengoblin.com/internal/corner/shark.jpg)

eeeeeew goblin shaaaark
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Post by: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:50: That is definitely a painting, look at the paper grain...

Fun fact!
"Lampreys, Hagfish, and "cookie cutter" sharks are all part of the group (or superphylum, but not really formally) agnatha, which contains the jawless fish. They only have teeth around an open mouth, that they can use to spear into a prey, and tear off chunks by writhing about. Lampreys also create copious amounts of slime, which coats their bodies, allowing them to tie a knot with their bodies down by their tail, and wriggle it up to the mouth, using this to push the mouth away from the prey and therefore tear off a hunk. Crazy, huh?"
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Post by: Cernunnos on 02 Jul 2007, 16:54: (http://www.amonline.net.au/FISHES/collections/tour/images/goblind.jpg)
that better?
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Post by: Lunchbox on 02 Jul 2007, 16:55: It could also be a really bad scan, Manda.

The Blue Ringed Octopus is really cute. It is the size of a golf ball and glows with incandescent blue circles when grumpy.
(http://www.taucher.net/redaktion/29/waka/Blue%20Ringed%20Octopus.jpg)
Unfortunately it is also really dangerous. If you are mooching about in the Pacific Ocean and you step on one, you will probably die, either from paralysis from the neurotoxins (you'll stop breathing or your heart will arrest), or from a cuteness overdose because OMG YOU'VE BEEN GOT BY A CUTE LITTLE ADORABLE BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS FUCK OW SHIT.
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Post by: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:59: Aww I want one...
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Post by: Lunchbox on 02 Jul 2007, 17:09: It carries enough venom to kill 26 adults. Adorable, huh? Don't you want to poke it?
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Post by: calenlass on 02 Jul 2007, 18:10: Ally I am sorry for filling your thread with made-up creatures (and/or lies about real ones), but I kind of saw the picture you posted and thought that's what you were going for. If nothing else, it's a bad photo choice because somehow (photoshop?) the seahorse is at a different resolution than the rest of the fingers and things in the picture, and also looks like it was cut and pasted.
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Post by: jmrz on 02 Jul 2007, 18:19: Why do I have to live in a country with so many dangerous killing machines for animals?

Someone kidnap me and take me somewhere safe.
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Post by: jhocking on 02 Jul 2007, 18:51: Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:59
Aww I want one...

[size=8]TO HURL AT MY ENEMIES[/size]
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 19:18: That's okay Katie, you know I will always love you. The seahorse is, in fact, real; I think it looks cut-and-paste because it has a sort of white film around it. It is actually that small, though:
(http://www.tackettproductions.com/H.denise/H.denise-8.jpg)
(http://www.tackettproductions.com/H.denise/H.denise-7.jpg)
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Post by: colleenxcore on 02 Jul 2007, 20:07: I can't wait to take all this knowledge with me when I start Intro. to Ocean Science next month!

That Blue-Ringed Octopus really is cute, and also reminded me of Zach's comic about them: http://www.animalshaveproblemstoo.com/view.php?id=308

Octopi are REALLY fascinating animals. Try to ignore the lame narrative:

1. They attack sharks.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060906-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060906-octopus-video.html)

2. The cyanea octopus is a MASTER OF DISGUISE.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070216-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070216-octopus-video.html)

3. The amel octopus can amputate its tentacles when in danger, in order to escape, and they grow back.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070118-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070118-octopus-video.html)

4. They can squeeze through tiny spaces.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070116-octopus-video.html)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061212-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061212-octopus-video.html)

BONUS! Octoporn!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070216-octopus-video.html (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070216-octopus-video.html)
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Post by: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 20:29: That narration is terrible enough to be comic! Octopi are so smart, though. My mom watched a tv show about how smart they are and now she is in love with them and will probably someday bring one home.

Also, unfortunately octoporn does not mean the lovechild of an octopus and a unicorn.

Also, whale sharks are so cool.

(http://www.arkive.org/media/F121C21F-3EAE-4078-B188-096F830F8515/Presentation.Large/large-Whale-shark-feeding.jpg)

They are ridiculously big but only eat teeny tiny things (like most whales). Still, you should probably be aware of them because look at how large that mouth is! They are pretty playful though and maybe someday you will make friends with one. It is estimated that their life span is from 70 to 180 years!
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Post by: Liz on 02 Jul 2007, 20:42: Let me introduce you to...

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/242/462299131_507c4bbf25.jpg?v=0)

Glaucilla marginata!
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Post by: Eris on 02 Jul 2007, 21:11: (http://chez.mana.pf/~herminet/mpi7stonefish.jpg)
The stonefish! It disguises itself, and if you step on it, then its venom can cause severe pain with possible shock, paralysis, and tissue death depending on the depth of the penetration. If you don't get immediate medical attention than it is pretty likely that you will die.
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Post by: colleenxcore on 02 Jul 2007, 21:49: That stonefish is a pretty badass-looking motherfucker. Also, I'm really excited someone brought up whale sharks! I wish one was my bff. I saw a National Geographic video once where one opened its huge mouth and just swam through clouds of fish spawn to eat them.

Lesson summary: Whale sharks have a taste for fish eggs and jizz.

P.S.

This might be my favourite thread.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 02 Jul 2007, 23:12: You should be aware that mantis shrimp have appendages with which they can strike at prey at extremely high speeds. There are over 400 species of mantis shrimp, roughly classified into two main groups. "Spearers" have a barbed tip that, as their name indicates, hooks prey. "Smashers", however, have a club on the end of their appendages, which they can propel at speeds of up to 23m/s (about 50mph) to stun prey and smash open shells. The sheer speed of the strike also creates a cavitation bubble, which collapses instantaneously, creating a shockwave that can stun or even kill the prey. Captive mantis shrimp have been known to bust out the glass of their aquariums with a single blow, and encounters with unlucky divers have earned them the nickname of "thumb splitters".
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/60756653_fbe727414a.jpg)
Peacock mantis shrimp.
(http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Mantis_Shrimp_Tony.jpg)
Mantis shrimp with appendage fully extended.

And speaking of cavitation bubbles, you should also be aware of the pistol shrimp, which uses its claw to fire a stream of bubbles that collapse with such force that they approach the temperature of the sun for a split second. The resulting shockwave instantly stuns any small prey unlucky enough to be caught in the blast radius, which the pistol shrimp then consumes.
(http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/images/561_tigerpistol1.jpg)
VIDEO (http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPrGxB1Kzc)
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Post by: mooface on 03 Jul 2007, 01:47: (http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd96fa97954cd500cdf7e53066094f-320pi)

you should be aware of sea otters because they are endangered. a world without sea otters would be a terrible world. they are SO DARN CUTE.
they are also really intelligent and use tools for things like cracking sea urchins open!

(http://oceans.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/en/photo-audio-video/photos/blobfish.jpg)
???!?!?!!???
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Post by: Lummer on 03 Jul 2007, 01:51: Them there shrimps be METAL!!!
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Post by: Gryff on 03 Jul 2007, 03:13: It's threads like these where I wish Duchess Tapioca were still around.
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Post by: redglasscurls on 03 Jul 2007, 05:06: Ronburgundy, those shrimp are fucking amazing! I can't believe I'd never heard of them until now, my education seems to have been woefully incomplete!
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Post by: Verergoca on 03 Jul 2007, 05:24: This TED thingsy (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/77) is all about them mantis shrimp. Tis cool!
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Post by: The extra letter on 03 Jul 2007, 06:10: (lifted wholesale from a similar post I made at another site)

Polychaete worms (-chaetae because they’ve got little bristles of chitin called “Chaetae” and –poly because there’s lots of them) are in the phylum Annelida, along with leeches and earthworms. While they’re almost exclusively restricted to marine environments they make up about 8000 of 9000 annelid species and are some of the most abundant marine organisms. Probably the most famous polychaetes are the “tube worms” one sees in just about every documentary that features deep-sea geothermal vents.

Many of the species found around the geothermal vents are also notable as they are capable of surviving constant temperatures of up to 80°C. Tubeworms are filter feeders, using those weird feathery appendages they stick out of their tubes to gather nutrients from the surrounding ocean. Just as notable but not quite as awesome looking are the smaller relatives of the ocean vent tubeworms. It’s these tubeworms that are responsible for the weird bone-like squiggles you see on some rocks from the ocean (just in case you ever wondered).

Also worth mentioning are the sandworms (unfortunately not those of Dune fame). These live in U-shaped burrows in sandy areas such as beaches. The end of the burrow where the sandworm’s tail is located is marked by a big coiled pile of sand, where the worm hass been constantly pooping out sand and waste products. This big sandy coiled turd the worm leaves is due to the sandworm’s method of gaining nutrients. Unlike its pickier tubeworm relatives, the sandworm gets all its food by just swallowing a big mouthful of sand and allowing its digestive system to sort out the nutrients from all the sand.

As well as the stay-at-home tubeworms and lugworms, polychaetes are also represented by some far more mobile groups. These active polychaetes can be herbivores, omnivores, carnivores or quite specific parasites on other sea critters. Quite a few polychaetes can look pretty damn awesome, thanks to those chitin chaetae I mentioned. In some cases the chaetae can get a weird rainbow sheen to them that looks a bit like the rainbow reflections you get off CDs.

(http://www.glaucus.org.uk/seamouse.jpg)
Like this “sea mouse”.

(http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/ButterflyReef/polychaete.JPG)
(http://ebiomedia.com/feat/images/March06.jpg)
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Post by: godinpants on 03 Jul 2007, 06:12: Theres a Scared Weird Little Guys song about all the dangerous stuff in Australia that will mess you up.

Including this one.
(http://www.cei.net/~dvines/part1-75.gif)
What they called the "shell that when you pick it up stings you".
It's called a cone shell, and basically uses its little poker bit to stab and poison things. Including you when you pick it up.

This really made me too scared to pick up shells at the beach.

edit: heres the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMarRzd28w but it covers more than sea stuff.
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Post by: pi on 03 Jul 2007, 08:46: All those poisonous and horned creatures are nice and all, but we're missing an entire class of combat. If I were building an army of said creatures, I would not win any battles as none of them have any ranged melee attacks.

Come on now, guys. We'd get slaughtered before we can get close enough to cross teeth!

...Which is why I'm proposing adding the Pistol Shrimp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPrGxB1Kzc).. or, for that matter, any other gun-weilding creature to our battalion of global domination.

This guy can project a 100km/h wave of water heated to 9900 Celsius.
Just look at that right claw!
(http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/images/rollovers/Alpheus%20heterochaelis.jpg)
BURN.

edit: so it appears ImRonBurgundy stole my thunder. In my defense, he sited 400 different species and his link was in Japanese, and the only Japanese I remember is "ohgodyes,yes,yes, etc..," or something to that extent.
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Post by: Oli on 03 Jul 2007, 08:50: Have a quick scan of the thread again pi. You seem to have missed ImRonBurgandy's post.
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 03 Jul 2007, 08:59: I know we're not meant to quote pictures but oh your god it's Da Huuuuuuuuuudge....

Quote from: mooface on 03 Jul 2007, 01:47
(http://oceans.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/en/photo-audio-video/photos/blobfish.jpg)
???!?!?!!???
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Post by: Dimmukane on 03 Jul 2007, 09:11: Quote from: Eris on 02 Jul 2007, 21:11
STONEFISH

Gears of War needs an underwater level with 50-foot tall Stonefish.
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Post by: BrittanyMarie on 03 Jul 2007, 13:58: Deep sea anglerfishes are pretty cool because they are very scary-looking. Nemo's dad got attacked by one when he was trying to read the address on the back of the goggles.

They are ready for anything because they always have a flashlight and really big pointy teeth. The boy fish are, I think, the wierdest fish because they don't really live on their own. They bite the lady fishes and end up fusing into one fish so the boy is just some blood vessels and gonads.

picture 1 (http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/current/pictureoftheweek/deepseaangler/l006_jpg.jpg)
picture 2 (http://www.oceans.gov.au/norfanz/images/creature_features/extra_lr/humpbackangler.jpg)
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Post by: Cartilage Head on 03 Jul 2007, 14:01: I wish I had photoshop because I would have taken some pictures of anglerfish and put their heads on the bodies of some Dragonball Z characters during Fusion.
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Post by: rawrXskittles on 03 Jul 2007, 14:28: (http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/umbrella_mouth_gulper_eel.jpg)

Most badass fish ever. I love deep-sea fishies. And eels.

But I think you should mostly beware of these:

(http://www.ngsednet.org/community/resource_uploads/Southern%20stingray.jpg)

(Too soon?)
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Post by: Orbert on 03 Jul 2007, 14:50: Whoa, is that his mouth? I mean, he looks basically like a huge mouth with a tail?

(and not too soon for stingray jokes, IMO)
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Post by: redglasscurls on 03 Jul 2007, 15:30: Stingrays are completely amazing when they're not busy killing you and all, I love how they move. They always kind of reminded me of the magic carpet from Aladdin:)
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Post by: colleenxcore on 03 Jul 2007, 16:07: Firstly, those shrimp are fucking insane! I had no idea there were combat-equipped shrimp out there.

Secondly, I think people should be aware that stingrays are actually extremely docile creatures, and they are ONLY dangerous to humans if they feel threatened. Probs Steve took the poor thing by surprise and got a nasty surprise, himself. :( Sucks for both, because now stingrays have a rep for bein' killers.

Just wook at that widduw smiley face! Aww.
(http://swimatyourownrisk.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/screenshot.jpeg)
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Post by: Lines on 03 Jul 2007, 18:57: Aww...

Also, Colossal Squid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Squid). Hot damn. Giant squids, too, with their freakishly huge eyes that kind of freak me out. Creepy model, not real. (http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/files/2005/09/giantsquid.jpg)

And an octopus cramming itself into a shell. SOCUTE.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/andthentherewaslindsey/Ocellated_octopus.jpg)
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Post by: Lunchbox on 03 Jul 2007, 20:50: Oh man I have to introduce you guys to the coolest thing in the world.
It is called a Black Ghost Knife Fish (awesome name) and it is a tropical fish, you can purchase them for home aquariums, they are between 3-20 inches long. They are nocturnal and also have a weak electrical system, meaning they can't shock you, but when you have a bunch in an aquarium they will sort of line up like a battery.
And they look like this.
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/ecp/ecp_sites/Parker_Gentry/images/blackghost_lg.jpg)
They move by undulating that wiggly long fin along the bottom in a sort of snakelike way, oh god they're so cool to watch.
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geajxS37mgg) is a video of one.
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Post by: godinpants on 03 Jul 2007, 23:04: Lunchbox wins this thread for including the most hypnotic fish ever.

I've spent hours at mates houses and at aquariums watching ghost knifes
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Post by: Gryff on 03 Jul 2007, 23:13: Plus wasn't one of those guys in the Wu Tang Clan?
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Post by: squawk on 03 Jul 2007, 23:21: Quote from: colleenxcore on 03 Jul 2007, 16:07
(STING RAY)
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Post by: jhocking on 04 Jul 2007, 00:51: Quote from: Linds on 03 Jul 2007, 18:57
And giant squids, too, with their freakishly huge eyes that kind of freak me out.
That thing is real? It looks like a float in a parade.

Also, I thought giant squids have never been captured intact or something like that. Perhaps I'm thinking of some other large sea creature?
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Post by: axerton on 04 Jul 2007, 02:30: Nope a giant squid has never been seen or caught alive. the only proof of their existence are the corpses washed up on the shore.
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Post by: The extra letter on 04 Jul 2007, 06:06: Haven't they recently got footage of a giant squid, though?
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Post by: redglasscurls on 04 Jul 2007, 07:57: Live footage in 06, I think
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Post by: Lines on 04 Jul 2007, 13:54: The places I saw that pic said they got it from a book called Extreme Nature by Mark Carwardine and now it appears from apologies that the pic I posted is a model. Sorry about that. There was live footage taken of the coast of Japan, however.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,238263,00.html
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Post by: Emaline on 05 Jul 2007, 08:04: I love squid and octopi. Seriously, they are the most fascinating creatures ever.

And they have filmed the giant squid. BBC article with video (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4288772.stm)
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Post by: Orbert on 05 Jul 2007, 09:12: Quote from: Misconception on 02 Jul 2007, 20:42
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/242/462299131_507c4bbf25.jpg?v=0)

This thing looks like something you're supposed to dry out, chop up, and put into a pipe. Or roll into a non-tobacco cigarette.

Sorry for quoting a pic, but how else are people supposed to know which one I'm commenting on? (Also, it doesn't slow things down anyway, since your browser only has to load it once).
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Post by: Verergoca on 05 Jul 2007, 10:50: That may be just the thing you think of first. A preoccupied mind, et cetera.

(Actually, seaslugs are amongs the most beutiful animulz in the sea, just look at it:

(http://www.seaslugforum.net/images/m6958.jpg)
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Post by: Orbert on 05 Jul 2007, 12:45: Those colored stripes look sweet against the black body. Is that two of 'em? The blue and yellow, and the teal and orange?
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Post by: Verergoca on 05 Jul 2007, 13:40: Nope, just one! Cool eh!

(http://www.seaslugforum.net/images/046613.jpg)

Seaslugs are teh pretty, but the problem is, they kinda tend to be not HUGE, so they are easily overlooked. Which is why you have to be aware of them!
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Post by: mberan42 on 05 Jul 2007, 13:56: Has anyone posted a pic of the fish that can swim up your urethra? I can't be bothered to look through the whole thread.
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Post by: redglasscurls on 05 Jul 2007, 15:29: Candiru, covered with a pleading NOT to make this yet another thread about the buggers;)
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Post by: Cernunnos on 05 Jul 2007, 15:33: They aren't from the sea. They are freshwater fish, if my memory serves me.
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 05 Jul 2007, 15:36: Mkay, if you aren't nuts about our friend here,
(http://review.ucsc.edu/summer-02/images/BlueWhale.feeding.1780.JPG)
The Blue Whale
you obviously don't know enough about him.

They are the fastest creature in the sea, swimming up to forty knots. It is the largest animal on the planet. How big, you ask? Its heart is roughly the size and weight of a Volkswagon. Some of its veins are so large around that a child would be able to swim in them. Its tail is the span of a small plane.
I think the most amazing thing about the blue whale, is that, despite its size and power, the blue whale eats tiny little organisms and is extremely peaceful.
AWESOME.

Quote from: Cernunnos on 05 Jul 2007, 15:33
They aren't from the sea. They are freshwater fish, if my memory serves me.

But we've already had a few in here that are freshwater. For example, the black ghost knife I had for seven years in a freshwater tank, so I don't think that it's saltwater.
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Post by: chocolate_octopus on 05 Jul 2007, 15:45: I feel that you should all be made aware of the brittle star.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_star
while it is often called a starfish it is not, being simply a closely related echinoderm. This in no way prevents it from being awesome as some species can, unlike other echinoderms,tolerate brackish water.
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Post by: CookedHaggis on 05 Jul 2007, 16:09: Quote from: ampersandwitch on 05 Jul 2007, 15:36

I think the most amazing thing about the blue whale, is that, despite its size and power, the blue whale eats tiny little organisms and is extremely peaceful.
AWESOME.

Buddha of the sea!
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 05 Jul 2007, 16:15: You can't get his belly because he moves way too fast though.
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Post by: Orbert on 05 Jul 2007, 16:24: I remember learning in grade school that most whales eat plankton, and that bummed me out because it meant that Pinocchio couldn't possibly be real, because there's no way a real whale could have swallowed them. The fact that it was a cartoon, wherein a wooden marionette turns into a donkey, and eventually a real boy, never crossed my mind.
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Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 05 Jul 2007, 17:54: Quote from: pi on 03 Jul 2007, 08:46
edit: so it appears ImRonBurgundy stole my thunder. In my defense, he sited 400 different species and his link was in Japanese, and the only Japanese I remember is "ohgodyes,yes,yes, etc..," or something to that extent.

The video itself is in English, though.

And, Orbert, you should be aware that Monstro the whale appears to be a highly stylized rendition of a sperm whale (albeit with a much shorter snout and an inaccurately striped belly), which are in fact carnivorous.
(http://www.alta-definicion.com/movies3/WALT%20DISNEY%208MM%20PINOCCHIO%20FEATURE%20FILM.jpg)
(http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhi708/classify/animalia/chordata/mammalia/cetacea/spermwhales.jpg)
(http://www.whales.org.au/published/sperm/images/testa_bocca_aperta.jpg)
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Post by: Lines on 05 Jul 2007, 18:32: Quote from: Cernunnos on 05 Jul 2007, 15:33
They aren't from the sea. They are freshwater fish, if my memory serves me.

They live in the Amazon River, so yes, they are freshwater. Link! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candir%C3%BA) And enough about the creepy fish that swim into unpleasant places...

Speaking of whales, humpbacks are pretty awesome. Mostly because the males will sing for about 10-20 minutes and then repeat it for hours. And they only eat during the summer, so in winter when they give birth, they're living off fat reserves. And they eat krill and small fish, like the blue whales.

(http://oceans.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/en/photo-audio-video/photos/humpback-whale-and-calf.jpg)
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Post by: Verergoca on 05 Jul 2007, 20:31: Quote from: ampersandwitch on 05 Jul 2007, 15:36
<blue whale stuff>

They are the fastest creature in the sea, swimming up to forty knots. <more stuff>

Noooo, they be big, bulky and blooo! They arent the fastest! Way to unstreamlined! Thats like saying a TRUCK is the FASTEST CAR IN THE WORLD! IT DOESNT WORK THAT WAY! (though, ofcourse 40knts is pretty fast compared to what you and I can make)

Meet mr. Speediest fish in the world, Istiophorus platypterus, or Sailfish with a speed of 68.18 mph

(http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=9546&rendTypeId=4)
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Post by: mberan42 on 05 Jul 2007, 20:40: Quote from: Linds on 05 Jul 2007, 18:32
Speaking of whales, humpbacks are pretty awesome. Mostly because the males will sing for about 10-20 minutes and then repeat it for hours.

Gotta turn them up to 33 1/3 speed...

"brooooooo Brwyaaaaaaaawwww brawryeeeeeeeeyyyy...I love you bay-by, and if it's quite alright I need you bay-by!"
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Post by: calenlass on 05 Jul 2007, 22:42: Why has no one else mentioned Grimpoteuthis?

(http://www.mbari.org/expeditions/hawaii/Leg3/apr26images/apr26_grimp3.jpg)

AKA "Dumbo"
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Post by: Lummer on 06 Jul 2007, 05:03: Quote from: mberan42 on 05 Jul 2007, 20:40
Quote from: Linds on 05 Jul 2007, 18:32
Speaking of whales, humpbacks are pretty awesome. Mostly because the males will sing for about 10-20 minutes and then repeat it for hours.

Gotta turn them up to 33 1/3 speed...

"brooooooo Brwyaaaaaaaawwww brawryeeeeeeeeyyyy...I love you bay-by, and if it's quite alright I need you bay-by!"

Huge bonus for the Eddie Izzard reference :D

and humpbacks are also awesome, due to their appearance on the cover of Gojira's "From Mars To Sirius"
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 06 Jul 2007, 07:32: Quote from: Verergoca on 05 Jul 2007, 20:31
<pointy fish stuff>

Oh, shit, I meant that the Blue Whale is the fastest mammal.
My bad.
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Post by: CmonMiracle on 06 Jul 2007, 12:11: Quote from: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 20:29

(http://www.arkive.org/media/F121C21F-3EAE-4078-B188-096F830F8515/Presentation.Large/large-Whale-shark-feeding.jpg)

Someone needs to put an LOL on this picture, with the shark's mouth as the O!
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Post by: rawrXskittles on 06 Jul 2007, 16:28: Blue whales are pretty much the coolest. I want to hug them.
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Post by: colleenxcore on 06 Jul 2007, 17:48: My personal favourite cetaceans are still Narwhals and Beluga Whales! All varieties of whale are really very amazing, though. I've always wanted to go whale watching. :-(

I just love their dear little faces! Belugas are also known as Sea Canaries, because of all the singing and chattering they do, and it can even be heard above the water. They can travel into brackish water to hunt, and generally give birth in estuaries.
(http://www.gothamist.com/images/2004_04_beluga.jpg)

Beluga's closest relative, Narwhal (again)!
(http://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/narwhal.jpg)

Another fun fact! Beluga calves are not white...they are only white as adults. The calves are usually bluish or brownish grey...
(http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/beluga/images/pic-care-of-young.jpg)

You should be aware of them because they are FUCKING ADORABLE.
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Post by: jhocking on 06 Jul 2007, 19:00: Quote from: CmonMiracle on 06 Jul 2007, 12:11
Someone needs to put an LOL on this picture, with the shark's mouth as the O!
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/jhocking/lolshark.png)
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 07 Jul 2007, 06:50: Pink dolphins.
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-09/28/xin_4909012716014062036615.jpg)
They're an endangered species that lives in the waters of the Southeast Asian Sea. They're very much in need of help. My girl scout troop back there "adopted a dolphin" or sponsored its life with charity. Its name was Stumpy because it was missing a dorsal fin and would list from side to side. He ended up on the troop patch.
They also have grey calves. AWESOME.

Oh wait, and they're pink.
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Post by: rawrXskittles on 07 Jul 2007, 07:42: PEENK!

You win the thread.
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Post by: colleenxcore on 07 Jul 2007, 12:21: Holy shit that is awesome. I had no idea pink dolphins existed! That deserves a HIGH FIVE!
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Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 07 Jul 2007, 13:36: Amazon River Dolphins are also pink! But this being a sea life thread, that is neither here nor there.
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Post by: calenlass on 07 Jul 2007, 22:22: The Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin)

(http://csiwhalesalive.org/LvWangDingLturn02.jpg)

It may or may not be extinct. No living specimen has been witnessed in over 5 years. This is almost entirely due to unregulated fishing on the river.
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Post by: Ã¶de on 08 Jul 2007, 05:10: Where can I buy a tshirt? I have like £0.72. Are they £.072?
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Post by: jhocking on 08 Jul 2007, 05:27: Quote from: Ally on 07 Jul 2007, 22:35
Also, tomorrow is my big aquarium trip!
IS IT MYSTIC

MYSTIC IS THE ONLY AQUARIUM THAT MATTERS

I LUV MYSTIC AQUARIUM

EDIT: I just realized you took that picture in the boy's bathroom. boy's bathroom! You so crazy!
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Post by: Ally on 08 Jul 2007, 07:08: 1. I didn't take that picture

2. Aquarium trip has been cancelled

I'm going back to sleep. I'm disappointed.
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Post by: Oli on 08 Jul 2007, 09:37: Quote from: Ã¶de on 08 Jul 2007, 05:10
Where can I buy a tshirt? I have like £0.72. Are they £.072?

THAT'S LIKE $1000!!!!
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Post by: Verergoca on 08 Jul 2007, 12:29: I went to the zoo today! I tried taking some pictures, but it didnt work well in the aquarium, cause of blurryness. We did see a ZOMG PEEENK SEACUCUMBER though. That was pretty awesome
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 08 Jul 2007, 20:05: Quote from: jhocking on 08 Jul 2007, 05:27
MYSTIC IS THE ONLY AQUARIUM THAT MATTERS

I think you might "live" in my "area."
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Post by: jhocking on 09 Jul 2007, 02:57: I used to live closer to there, not so near anymore. Well, except in the sense that everywhere in the northeast is near everywhere else in the northeast, and even that won't apply to me in a week.
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Post by: Orbert on 09 Jul 2007, 09:04: Sea creatures that look like they're smiling are way cool. How can you look at a picture of a dolphin and not smile? They look so happy. I know it's just the shape of their mouths, and they'd probably keep on smiling while poking you to death with their snouts for stealing their fish, but smiling animals are just too cool.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 09 Jul 2007, 10:52: this is an Oarfish. it's the longest boned fish in the world and it's believed that many ancient tales of sea monsters can be credited to sightings of these badboys and not actual sea monsters.

[img width= height=]http://www.thejump.net/id/oarfish.jpg[/img]

[img width= height=]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/02/06/oarfish430_wideweb__430x242.jpg[/img]
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Post by: Misereatur on 09 Jul 2007, 11:51: Look guys, it's the Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi).

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/ffgtthttghyujjfdss/hhassi2.jpg)

It grows to 60cm long and sticks two thirds of his body out of the ground when it wants to eat zooplankton (no idea what a zooplankton is) .

And this is the Large-tooth Cookie-cutter Shark (Isistius plutodus)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/ffgtthttghyujjfdss/Isistiusplutodus.jpg)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/ffgtthttghyujjfdss/Isistiusplutodus2.jpg)
Last picture is of a 363 mm long Large-tooth Cookie-cutter Shark.

It grows to 50cm long, and has a row of 19 huge teeth (proportionately the largest of any shark species) in the lower jaw.
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Post by: Beautiful Maladies on 09 Jul 2007, 12:23: Quote from: Misereatur on 09 Jul 2007, 11:51

It grows to 60cm long and sticks two thirds of his body out of the ground when it wants to eat zooplankton (no idea what a zooplankton is) .

Zooplankton are basically the little animal plankton, as opposed to Phytoplankton, which are the little plant plankton. I'm sure its much more complicated, but this is the extent of my learnin's.

SCIENCE!
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Post by: calenlass on 09 Jul 2007, 13:54: Yeah, zooplankton is things like krill and a whole bunch of larvae, like jellies, crustaceans, sponges, corals, etc etc. Phytoplankton is largely algaes.
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Post by: simplename9 on 09 Jul 2007, 19:06: All shall quake at the sight of the all-mighty MERSHAQ!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW920cxSF9w
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Post by: McTaggart on 09 Jul 2007, 22:48: Ok, there are two sharks which are awesome in this hemisphere (three if I pay the whale shark, simply because it's huuuge).

1. Wobbegong: The wobbegong pretends to be a carpet. Biggest I've seen was a little over a metre. Don't poke it?
(http://www.sharkattackphotos.com/Wobbegong-shark.jpg)
(http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/6222/107515/t/719038-Wobbegong-aka-carpet-shark-2.jpg)

2. Port Jackson Shark: The Port Jackson is universally considered the prettiest shark in the world. FACT. I think they tend to be about two feet long. Two feet of cuuute.
(http://www.daveharasti.com/nelsonbay/fish/heterodontus_portusjacksoni.jpg)
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Post by: Elizzybeth on 09 Jul 2007, 22:58: (http://www.mvtimes.com/images/news/2006/07/06/portuguese-man-of-war.jpg)

The Portuguese Man of War: beautiful, dangerous, and not a jellyfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o'_War). Why you should be aware of it? Its tentacles can be up to 30 feet long, and can sting for weeks after having come detached from the body.
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Post by: ampersandwitch on 09 Jul 2007, 23:11: EW UNICORN FISH GROSS
(http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/67/fishesrt.gif)
QUICK QUICK CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING CUTE
(http://www.amonline.net.au/FISHES/fishfacts/images/epelecanhd2.jpg)
Oh, thank god for the harmonious face of the gulper eel.
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Post by: imapiratearg on 10 Jul 2007, 09:45: Beware the Sea Anemone! (http://www.suturesound.com/stwpt/tracks/0203_beware_the_sea_anenemone.mp3)

(http://www.westworld.com/~fabio/gallery/bonaire-scuba-photo/bonaire-giant-sea-anemone.jpg)

It'll kill you and your family.
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Post by: Ernest on 10 Jul 2007, 11:08: Quote from: Ally on 02 Jul 2007, 20:29
(http://www.arkive.org/media/F121C21F-3EAE-4078-B188-096F830F8515/Presentation.Large/large-Whale-shark-feeding.jpg)

I'M IN UR OSHENZ! EATING UR SPESHEES!
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Post by: Yayniall on 10 Jul 2007, 17:43: (http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~bilheal/aykonu/July2002/portekizli.jpg)

Portugese Man O' War.
Scary on so many levels, it isn't even one animal, it's a gang of smaller animals who have teamed together to ruin your oceanic experience.
You're not even safe on the beach as detatched tentacles can still sting you, sting you goooood.
But the real fear of this animal is the ever present chance that all of them will one day join together to form a colossal stinging monster of infinite malice.

Here is an artist's rendering of what such a creature would look like as it destroys humanity

(http://www.psypokes.com/anime/images/censored/911.jpg)
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Post by: colleenxcore on 10 Jul 2007, 18:40: PH34R!!!1!!1ELEVEN!
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Post by: calenlass on 10 Jul 2007, 23:49: Quote from: Elizzybeth on 09 Jul 2007, 22:58
(http://www.mvtimes.com/images/news/2006/07/06/portuguese-man-of-war.jpg)

The Portuguese Man of War: beautiful, dangerous, and not a jellyfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o'_War). Why you should be aware of it? Its tentacles can be up to 30 feet long, and can sting for weeks after having come detached from the body.

Like this, you mean?

This kind of colony-forming polyp creature is called a siphonophore. The Man-o'-War has a siphon! (It's closest relative, the chondrophore, doesn't.) Loggerheads eat them!

(http://www.pbs.org/odyssey/images/20050223_daily3_b.jpg)

AM NAM NAM

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/calenlass/loggerhead_card.jpg)
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Post by: Ohnoitseric on 11 Jul 2007, 05:48: That turtle picture never gets old, no matter how many times I see it
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Post by: Emaline on 11 Jul 2007, 06:25: Did anybody see Yahoo today?

Rare Giant Squid Washed up In Australia (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070711/sc_nm/australia_squid_dc)
UH Researchers To Investigate 'Octosquid' (http://news.yahoo.com/s/kitv/20070706/lo_kitv/13630402)
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Post by: Orbert on 11 Jul 2007, 08:22: Saw that on the news this morning. Where the heck are they getting the word "Octosquid"? The octopus has eight tentacles, hence the name. Squid have 10. They're all cephapods, but different families. Or maybe orders. I'm not sure where the split is.
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Post by: Verergoca on 11 Jul 2007, 08:36: Maybe it has 9 tentacles, causing confusion in the world of cephapododists?
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Post by: jhocking on 11 Jul 2007, 09:03: The number of tentacles is not the only difference between an octopus and a squid. In layman's terms, a squid is like a torpedo (complete with jet propulsion) while an octopus is an amorphous blob. Thus, an "octosquid" is a squid with 8 tentacles.
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Post by: Emaline on 11 Jul 2007, 09:17: It would have helped if people actually read the 7 sentence article, which stated:

Quote from: UH Researchers To Investigate 'Octosquid'
It has the body of a squid and the tentacles of an octopus.
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Post by: McTaggart on 11 Jul 2007, 09:24: I didn't read it either. I just saw it on /. a couple days ago browsed the comments for anything funny. I don't think there was.
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Post by: imapiratearg on 11 Jul 2007, 09:51: Maybe I should have put up a picture of a sea anemone with the Andrew Pants song. :|
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Post by: Verergoca on 11 Jul 2007, 09:58: Jho, the squid also has the JET going on.

Also, allow me to poke fun at biological naming conventions plx.
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 11 Jul 2007, 10:22: squids got it made. who DOESN'T want jet propulsion? not me, that's for sure.
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Post by: Orbert on 11 Jul 2007, 10:38: Quote from: Emaline on 11 Jul 2007, 09:17
It would have helped if people actually read the 7 sentence article, which stated:

"It has the body of a squid and the tentacles of an octopus."

I didn't realize that those were two separate links. The first article (which I did read) had nothing in it which would lead to the term "Octosquid".
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Post by: mooface on 11 Jul 2007, 10:46: if it doesn't have 8 tentacles shouldn't it be called a squidopus?
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Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 11 Jul 2007, 10:47: maybe they thought that sounded dirty.
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Post by: Something Witty on 11 Jul 2007, 23:50: (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/af/Seaking.gif)

FUCK YEAH SEAKING
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Post by: imapiratearg on 12 Jul 2007, 08:06: I was thinking about that yesterday. I was sitting alone in my room, and all of a sudden I say "Fuck yeah Seaking!" to myself.
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Post by: Abattur on 12 Jul 2007, 08:11: (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/8b/Seaking.png)

FUCK YEAH!
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Post by: calenlass on 15 Jul 2007, 01:22: Greenland Shark: Probably one of the slowest pelagic fishes on the planet. It is also the largest carnivorous fish in the world.

(http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/pics/greenland.jpg)

Cool stuff (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031016064024.htm).
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Post by: Johnny C on 15 Jul 2007, 01:40: (http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5337/seaaaaaakingkk9.jpg)
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Post by: Ephphatha on 15 Jul 2007, 02:04: Oh crap, bluebottle tentacles can grow up to ten metres long? I'm never going into the water again.
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Post by: chocolate_octopus on 15 Jul 2007, 05:36: Quote from: Ephphatha on 15 Jul 2007, 02:04
bluebottle tentacles
?
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Post by: calenlass on 15 Jul 2007, 22:52: Bluebottle is another name for Portuguese Man-o'-War.
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Post by: RobbieOC on 15 Jul 2007, 23:03: You should probably be aware that (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCPjXRaP9no&mode=related&search=)

(http://shadowmage.plinkomedia.com/images/Admiral-Ackbar-trap.jpg)
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Post by: colleenxcore on 20 Jul 2007, 16:31: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070711-squid-picture.html?email=Inside20July07

It is a huge dead Giant Squid! Fascinating.
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Post by: wMike on 21 Jul 2007, 04:54: Oh man, I'm so glad I turned on my computer this morning. Me loves teh feeshes. :-D

One of my favorite:

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i121/whitemike456/29_angler_fish.jpg)

Found near the the oceans bed they use a bioluminescent "rod" that extends from their forehead to lure in smaller fish to devour.

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmtEtY06I-Q&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmtEtY06I-Q&mode=related&search=), I so wish that was real
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Post by: Patatat on 21 Jul 2007, 06:12: FOR THE WIN!

(http://www.healthstones.com/ocean_life_store/marine_biology_posters/sea_fish_poster/sea_fish_poster.jpg)
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Post by: Baggy on 24 Jul 2007, 12:06: (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/photogalleries/sea-animals/images/primary/yeti-crab-big.jpg)

Yetti Crab: The most huggable crustacean in all the mighty seas!
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Post by: jhocking on 24 Jul 2007, 12:24: That's like the muppet version of a crab.

Seriously, in my mind I can see thin metal poles attached to the pincers, and the furry arms are loose and floppy.
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Post by: Baggy on 24 Jul 2007, 12:31: That might turn the Muppets into something a little bit...creepier. But way more awesome than kermit!
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Post by: camelpimp on 24 Jul 2007, 16:29: Yeti Crab: What happens when crabs and bird fuck.
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Post by: Lines on 24 Jul 2007, 16:49: If it was a Muppet, I'd expect it to be a friend of Pepe, ok?

(http://images2.wikia.com/muppet/images/5/5d/Pepephone.jpg)

Oh and Pepe is a prawn (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Penaeus_vannamei_01.jpg), not a shrimp (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Woda-6_ubt.jpeg).
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Post by: Elizzybeth on 24 Jul 2007, 18:54: Quote from: Baggy on 24 Jul 2007, 12:06
Yeti Crab:

Want! Can it be my friend, too, please?
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Post by: Patatat on 27 Jul 2007, 17:56: This is the best thread ever. I refuse to let it die.
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Post by: negative creep on 28 Jul 2007, 07:06: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lionfish_in_coral_reef_2004-11-17.jpeg/800px-Lionfish_in_coral_reef_2004-11-17.jpeg)
lionfish!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Pterois_volitans_Manado-e.jpg/800px-Pterois_volitans_Manado-e.jpg)
LIONFISH!!!
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Post by: McTaggart on 28 Jul 2007, 23:07: Scientists excited by Indonesian-caught coelacanth (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/29/1991153.htm)
(http://mednews.stanford.edu/story_images/coelacanth.jpg)
(http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/webpictures/coelacanth.jpg)

Coelacanth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth):
It's older than you (I think it was in est's year at school)
It has a wacky ancient tail
It's more rare than good instant coffee
It gets pretty big
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Post by: Baggy on 02 Aug 2007, 08:35: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/picpops/images/prog2_1.jpg)
Dumbo Octopus!

I never want this thread to go away.
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Post by: Ocarina654 on 03 Aug 2007, 06:36: Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:33
http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/chimaera_pup.jpg
I was gonna post that...
But luckily, I had backup.

I, unfortunately, cannot remember where I found that picture, but there were two more along with it.
I present to you...

The Stone Crab!
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/ocarina654/stone_crab.jpg)
I know nothing about it. The JPG was called "Stone Crab". Who am I to argue?
The closest thing I can find is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_stone_crab
But I don't think they're the same species.

AND!

The Blob Fish!
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/ocarina654/blob_fish.jpg)
Somehow I doubt that is the official name. And yet, again, I was left to rely on the name of the JPG. I can't find anything similar online. Haven't searched a lot, but Blob Fish doesn't bring a whole lot up. http://www.minimag.co.za/articles/easyscience_creepsofthedeep.htm but that doesn't really say a whole lot.
Blob Fish looks creepy.

Those, and that previously posted Chimera image, came with no explanation, but I still wish I knew where I snagged them from.

If anyone has any information on either of these two fine, yet creepy, specimen, I'd be interested.
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Post by: mfpole on 29 Oct 2007, 16:46: Sorry for the semi necro posting but I saw this little guy and I had to post it.
And we all like fish, right?

http://www.ectomo.com/index.php/2007/10/26/icthyoid-alien/

Its a parasite that attaches to a fishes tongue, and then becomes the tongue.
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Post by: Lines on 29 Oct 2007, 16:54: We are familiar with that creepy little bugger. I'm actually surprised someone hasn't posted the pic of the thing eating the fish tongue.

Blegh.
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Post by: Ballard on 29 Oct 2007, 17:13: That is the creepiest shit ever.
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Post by: Baggy on 29 Oct 2007, 17:16: I'm so glad this thread got necro-posted.

(http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/vampyimages/image002.jpg)

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!
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Post by: I is Grammar on 29 Oct 2007, 22:01: (http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/16110/89823/f/579057-Open-Water-Dive-3--Spotted-Eagle-Ray-0.jpg)
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.
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Post by: Gryff on 30 Oct 2007, 21:51: IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=719)
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Post by: Johnny C on 30 Oct 2007, 21:58: Thanks, Gryff! Thanks for that. I'll sleep again for sure!
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Post by: Gryff on 30 Oct 2007, 22:08: It survives by drinking from the artery...
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Post by: Johnny C on 30 Oct 2007, 22:19: you son of a bitch
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Post by: Gryff on 31 Oct 2007, 01:39: That isopod looks good in you. It looks good as part of your body.
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Post by: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 31 Oct 2007, 02:51: Quote from: Ocarina654 on 03 Aug 2007, 06:36
Quote from: redglasscurls on 02 Jul 2007, 16:33
http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/chimaera_pup.jpg
I was gonna post that...
But luckily, I had backup.

I, unfortunately, cannot remember where I found that picture, but there were two more along with it.
I present to you...

The Stone Crab!
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/ocarina654/stone_crab.jpg)
I know nothing about it. The JPG was called "Stone Crab". Who am I to argue?
The closest thing I can find is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_stone_crab
But I don't think they're the same species.

JAPANESE SPIDER CRAB!!!!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab)

they're the creepiest thing ever
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Macrocheira_kaempferi.jpg/800px-Macrocheira_kaempferi.jpg)
their legs can get 2m each, they're huuuuuuuge
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Post by: Lines on 31 Oct 2007, 08:32: That thing is freaking awesome. I'm sure I wouldn't want to ever get close to one, but damn, that's cool.

But here, have an oarfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish).

(http://castlezzt.net/Slideshow/oarfish.jpg)

(http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/attachments/baja-mexico-fishing-reports-discussion/74523d1189207871-isla-san-marcos-sea-story-09-01-07-oarfish-oarfishdockhor_03.jpg)

Because it's Halloween and those are kinda creepy.
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Post by: Orbert on 31 Oct 2007, 09:16: Tongue-eating louse

First of all, that's NASTY!

But still, I'm wondering. If "The parasite remains in the place of the tongue and is used by the fish in the same way as its tongue was" then does that mean the fish somehow tastes through the louse? True, the tongue moves the food around while you munch, and people often overlook that, but their primary function is to taste the food. Does the louse replace this function as well? What up wit dat?
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Post by: Ã¶de on 31 Oct 2007, 09:41: Quote from: Orbert on 31 Oct 2007, 09:16
but their primary function is to taste the food.

Why? They're fish, everything would taste salty!
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Post by: CmonMiracle on 31 Oct 2007, 09:44: And fishy....
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Post by: muteKi on 31 Oct 2007, 09:47: Tonight the cafeterias here will be doing a Cape Cod special dinner thing. This means lots of seafood.

So thank you guys. Thanks a fucking lot, dammit.
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Post by: redglasscurls on 21 Jan 2009, 16:00: Does it die and become the tongue? Or does it live and continue eating somehow? What the hell do fish use their tongues for anyway?
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Post by: Ã¶de on 21 Jan 2009, 16:03: Has Sam still got that avatar of two of those things making out from inside the fish's mouths?

Fish use their tongues for singing.
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 16:03: Oh come on I have been posting this picture in threads forever.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Seanbateman/Tongue-replacement-isopod.gif)
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Post by: Metope on 21 Jan 2009, 16:10: That fish looks like it has human teeth.
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Post by: est on 21 Jan 2009, 16:13: That is a straight up awful picture
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Post by: Patrick on 21 Jan 2009, 16:18: Quote from: est on 21 Jan 2009, 16:13
When I was young, my parents accidentally switched it when they taught me the meanings of "awesome" and "awful"
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Post by: imapiratearg on 21 Jan 2009, 16:20: Quote from: est on 21 Jan 2009, 16:13
That is a straight up awful picture

I am not usually made uneasy by pictures of deep-sea creatures, but this one did it.
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 16:25: Quote from: Sam on 21 Jan 2009, 16:08
i showed kieffer that photo

Because you can hang with the dirtiest dogs in town.
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Post by: ViolentDove on 21 Jan 2009, 16:36: Guys I replaced my tongue with an isopod years ago. All the cool kids were doing it. I mean c'mon, tongue piercings are so tame these days.
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 16:37: Now I am thinking about the idea of an isopod blowjob and it totally fucks my brain.
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Post by: ViolentDove on 21 Jan 2009, 16:39: You'd have to buy me and my isopod dinner first. We don't just put out for nothing, you know.
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Post by: Lines on 21 Jan 2009, 16:43: Quote from: Jeans on 21 Jan 2009, 16:04
I have never seen it before!

Man those things are so fucking cool

How do you not remember Tommy's phobia of isopods? I thought everyone knew that by now.
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Post by: Lines on 21 Jan 2009, 17:32: I said that because we all found out about his isopod phobia because of that particular photo and creature.
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 17:47: No, we found out about it because of these pictures and creatures.

(http://files.sharenator.com/giant_isopod-s480x350-2309-580.jpg)
(http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/uploaded_images/GiantIsopod-764949.jpg)

They call out to him and say

Tommy.

We were not meant to be.
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Post by: Spluff on 21 Jan 2009, 17:49: Man that tongue isopod was on the last page
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 17:56: Who is your friend here?
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Post by: lives on 21 Jan 2009, 18:01: fuck wrong account nvm
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Post by: Professor Snuggles on 21 Jan 2009, 18:07: omg
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Post by: Inlander on 21 Jan 2009, 18:51: Intrigue.
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Post by: Alex C on 21 Jan 2009, 22:08: I find it funny that the thread got bumped like this by a regular despite the fact that Jeph's been selling an isopod t-shirt and everything for a while now. The damned things are practically our mascot.
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Post by: Verergoca on 22 Jan 2009, 03:10: But what came first, the isopod or the tshirt?
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Post by: Patrick on 22 Jan 2009, 05:40: Quote from: Verergoca on 22 Jan 2009, 03:10
But what came first, the isopod or the tshirt?

Depends who was better in bed.

(I totally just ordered one of those shirts and I cannot wait until it arrives)
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Post by: Metope on 22 Jan 2009, 06:28: Oh look!

(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/blooper663/P1220002.jpg)

It's the iSopod!
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Post by: Josefbugman on 22 Jan 2009, 06:37: Quote from: Gryff on 31 Oct 2007, 01:39
That isopod looks good in you. It looks good as part of your body.

I am sorry to post without a picture of one of these evil little creatures, but I will admit that the above phrase sounds like something the parasite's victims tell to people, or whisper into the minds of their host.
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Post by: Liz on 22 Jan 2009, 08:21: KRIS.

Apparently you need validation for you artworks so I would just like to say that that iSopod made me giggle like a little schoolgirl.
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Post by: GreyGabe on 22 Jan 2009, 10:40: Oh man, Cymothoa exigua is terrifying in every possible way I can think.
Also:
Quote from: Misconception on 22 Jan 2009, 08:21
I would just like to say that that iSopod made me giggle like a little schoolgirl.
Ditto.

Now, I didn't see anyone link this, so...
http://xkcd.com/520/

I am now officially terrified of the sea and everything in it.
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Post by: Alex C on 22 Jan 2009, 11:07: Pfft, whatever man, cuttlefish ain't not thang. At least not compared to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fao8IIMMBKs), which has been linked on these forums before, but since you're not a regular around these parts, I figured you might uh, appreciate it.
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Post by: GreyGabe on 22 Jan 2009, 11:11: That is pretty scary. Not in my top five scariest things I have seen, but pretty up there. Probably much more horrifying in person, though.
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Post by: Johnny C on 22 Jan 2009, 23:41: Quote from: lives on 21 Jan 2009, 18:01
fuck wrong account nvm
I know who this is

i know secrets
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Post by: lives on 22 Jan 2009, 23:51: shh, the forum needs more mystique
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Allybee on 25 Feb 2009, 15:14: creature: pacific barreleye fish
why you should be aware of it: because YOU CAN SEE INTO ITS FUCKING HEAD!
picture:
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/fish-transparent-head-barreleye-picture/images/primary/090223-02-fish-transparent-head-barreleye-pictures_big.jpg)

more info (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/fish-transparent-head-barreleye-picture/index.html)
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Post by: onewheelwizzard on 25 Feb 2009, 15:16: what the fuuuuuuuck
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Post by: Allybee on 25 Feb 2009, 15:17: the green things pointed upwards are the eyes and the two things in front that appear to be eyes are for smelling things.
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Post by: onewheelwizzard on 25 Feb 2009, 15:22: I watched the video

that shit is crazy
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Post by: ledhendrix on 25 Feb 2009, 15:25: Aww man I linked to that in meebo this morning, that thing is fucking awesome.
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Post by: ledhendrix on 25 Feb 2009, 16:21: Also Frilled Shark

These things look terrifying

(http://aqua.gjovaag.com/blogpics/FrilledShark.jpg)

(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/photogalleries/frilled-shark/images/primary/frillshark-big-3.jpg)
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Post by: TheViscount on 25 Feb 2009, 16:23: Quote from: Linds on 02 Jul 2007, 10:43
That is one crazy looking lobster.

Also, beware the Street Sharks!

(http://www.collectorsconnection.com/imagese/34a324.jpg)

Holy shit, flashback. Thank you.

I don't know what this is, but it look like it came out of a Final Fantasy random encounter.

(http://www.xenophilia.com/pics/czoo/chimaera_fish.jpg)
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Post by: ledhendrix on 25 Feb 2009, 16:27: Ratfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolagus_colliei) I believe. I was at a marine lab open day and got to see one of them along with lots of other deep sea nonsense, it was pretty awesome.
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Post by: TheViscount on 25 Feb 2009, 16:34: Quote from: ledhendrix on 25 Feb 2009, 16:27
Ratfish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolagus_colliei) I believe. I was at a marine lab open day and got to see one of them along with lots of other deep sea nonsense, it was pretty awesome.

-As they swim gracefully about the ocean, the ratfish can be seen doing barrel rolls and corkscrew turns, as if they were flying.

Do a.. Ah.. Dead meme.

Thanks for the information.
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Post by: skinnyfat on 25 Feb 2009, 22:03: This is probably the most amazing fish I have ever seen.

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/i_see_your_brain_fish_has_seet.php (http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/i_see_your_brain_fish_has_seet.php)

Got to love those deep sea fish.
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Post by: Orbert on 26 Feb 2009, 09:05: Thanks but, um, isn't that the same fish that Ally posted yesterday?
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Post by: Genbot2500 on 26 Feb 2009, 12:30: (http://www.bogleech.com/junk/hagscience3.jpg)
Slimehag

(http://www.bogleech.com/junk/hagscience2.jpg)
SLIMEHAG

Also, coconut octopus
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s18/Toastking-Bob/ceph-coconut.gif)
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Post by: Orbert on 26 Feb 2009, 14:52: Coconut octopus sounds like a dessert. A really bad dessert.
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Post by: Spluff on 26 Feb 2009, 15:00: oh my god coconut octopus is the greatest thing
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Post by: TheViscount on 26 Feb 2009, 15:18: Quote from: Jeans on 26 Feb 2009, 15:01
also Slimehag gives some pretty awful connotations

Like slimebag.
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Post by: Orbert on 26 Feb 2009, 15:41: Quote from: Spluff on 26 Feb 2009, 15:00
oh my god coconut octopus is the greatest thing

Okay, maybe with some chocolate sauce. And ice cream. Coconut octopus with ice cream and chocolate sauce... yum!
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Post by: Spluff on 26 Feb 2009, 15:49: No man just look at that thing

It's like at first it is still trying to hold up the charade that octopi can't walk, and is at least trying to disguise it, but when things heat up it abandons all pretenses and just sprints the fuck out of there
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Post by: Genbot2500 on 27 Feb 2009, 00:56: man, i got a lot of silly cephalods.. Like the dumbo octopus
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s18/Toastking-Bob/ceph-dumbo3.jpg)
It's totally cute for a squid

And the glass squid, who has orange polka dots for some reason.. And is see through
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s18/Toastking-Bob/ceph-polka1.jpg)
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Post by: ledhendrix on 27 Feb 2009, 03:29: Dumbo octopus are pretty sweet.

This is the one thing everyone should know about. Immortal Jellyfish.

(http://settegiorni.blogsome.com/images/medusa_immortale.jpg)

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_nutricula)

More information (http://8e.devbio.com/preview_article.php?ch=2&id=6)
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Post by: Mr. Skawronska on 27 Feb 2009, 10:53: Beware the Weeverfish, the Stonefish, and the Textile Shell Snail.

They are poisonous.

(http://www.jerseyspearfishing.com/images/Weaver%20fish%20-%20St%20Ouens%20Aug%2003.jpg)
Weeverfish

(http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/fish/images/stonefish_large.jpg)
Stonefish

(http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/JUN05/images/Conus_textile.jpg)
Textile Shell

S
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Post by: The extra letter on 27 Feb 2009, 13:20: The slimehag/hagfish is also the only craniate (that is, critter with a skull) that doesn't have a vertebral column. It can also tie itself in knots.

Also, there's the buckets of slime thing.
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Post by: TheViscount on 27 Feb 2009, 21:04: http://www.canal.ird.fr/canal.php?url=/programmes/recherches/grillons_us/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorpha

Why would you want to read about a worm?

Because it crawls up into things and makes them commit suicide.
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Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 27 Feb 2009, 22:15: A new fish was just discovered. It is called H. Psychedelica, and it bounces!

Article (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6962878)

Video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_Ves1BarA)
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Post by: Genbot2500 on 28 Feb 2009, 01:33: that bouncy thing looks like it evolved rather wrong..
Now for the creme de la creme of cephalopods. The mimic octopus
(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimic.jpg)

This is a seasnake on the left, and a mimic octopus on the right
(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicsnake2.jpg) (http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicsnake.jpg)

Flounder on the left, mimic octopus on the right
(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicfl.jpg)(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicfl2.jpg)

mantis shrimp left, en the octopus in on the right
(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicmant.jpg)(http://www.bogleech.com/nature/ceph-mimicmant2.jpg)

The mimic octopus has over a dozen of disguises like this.. I predict it will be the death of us all.. Outsmarted by an octopus
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Post by: Orbert on 28 Feb 2009, 13:58: The ability of some cephalopods to imitate textures and colors and stuff blows my mind. Boom!
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Post by: JD on 28 Feb 2009, 16:49: Mimic octopus is sapping my sentry!
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 16 Mar 2009, 05:47: LOOK AT THIS SCARY FUCKER.

(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6738/crab1.jpg)

it's a coconut crab, named for it's ability to crack coconuts with it's huge-ass pincers.
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Post by: imapiratearg on 16 Mar 2009, 08:21: Jesus shit that thing is massive.
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Post by: Kylos on 16 Mar 2009, 13:12: My fear of crabs is now so crippling, that I can't get too near a coconut shy.
Thanks, guys.
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Post by: squawk on 16 Mar 2009, 17:03: Guys, this thread is really long!

Have we mentioned immortal jellyfish yet? I learned about those a couple days ago. They are mindboggling!
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Post by: ledhendrix on 16 Mar 2009, 17:12: I mentioned them a bit further up on this page. They rock.
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Post by: Metope on 16 Mar 2009, 17:14: There was actually a thread about them a while ago. Apperantly we are going to drown in them (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22345.0.html), yikes!
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Post by: Lummer on 17 Mar 2009, 09:17: This thing looks kinda like Brent Hinds from Mastodon after a REALLY heavy night:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Antennarius_striatus2.JPG/401px-Antennarius_striatus2.JPG)
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Post by: Cernunnos on 03 Apr 2009, 12:26: bump

I found a scary thing:

http://news.aol.com/article/giant-sea-worm/412269?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl1|link3|http://news.aol.com/article/giant-sea-worm/412269
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Post by: Lummer on 03 Apr 2009, 12:39: Oh man, that thing is fucking REPULSIVE!

I love it!
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Post by: Dollface on 03 Apr 2009, 13:10: (http://www.lostweekend.tv/seaspider.jpg)

Sea fucking spider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_spider)
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Post by: imapiratearg on 03 Apr 2009, 16:58: That worm is fucking terrifying.
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Post by: Harun on 06 Apr 2009, 13:59: (http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8981/ffmobymadd3496.jpg)
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Post by: Chesire Cat on 06 Apr 2009, 15:47: (http://www.janleighton.com/images/1280/Ahab2.jpg)
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Post by: Dollface on 06 Apr 2009, 15:48: I did think that one too
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Post by: Dazed on 06 Apr 2009, 15:51: (http://bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio162/Moorea%202006/Study%20Material/Invert%20pics/crown-of-thorns.jpg)

Crown of thorns: The scariest/hugest/most predatory fucking starfish imaginable.
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Post by: Josefbugman on 06 Apr 2009, 17:30: Oddly enough that white whale looks as if Mr (sorry Captain) Ahab has just delivered an uppercut to it.

Also that starfish is terrifying.
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Post by: Ballard on 06 Apr 2009, 23:50: Hey guys, it's still a starfish.

It can't move.

eta: okay fine, it can't move very fast.
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Post by: Verergoca on 07 Apr 2009, 00:36: What?

Have you ever actually seen a starfish, or had one crawl over your hand?
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Post by: Spluff on 07 Apr 2009, 01:02: Quote from: Ballard on 06 Apr 2009, 23:50
eta: okay fine, it can't move very fast.

Either could the death star.
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Post by: Dollface on 07 Apr 2009, 03:13: How do Starfish eat?
   Starfish eat by surrounding their prey with their arms. <--- Okay
   Then, they push their stomach out through their mouths. <--- Wut? :?
   Finally, starfish push their stomachs against their prey and digest it. <--- fucking hell!!
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 08 Apr 2009, 02:11: Quote from: Dollface on 07 Apr 2009, 03:13
How do Starfish eat?
   Starfish eat by surrounding their prey with their arms. <--- Okay
   Then, they push their stomach out through their mouths. <--- Wut? :?
   Finally, starfish push their stomachs against their prey and digest it. <--- fucking hell!!

I'm picturing a restaurant full of people with their stomachs on top of their dinnerplates. om nom nom?
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Post by: calenlass on 09 Apr 2009, 01:16: I love sea stars. Their catch connective tissue means they can be squishy and flexible enough to wrap an arm around a sponge or get into a small crevice, and they can change it to freeze into position and become so stiff that a predator couldn't pull them out of the crevice or that they could bear the weight of an average sized human on one arm - out of the water.
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 09 Apr 2009, 05:06: (http://i.livescience.com/images/ig54_manta_ray_02.jpg)
+
(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_03/Manta6BAR_663x800.jpg)

=

end of the world.
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Post by: Ballard on 09 Apr 2009, 12:23: Tell me that is photoshopped.
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Post by: Ã¶de on 09 Apr 2009, 12:53: I can tell you that the first photo is a trick of perspective and that rays can jump out of the water but can't fly at all.

BUT the two protrusions on the front of it are knives and it will stab you if you go near the water ever again.
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Post by: Ballard on 09 Apr 2009, 13:43: Oh I didn't think it was flying- just the sheer size..
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Post by: Josefbugman on 10 Apr 2009, 02:51: Nahhh, some rays are that big.

But most rays themselves are usually quite gentle and a damn sight less dangerous than there nearst relative (sharks).
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Post by: StaedlerMars on 10 Apr 2009, 03:15: Man, tell Steve Irwin that.

#$@%ing stingrays
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Post by: Josefbugman on 10 Apr 2009, 03:25: Irwin's death was a complete accident, its the equivalent of being mauled to death by Badgers.
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Post by: Dollface on 10 Apr 2009, 03:35: I not so sure about that.

(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh191/Wondersaunahotpants/tactoq1-1.gif)
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Post by: StaedlerMars on 10 Apr 2009, 03:51: Quote from: Josefbugman on 10 Apr 2009, 03:25
Irwin's death was a complete accident, its the equivalent of being mauled to death by Badgers.

A honey badger perchance?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Badger

(tldr: honey badgers will fuck you up, eat your babies, and walk away without a care in the world)
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Post by: Ballard on 10 Apr 2009, 06:36: Who else read horny badger?
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Post by: Dollface on 10 Apr 2009, 06:58: So im not the only one.
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Post by: Orbert on 10 Apr 2009, 09:28: I would rather Steve Irwin had been mauled to death by badgers. It would have been a most entertaining video.
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Post by: Avec on 12 Apr 2009, 16:39: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujRgSRYE9A&feature=related
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 05:34: Quote from: Ã¶de on 09 Apr 2009, 12:53
I can tell you that the first photo is a trick of perspective and that rays can jump out of the water but can't fly at all.

BUT the two protrusions on the front of it are knives and it will stab you if you go near the water ever again.

Oh no no no no.

Wiki:
The manta ray (Manta birostris), is the largest of the rays, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7.6 m (about 25 ft) across, with a weight of about 2,300 kg (about 5,000 lb). It ranges throughout tropical waters of the world, typically around coral reefs.

Not a trick at alllllllllllllll. Fuckers are HUGE.
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Post by: David_Dovey on 14 Apr 2009, 05:36: Quote from: Jeans on 10 Apr 2009, 10:49
Yes, watching people die is always fun.

have you seen that one with the guy getting fucked to death by a horse
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Post by: Ã¶de on 14 Apr 2009, 05:58: Ok, but the one in that photo is just close to the camera while the diver is further away.
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Post by: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 06:04: Quote from: Avec on 12 Apr 2009, 16:39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujRgSRYE9A&feature=related

Cuttlefish are amazing but not at all scary. Hell, one of the commentors on the YouTube video mistakenly referred to them as "cuddle fish"!

Quote from: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 05:34
The manta ray (Manta birostris), is the largest of the rays, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7.6 m (about 25 ft) across, with a weight of about 2,300 kg (about 5,000 lb).

What's it gonna do, filter-feed me to death??
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 08:02: Quote from: Ã¶de on 14 Apr 2009, 05:58
Ok, but the one in that photo is just close to the camera while the diver is further away.

OR IS IT? :-o
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 08:04: Quote from: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 06:04
Quote from: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 05:34
The manta ray (Manta birostris), is the largest of the rays, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7.6 m (about 25 ft) across, with a weight of about 2,300 kg (about 5,000 lb).

What's it gonna do, filter-feed me to death??

I'm pretty sure a 25ft Mantaray could fit you in his mouth. So that's a YES.
(http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/m/manta-ray-leap-skerry-1070447-xl.jpg)

Or just land on your head.
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Post by: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 12:57: I want a cuddle fish.
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Post by: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 13:05: It would leave a puddle of cold slime in your bed. And everyone knows that's the man's job.
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Post by: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 13:28: Is there such a thing as a cuddly cuttlefish? Like a plush toy thats shaped like a cuttlefish? Because my birthday is coming up soon :D.
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Post by: Dollface on 14 Apr 2009, 13:37: Quote from: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 13:28
Is there such a thing as a cuddly cuttlefish? Like a plush toy thats shaped like a cuttlefish? Because my birthday is coming up soon :D.

(http://www.plushplanet.com/images/wildlifeartists/wildlifeartists_plt2650cf.gif) well hello tharr i heard your birthday was comming and i only cost 12 dollars.

But i think you need one of these fuckers
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/2760230908_ba83071820.jpg?v=0)
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Post by: SirJuggles on 14 Apr 2009, 15:22: Quote from: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 06:04
What's it gonna do, filter-feed me to death??

Woman dies after hit by spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/eagleray/index.html)
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Post by: Dollface on 14 Apr 2009, 15:32: Quote from: SirJuggles on 14 Apr 2009, 15:22
Quote from: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 06:04
What's it gonna do, filter-feed me to death??

Woman dies after hit by spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/eagleray/index.html)

Judy Kay Zagorski

Judy Kay Zagorski

that eagle ray was nazi!
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Post by: Ballard on 14 Apr 2009, 15:34: This is the second time in two days my fucking people are in the news being stupid fucks. What the hell Russia?

http://www.mosnews.com/weird/2009/04/13/firtree/
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Post by: MadassAlex on 14 Apr 2009, 15:37: Quote from: Jeans on 10 Apr 2009, 10:49
Yes, watching people die is always fun.

Of course not!

But in that specific instance, yes.
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Post by: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 15:38: Do they deliver to the UK?
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Post by: Dollface on 14 Apr 2009, 16:13: Quote from: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 15:38
Do they deliver to the UK?

Yes they will ship it but its going to be pricey.

But i did some smart thinking and its going to be about cost not som much because its quite light and it dont take lot of space so about 10 to 20 english money
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Post by: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 16:15: I don't want to but parents to that much cost... Guess I will have to find a UK maker of fuzzy cuttlefish.
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Post by: Dollface on 14 Apr 2009, 16:19: Quote from: Josefbugman on 14 Apr 2009, 16:15
I don't want to but parents to that much cost... Guess I will have to find a UK maker of fuzzy cuttlefish.

these fuckers mean business

http://gro-wings.com/plushies/php/writing-plucom.php

i hope this helps
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Post by: el_loco_avs on 15 Apr 2009, 02:31: Quote from: Ballard on 14 Apr 2009, 15:34
This is the second time in two days my fucking people are in the news being stupid fucks. What the hell Russia?

http://www.mosnews.com/weird/2009/04/13/firtree/

Man. An oxygen factory WITHIN the lungs. That R smrt!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: el_loco_avs on 15 Apr 2009, 02:31: Quote from: SirJuggles on 14 Apr 2009, 15:22
Quote from: Inlander on 14 Apr 2009, 06:04
What's it gonna do, filter-feed me to death??

Woman dies after hit by spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/21/eagleray/index.html)

Man. Imagine getting hit by a flying 2500kg fish. You'd SPLAT!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Spluff on 15 Apr 2009, 03:14: Man.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Blue Kitty on 16 Apr 2009, 19:19: Aw, adorable
(http://www.probelog.com/20050219_sea-angel.jpg)

HOLY FUCK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqUlKSGcI8Q)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ackblom12 on 16 Apr 2009, 22:13: It is a miniature flying penis! That is kind of adorable.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: SirJuggles on 17 Apr 2009, 00:34: Did you watch that Youtube video? Is is a Cthulu-angel! It is an abomination.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Jace on 17 Apr 2009, 01:22: Quote from: el_loco_avs on 14 Apr 2009, 05:34
Quote from: Ã¶de on 09 Apr 2009, 12:53
I can tell you that the first photo is a trick of perspective and that rays can jump out of the water but can't fly at all.

BUT the two protrusions on the front of it are knives and it will stab you if you go near the water ever again.

Oh no no no no.

Wiki:
The manta ray (Manta birostris), is the largest of the rays, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7.6 m (about 25 ft) across, with a weight of about 2,300 kg (about 5,000 lb). It ranges throughout tropical waters of the world, typically around coral reefs.

Not a trick at alllllllllllllll. Fuckers are HUGE.

My stepdad is a scuba diver and on his last trip he was out diving with these things, apparently it is really intimidating to swim amongst them, but they are pretty gentle and not really into killing thigns swimming around them. Although because they are so big, getting hit when one of them flaps its fins (wings?) can actually send you flying, one guy had a bruise on his arm from getting hit by one as he was swimming with it.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: BeoPuppy on 17 Apr 2009, 02:51: Quote from: PantsFTW on 17 Apr 2009, 01:22
[...] on his last trip [...]

Sure they aren't more dangerous than all that?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Spluff on 17 Apr 2009, 02:57: I have swam amongst them (above them, technically), they are really cool.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Jace on 17 Apr 2009, 04:38: Quote from: BeoPuppy on 17 Apr 2009, 02:51
Quote from: PantsFTW on 17 Apr 2009, 01:22
[...] on his last trip [...]

Sure they aren't more dangerous than all that?

Pretty sure, since he came back. He just hasn't gone on any trips since then. I mean, they did lose one guy, but you have to give them some sort of sacrifice to be allowed amongst them.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Tyler on 07 Jul 2009, 22:58: Necroing this thread to make everyone aware of the NobleSkulltopus (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23429.msg835074.html#msg835074)

July is in fact Skulltopus awareness month.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: De_El on 08 Jul 2009, 08:50: Since when do so many sane people read QC Discussion threads?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 10 Jul 2009, 07:55: Since somebody linked that particular thread in Meebly and the QC Smartass brigade sprang into action. (I'm proud of you guys)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Chesire Cat on 10 Jul 2009, 11:11: Truthfully Laser had a lot of good advice to give, just because he was critical doesn't mean he wasn't constructive.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Blue Kitty on 10 Jul 2009, 12:51: I think that's the first time I've been in the QC Discussion in a good long time

Also, Skull Octopus T-shirt (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8896918)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Professor Snuggles on 10 Jul 2009, 17:05: It's funny because Jeph is actually pretty terrible at drawing.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: tinysmidgen on 13 Jul 2009, 13:46: Narwahls
(http://www.uwm.edu/~kahl/Arctic/narwhal.gif)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc&NR=1
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ledhendrix on 13 Jul 2009, 13:50: If your going to be contributing to near dead threads it would be nice if you took the time to read through them.
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Post by: tinysmidgen on 13 Jul 2009, 14:01: It'd be cool if my memory was better =\
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: glyphic on 14 Jul 2009, 14:49: Hey guys, I heard about this thing and I think it was called a Yardwhale or something. Has, like, a big-ass horn on its face.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Jul 2009, 15:48: That's a unicornfish.

Yardwhales are the layman's term for hippos that are eating your garden
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Spluff on 15 Jul 2009, 00:12: Yardwhale is that hideously fat guy from next door who sits in the front yard in his underwear.

[edit - fuck you english language]
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Inlander on 14 Dec 2009, 16:02: WE REVIVE THIS THREAD FOR THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm)

THE OCTOPI ARE CLEARLY PREPARING FOR WARFARE. REPEAT: THE OCTOPI ARE MOBILISING. THE OCTOPI ARE MOBILISING. ENGAGE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL 8.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: plumbob78 on 14 Dec 2009, 16:05: Quote from: glyphic on 14 Jul 2009, 14:49
Hey guys, I heard about this thing and I think it was called a Yardwhale or something. Has, like, a big-ass horn on its face.

You mean a Narwhal? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: JD on 14 Dec 2009, 16:14: Quote from: Inlander on 14 Dec 2009, 16:02
WE REVIVE THIS THREAD FOR THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm)

THE OCTOPI ARE CLEARLY PREPARING FOR WARFARE. REPEAT: THE OCTOPI ARE MOBILISING. THE OCTOPI ARE MOBILISING. ENGAGE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL 8.

You Australians are fucked.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39: First flying Manta Rays, now Panzer Division Squid.

We are fucked, you guys. I shudder to think what comes next.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: JD on 14 Dec 2009, 16:43: Whales on Stilts who shoot lasers at you.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ViolentDove on 14 Dec 2009, 16:50: The denizens of the sea are pretty much declaring war on humanity.

ENORMOUS JELLYFISH SINK JAPANESE FISHING BOAT (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/11/02/enormous-jellyfish-sink-japanese-fishing-boat/)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: SWOON! at My Gravitas on 14 Dec 2009, 18:59: Shiiiiiiit that's so awesome.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Dec 2009, 20:01: holy fuck!

I'm already kind of terrified of sea monsters in all forms but that right there just got pushed up pretty near the top. Like maybe number four right after the bloop monster

Kind of amazed by the octopi though...like cephalopods. Cephalopods? Cellphoneapods?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: calenlass on 14 Dec 2009, 23:45: Quote from: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39
First flying Manta Rays, now Panzer Division Squid.

We are fucked, you guys. I shudder to think what comes next.

Dolphins with opposable thumbs.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 23:48: Quote from: calenlass on 14 Dec 2009, 23:45
Quote from: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39
First flying Manta Rays, now Panzer Division Squid.

We are fucked, you guys. I shudder to think what comes next.

Dolphins with opposable thumbs.

...and Plasma Rifles
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ViolentDove on 15 Dec 2009, 00:09: yeah, 'cause dolphins are basically arseholes (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10612908).
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: JD on 15 Dec 2009, 00:10: Yeah I heard one dolphin shot a man. No lie.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 15 Dec 2009, 03:01: Quote from: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39
Panzer Division Squid.

Would see this Isgahatt side-project
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Orbert on 15 Dec 2009, 09:02: Quote from: ViolentDove on 15 Dec 2009, 00:09
yeah, 'cause dolphins are basically arseholes (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10612908).

Nah, dolphins are cool. This one's just messing around anyway. People seem to forget that dolphins are wild animals because they're cute and smart. But when you're in the water, you're in their domain.

If you went four-wheeling in Africa, would you blame a rhinoceros for knocking you around a little bit? He's just having a little fun.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 15 Dec 2009, 10:17: Except no other wild animals are capable of rape besides maybe some monkeys or something?
Dolphins will straight up gang rape chick dolphins. Because they like it. it's completely unrelated to reproduction.

dolphins are assholes.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Zingoleb on 15 Dec 2009, 10:39: Fuck dolphins in their virgin blow holes.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: ackblom12 on 15 Dec 2009, 12:17: Monkeys, elephants and dolphins are the only ones I know of.

Of course elephants are a weird one, the cases of rape on their part that I know of were male elephants gang raping female rhinos.

http://qlipoth.blogspot.com/2006/10/elephants-raping-rhinos.html
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ã¶de on 15 Dec 2009, 14:59: Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 15 Dec 2009, 10:17
Except no other wild animals are capable of rape besides maybe some monkeys or something?

Actually a huge amount of animals "rape" each other. I can't remember the name, but this one species of beetle will climb up a tree looking for a mate, fighting other males on the way, pin the female beetle down while he impregnates it, and then throws the female beetle off the tree (probably so no other males will mate with it).

Anyway:
Quote from: Inlander on 14 Dec 2009, 16:02
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771822.htm)
Related Story: Randy octopus embarks on date with death
Related Story: Octopus survives 5 days on the run
Related Story: Scientist rejects lobster fishers' octopus fears

What the hell is going on here?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Bastardous Bassist on 15 Dec 2009, 15:00: I think the point was that the dolphin does not rape other dolphins to reproduce. The dolphin rapes other dolphins because it's fun.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 15 Dec 2009, 15:02: Yes, dolphins, like humans, actually get enjoyment out of sex which is a rare trait amongst animals.

The unfortunate consquence of this evolutionary wonder is rape, sadly.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 15 Dec 2009, 15:49: Quote from: David_Dovey on 15 Dec 2009, 03:01
Quote from: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39
Panzer Division Squid.

Would see this Isgahatt side-project

I'll get started on it.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ã¶de on 15 Dec 2009, 16:57: Oh, right.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 15 Dec 2009, 17:00: Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 15 Dec 2009, 15:49
Quote from: David_Dovey on 15 Dec 2009, 03:01
Quote from: Lummer on 14 Dec 2009, 16:39
Panzer Division Squid.

Would see this Isgahatt side-project

I'll get started on it.

My idea, MY band name!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: BrilliantEraser on 15 Dec 2009, 21:00: Searched as much of the previous posting as I could, and as far as I can tell, this one has not shown up yet. It is the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid. It is tiny (eee!), and bioluminesces (double eeeeee!).

Bobtail Squid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobtail_squid)

PS: Fun fact! The bioluminescence is due to the Lux Operon present in the Vibrio fischeri eubacteria, which has a mutualistic relationship with the Bobtail Squid.

PPS: No, I did not just take my microbiology final. Why do you ask?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Reed on 15 Dec 2009, 21:02: ARRGBRGRGRGLGLRLGR

My roommate is in Spencer's lab, I have to hear this shit all the fucking time!!

(also, Dr. Gage is my advisor)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: BrilliantEraser on 19 Dec 2009, 16:55: You haven't TA'd any classes at UConn, have you? Because it would be really weird if it turned out you taught one of my labs or something. :|
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Reed on 19 Dec 2009, 16:59: I taught Micro for a while, but not this last semester. Who was your TA? There is a very good chance that I know them.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: BrilliantEraser on 19 Dec 2009, 17:02: My TA's were Fred and Mariam. They were both pretty rad! If you know them or see them, you should tell them so.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Reed on 19 Dec 2009, 17:06: Weird, I know the majority of the TA's, but I don't think I know either of them. Oh well, probably due to the fact that most of the new students we got weren't in the micro program this year.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Thomas Edison on 13 Feb 2010, 02:23: (http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5475/article0083d8146000005d.jpg)

Om nom nom (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250168/Biggest-crab-seen-Britain.html)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lummer on 13 Feb 2010, 04:28: Goddamnit..
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: StreetSpirit on 15 Feb 2010, 11:38: (http://www.fishingfury.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/record-halibut.jpg)

Don't forget about the Halibut, aka. Alaskan Barn Door. haha
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: LittleKey on 20 Feb 2010, 19:05: I found something pretty interesting while stumbling and I think it'd be perfect for this thread: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2wPbcJ/frozenly.com/2010/02/deepest-part-of-the-ocean/.

Go down past the first couple of pictures for a gallery of awesome deep-sea stuff!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Chesire Cat on 20 Feb 2010, 20:38: (http://opencage.info/pics/files/800_7404.jpg)

The Scaly ~~Holyfuckfish~~ Dragonfish
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Patrick on 20 Feb 2010, 23:58: Quote from: StreetSpirit on 15 Feb 2010, 11:38
Don't forget about the Halibut, aka. Alaskan Barn Door. haha

Holy shit I think I know that guy
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Dollface on 21 Feb 2010, 01:02: (http://kotisivukone.fi/files/plaa.julkaisee.fi/kuvat/muumimaailma/drontti_edward.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Barmymoo on 21 Feb 2010, 02:06: Awww so cute! Look at the little blonde hair! And the cute ears!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Orbert on 22 Feb 2010, 09:40: That's what it wants you to think. Then it attacks, destroys your boat, and eats your sandwiches.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 23 Feb 2010, 03:50: NOT MY SANDWICHES
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: chowburger on 23 Feb 2010, 06:54: (http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TBS/Images/Dynamic/i23/friends_episode106_337x233_032020061510.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Ozymandias on 23 Feb 2010, 10:04: Oh man a weird Friends reference right out of nowhere.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 23 Feb 2010, 11:52: i'm so glad somebody did that because i did not want to be the guy that makes a Friends reference.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Buttfranklin on 23 Feb 2010, 13:12: Ladies and gentlemen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZJXFzSjdA

A video of an elbowed squid staring directly into the camera.

(also another good video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9BooBvpwc)

Almost nothing is known about these squids, and sightings are extremely rare.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: chowburger on 23 Feb 2010, 14:09: Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 23 Feb 2010, 11:52
i'm so glad somebody did that because i did not want to be the guy that makes a Friends reference.

I can maybe live with myself having done it.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: JD on 28 Feb 2010, 20:59: Australians are killing the blobfish (http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/810248-extinction-threat-for-worlds-ugliest-animal-the-blobfish)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 02 Mar 2010, 04:38: You're Welcome
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Inlander on 02 Mar 2010, 04:44: But it looks so much like one of our national icons!

(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq71/HDS_Overflow/blobfish.jpg)

(http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq71/HDS_Overflow/grug.jpg)

Save the Grugfish!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 02 Mar 2010, 04:51: Quote from: Inlander on 02 Mar 2010, 04:44
But it looks so much like one of our national icons!

(http://images.google.com.au/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an12265747-v&usg=AFQjCNHQuKO7UWKwME3kcdsYMclW-POCaQ)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: David_Dovey on 25 Jun 2010, 23:28: Hey guys who wants to see a video of a giant spider crab molting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCDcobtZHs&feature=player_embedded)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Inlander on 25 Jun 2010, 23:46: Dovey although it's five months too late I would like to take this opportunity to point out that if the blobfish looks like any former Prime Minister, it's John Gorton.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lunchbox on 26 Jun 2010, 05:21: AAARGHH FUCKING DOVEY NIGHTMARES
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: jhocking on 26 Jun 2010, 06:07: (I'm sorry for cross-posting this but I cannot resist cross-posting this because it is so awesome that I can make a relevant cross-post from the ~~soccer~~ ~~football~~ world cup thread)

Apparently an octopus named Paul, from the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany, has been successfully predicting the results for the World Cup matches. The octopus has a 100% success rate on his predictions.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/World-Cup-Psychic-Octopus-Predicts-England-To-Lose-Match-To-Germany/Article/201006415654817?f=rss
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: KharBevNor on 26 Jun 2010, 06:30: Actually the Octopus has 'a 100% success rate for Germany so far in this World Cup competition.' Which since I imagine they've only played three matches so far makes this kind of less impressive.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Allybee on 26 Jun 2010, 19:55: this thread is awesome I am awesome
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Slick on 26 Jun 2010, 20:16: Quote from: KharBevNor on 26 Jun 2010, 06:30
Actually the Octopus has 'a 100% success rate for Germany so far in this World Cup competition.' Which since I imagine they've only played three matches so far makes this kind of less impressive.

Yeah, and we don't hear anything about America's failed psychic rattlesnake, or the UK's 63% accurate psychic puffin.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: LTK on 27 Jun 2010, 08:29: The odds of the octopus doing that are roughly the same as rolling six on a die four times in a row.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: McTaggart on 27 Jun 2010, 09:12: It's a lot better than that surely?

Six four times in a row is (1/6)^4 = 0.0008 ish.

If he's got three boxes (win, lose, draw), one of which is a correct prediction and he chooses a box at random he's got a probability of 1/3 of being right. The probability of him being right three out of three times is (1/3)^3 = 0.037 which is a hell of a lot higher.

fake edit: It looks like he's only got two boxes, so (1/2)^3 = 0.125 if we're ignoring draws, which are pretty good odds.

Since he's a German octopus in Germany I'm assuming he's only predicting games for the Germans. If he was predicting all of them you'd expect him to be correct for more than one out of thirty-two teams.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: evilbobthebob on 27 Jun 2010, 09:23: Actually an English octopus, ironically:

Quote
though he was born in Weymouth, England.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: LTK on 27 Jun 2010, 12:45: Durr. I need to remember that 0.6≠1/6.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Slick on 27 Jun 2010, 19:46: It has odds worse than rolling a specific number once then not rolling it again on another die roll, but odds better than rolling a specific number once and then not rolling it on two more die rolls.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Slick on 27 Jun 2010, 19:48: UNNECESSARY STATISTICS THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE AWARE OF!
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: jhocking on 18 Sep 2010, 07:46: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Basking_Shark.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Zingoleb on 18 Sep 2010, 09:03: Following that link led me to the penis-head fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookiecutter_shark).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Cookiecutter_shark_head.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Orbert on 30 Sep 2010, 10:15: Dragonfish was on the last page, but no close-up of its face.

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs708.snc4/62794_1423628912661_1290888855_31047795_7051867_n.jpg)

It is so badass that it has barbs on its tongue. And a beard. We should probably be aware of this.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Inlander on 30 Sep 2010, 19:37: Quote from: jhocking on 18 Sep 2010, 07:46
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark

Pssh, it's just a poor man's Whale Shark.
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: StaedlerMars on 01 Nov 2010, 06:09: mimic octopus video (http://www.wimp.com/octopusmimic/)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Dollface on 01 Nov 2010, 06:15: (http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aquaman.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Lines on 01 Nov 2010, 06:36: (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/andthentherewaslindsey/aquamansm.png)
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Aurjay on 02 Nov 2010, 03:14: Quote from: StaedlerMars on 01 Nov 2010, 06:09
mimic octopus video (http://www.wimp.com/octopusmimic/)

at 1:39 he is mimicking Hypnotoad :psyduck:
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Cernunnos on 06 Jan 2011, 21:39: So recently it has come to my attention that one sea creature we all should be aware of, not everyone is aware of. To rectify this situation, let me acquaint you all with the rather unusual sea creature known as the Nautilus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus).

ain't he cute:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Nautilus_pompilius_(head).jpg/800px-Nautilus_pompilius_(head).jpg)
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Post by: allison on 06 Jan 2011, 21:49: i hate you
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Post by: Cernunnos on 06 Jan 2011, 21:56: Aww come on. He just wants to hug you with his countless little tentacles.
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Post by: calenlass on 06 Jan 2011, 23:43: Dude, everybody knows about the Nautilus.

(http://www.naturecoast.com/hobby/images/nautilus%20008.jpg)
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Post by: Ballard on 12 Jan 2011, 04:29: Allison, he's like the size of your fist.
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Post by: Lines on 12 Jan 2011, 05:22: Even if you don't like them, you have to admit their shells are pretty badass.

(http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/Nautilus.jpg)

And at least it's not a hatchetfish:

(http://www.glogster.com/media/2/11/66/14/11661421.jpg)

Creepy bioluminescent fish with big googly eyes. (Though bioluminescence is totally rad.)
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Post by: Lines on 12 Jan 2011, 05:23: And now for something cute:

(http://ameba.lpt.fi/~backsuvi/axolotl/images/axolotl-hair.jpg)
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 12 Jan 2011, 05:25: AXOLOTLS DON'T LIVE IN THE SEA.
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Post by: Lines on 12 Jan 2011, 06:12: SO. IT'S FUCKING ADORABLE. SHUT UP.
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Post by: snalin on 12 Jan 2011, 16:31: You know, they could make that into a pokemon and most people would think that the real thing was a photoshop.
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Post by: Lines on 12 Jan 2011, 16:45: They did. (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wooper_(Pok%C3%A9mon))
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Post by: sean on 12 Jan 2011, 22:21: i saw this thread in a tab, saw that it said Sea... and then thought somebody made a thread about me and got really scared.
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Post by: Inlander on 12 Jan 2011, 22:45: SEAN, CREATURES THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE AWARE OF
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Post by: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2011, 02:18: Sean, a creature that you should probably be aware of
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Post by: KharBevNor on 13 Jan 2011, 04:49: Sean is a creature who is probably aware of...
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Post by: Katherine on 13 Jan 2011, 10:36: Sean has creatures you should probably be aware of
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Post by: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2011, 11:24: Sean's creatures are probably aware of you
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Post by: Dliessmgg on 13 Jan 2011, 11:44: Sean's creatures are probably aware of russian reversals.
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Post by: Ballard on 13 Jan 2011, 12:54: In Soviet Russia, Yakov Smirnoff is still funny.
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Post by: Lines on 13 Jan 2011, 19:43: SEA CREATURES. Here's have a glow in the dark sea bug thing.

(http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ecosystem/images/krill-intro.jpg)
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Post by: StaedlerMars on 19 Apr 2011, 06:33: http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/wonderment/breathtaking-undersea-aliens-interview-with-deep-sea-photographer-alexander-semenov-0126638/
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Post by: richlitt on 26 Apr 2011, 08:58: After nine pages, I am well surprised no one linked to one of the COOLEST AMINALS EVER.

(http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn16124/dn16124-1_300.jpg)

Welcome to Elysia Chlorodata. It's a sea slug. And it steals the green from plants.

Plant: I'm a plant! I'm a plant!
Slug: Hello plant!
Plant: I'm a plant!
Slug: Me too!

Wikipedia that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica)
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 26 Apr 2011, 11:03: The Mantis Shrimp is pretty cool

(http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/4716/shrimpmantis.jpg)
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Post by: Dollface on 27 Apr 2011, 05:54: (http://www.torrentsland.com/upload/preview/images/cr_films/3/3/3/ec5380b02f8cf4efb29568ae4a1f2042.jpg)
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Post by: Dollface on 30 Apr 2011, 09:40: (http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/ln/97f/xiqd/337137/810662052.gif)
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Post by: scarred on 30 Apr 2011, 13:31: :psyduck:
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Post by: Orbert on 02 May 2011, 09:04: Octopus wins the award for the best fucking camoflage in nature.
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Post by: Metope on 02 May 2011, 15:53: That can't be real, it can't just develop the spiky texture of a coral reef like that.
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Post by: ackblom12 on 02 May 2011, 15:56: They can indeed! Octopus are just that goddamn amazing.

Then there is what happens when you put sharks in a tank with Giant Octopus. Octopus Assassin. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8)
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Post by: jhocking on 03 May 2011, 05:24: this article blew me away

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/crash-a-tale-of-two-species/the-benefits-of-blue-blood/595/
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Post by: richlitt on 04 May 2011, 05:40: Thanks for that link! That's really weird. And interesting.

I wonder why the colour of the blood is blue?
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Post by: LTK on 04 May 2011, 17:24: I think their hemoglobin is copper-based rather than iron-based or something.
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Post by: Tom on 04 May 2011, 21:03: yea, haemocyanin has copper groups instead.
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Post by: Dollface on 30 Oct 2011, 02:25: (http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/lp/8kv/hggt/3175/864871102.gif)

What is this?!
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Post by: Zingoleb on 30 Oct 2011, 02:42: Quote from: richlitt on 26 Apr 2011, 08:58
After nine pages, I am well surprised no one linked to one of the COOLEST AMINALS EVER.

Vagina + food colouring = Elysia Chlorodata?
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Post by: Carl-E on 30 Oct 2011, 04:48: Quote from: Dollface on 30 Oct 2011, 02:25
http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/lp/8kv/hggt/3175/864871102.gif

What is this?!

Walking seaweed?
Title: Re: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of
Post by: Skaltura on 30 Nov 2011, 08:55: Seals are cute right?

(click to show/hide)
Leopard Seal uses Leap attack on Penguin, it's super effective! (http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/358574151/1/tumblr_kwzcu7XiUL1qzdgvi)

Put it in spoilers because it's a very graphic picture, definately NSFW or safe for kids. If the mods deem it too inappropiate, I would understand if they remove it.
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Post by: pwhodges on 30 Nov 2011, 08:58: Yuk. And quite simply, I don't believe it anyway. For a start, the line where the head is divided from the body is way too neat and tidy.
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Post by: Skaltura on 30 Nov 2011, 10:17: It's real, Leopard seals like to think that playing with their food is fucking (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07kMjgreuc&feature=channel_video_title) hilarious (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6wYy-YBkE0).

Some more shots from the same photographer, his name is Paul Nicklen, the shots were for NatGeo (I have that issue lying around somewhere, but damned if I can find it).
http://www.paulnicklen.com/leopard-seals.html
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 04 Dec 2011, 13:41: Tablecloth? (http://io9.com/5864791/the-blanket-octopus-one-of-the-most-alien-animals-to-swim-the-earth/gallery/1)
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Post by: LTK on 04 Dec 2011, 14:41: Wow. And look, that thing is immune to the poison of another Sea Creature You Should Probably Be Aware Of, namely the Portugese Man o' War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_man_o%27_war).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Physalia_physalis1.jpg/144px-Physalia_physalis1.jpg)

It's a conspiracy I tells ya!
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Post by: Yarin on 04 Dec 2011, 15:02: Ladies, gentlemen, and other I present to you the Opabinia

http://www.eversostrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/opabinia-2.jpg
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Post by: Papersatan on 04 Dec 2011, 17:17: Portuguese man o war are terrifying because they are not a sea creature, but a sea creatures. "one" man o' war is technically a colony of many polyps which I think makes them all the more terrifying.
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Post by: Yarin on 04 Dec 2011, 19:31: That is terrifying and awesome
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Post by: Dliessmgg on 06 Dec 2011, 00:44: Quote from: BeoPuppy on 04 Dec 2011, 13:41
Tablecloth? (http://io9.com/5864791/the-blanket-octopus-one-of-the-most-alien-animals-to-swim-the-earth/gallery/1)
It has a cape! It's the superman of the sea!
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Post by: Liv on 07 Dec 2011, 17:55: This isn't a fish but in 1999, i think it was, or 1997. Maybe. Anyway, that's irrelevant.

But a massive noise was heard the was so incredibly loud it was recorded in two different places thousands of kilometres away. Scientists say that it sounds like it was a noise made by an animal, but no animal known to man is large enough to produce such a loud sound. Even giant squid that have occasionally washed up on beaches are no where near large enough. They call this noise the 'Bloop.' I find it really fascinating and kind of creepy too, I don't really know why.
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Post by: Carl-E on 07 Dec 2011, 19:42: The Bloop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).

I'm fond of the ice calving theory, myself.
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Post by: Juxtaposition on 07 Dec 2011, 19:48: Apparently it doesn't actually fit the profile for an animal all that well. It's just weird, and unexplained. I love the ocean because there's so much crazy shit going on out there that we know nothing about. It's nice to be reminded that there is still so much on this planet that's unexplored.

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4177
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Post by: Torlek on 08 Dec 2011, 00:26: Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Dec 2011, 19:42
The Bloop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop).

I'm fond of the ice calving theory, myself.
Oh don't give me that tripe. It was Cthulhu farting/burping in his sleep and you know it.
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 29 Dec 2011, 05:50: http://gizmodo.com/5822138/this-monster-is-a-real-animal
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Post by: Carl-E on 29 Dec 2011, 06:09: (http://petethomas.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a77b966b970b014e896d1744970d-600wi)

This one's been all over the internet, apparently. It's an unborn cyclops of a bull shark that was pulled from its mother's womb after she was caught.

Probably wouldn't have survived...
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Post by: LTK on 29 Dec 2011, 08:23: I call bull(shark)shit. Sharks don't have wombs. Plus, it's downright impossible for a mutation to produce a cyclops, especially one with an eye below the nose.
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Post by: bainidhe_dub on 29 Dec 2011, 08:55: Bull sharks give birth to live young. Can't speak to where the eye should/would be in a cyclops mutation, but their eyes are kinda in line with the nose, and the eyeball looks about right. It seriously looks like a cartoon character though.
(http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/MarineBio/syllabus/ch8fish/Floridafishwp/rachel_r/bull-shark.jpg)
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Post by: pwhodges on 29 Dec 2011, 10:06: This report (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/) gives it some credentials, perhaps, as does Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopsshark.asp).
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Post by: Carl-E on 29 Dec 2011, 10:33: It's a little hard to see, but i believe the other eye didn't develop properly, and that whole area of the skull was ~~atrophied~~ underdeveloped. If you look at the picture, the other eye socket appears as though it should have developed right below the guy's middle finger. It's off center as a result. Weird, but far from mpossible. Only an x-ray would tell for sure, though.

Edit: The snopes article claims x-rays were done and it was a true cyclops mutation. Even weirder! And again, probably wouldn't have survived.
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Post by: LTK on 29 Dec 2011, 10:42: Maaaaaaan. That goes completely against everything I learned about hox genes, but I guess I just shouldn't make the mistake of underestimating nature's capacity for freakiness.
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 05 Jan 2012, 07:13: http://gizmodo.com/5872809/this-fish-has-teeth-so-big-it-bites-peoples-balls-off
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 02 Feb 2012, 12:18: http://io9.com/5881542/this-massive-crustacean-crawled-up-from-the-depths-to-say-hello (http://io9.com/5881542/this-massive-crustacean-crawled-up-from-the-depths-to-say-hello)
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Post by: Lines on 02 Feb 2012, 12:57: Quote from: LTK on 29 Dec 2011, 08:23
Sharks don't have wombs.

Having dissected a shark in high school I can at least prove you wrong on that one. Thankfully my shark was one of the few that didn't have babies. (The baby sharks made me sad.)

That cyclops thing is weeeeeird!
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Post by: LTK on 02 Feb 2012, 13:24: Quote from: Linds on 02 Feb 2012, 12:57
Having dissected a shark in high school I can at least prove you wrong on that one. Thankfully my shark was one of the few that didn't have babies. (The baby sharks made me sad.)

That cyclops thing is weeeeeird!
Not quite! Wombs are organs exclusive to mammals, although I was wrong about sharks not producing live young. Some sharks are oviparous and lay eggs, some are ovoviviparous and hatch their eggs in the oviduct, and some are viviparous and maintain a placental link to the fetus. I dissected a shark as well; a spiny dogfish in my first university year. Mine didn't have babies, but it had swallowed a fish that only barely fit in its stomach. Someone else's shark did have babies, and a crapton of them to boot.

I still have the shark's dorsal spine on a necklace somewhere.
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Post by: Lines on 02 Feb 2012, 14:59: Well, I meant more along the lines of they can have babies inside of them and can be pulled out of them, but yeah.

On average I think most people in my class had at least 6 babies in their sharks? There were a startling amount of them. It was pretty disgusting, actually.
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Post by: Barmymoo on 02 Feb 2012, 17:41: Wait what, you guys dissect sharks? We once dissected a pig's heart but that was only once and also only two girls in the whole class were prepared to do it (and I was one of those two).
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Post by: Lines on 02 Feb 2012, 17:59: Yeah, I took an advanced biology class my senior year of high school and that what we got. Before that, all I'd dissected were worms, a crawdad, and a squid. And oh man, that just reminded me, my lab partner and I were the first to finish our sharks and the rest of the class had to come back after the weekend to finish and oh god the smell was AWFUL.

So...science teachers...please finish dissections BEFORE the weekend, ok?
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Post by: pwhodges on 03 Feb 2012, 00:21: I remember the times when the dogfish were already high when delivered - we still had to dissect them, though. The cranial nerves of the dogfish is what I had to do in my Zoology A-level practical, if I remember correctly. I had also done worms (catch your own), rats, frogs; I did them all more than once, as I took Biology one year, and then specialised to do Zoology the next (it was my worst A-level grade...). And we didn't share them, either - we each had to do our own animal.
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 09 Mar 2012, 02:20: http://io9.com/5891734/watch-hermit-crabs-try-new-shells-on-+-including-a-glass-bottle
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 04 May 2012, 04:45: http://io9.com/5907579/holy-hell-this-15+pound-giant-crab-isnt-done-growing-yet
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Post by: LTK on 15 Jun 2012, 06:02: What the hell is this. (http://youtu.be/-E-8_wDgN7c)
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Post by: Lines on 15 Jun 2012, 11:29: A sentient piece of fabric? Or possibly just this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepstaria_enigmatica), according to google.
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Post by: LTK on 15 Jun 2012, 14:18: The fact that the wikipedia article is so short does not put me at ease. This thing seemed to move like it had an unusual degree of purposefulness, much more like an octopus than like any jellyfish. Just look at that amorphousness. I'd be scared of it suffocating me like a sentient plastic bag.
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Post by: Zingoleb on 16 Jun 2012, 19:11: It was determined to be a living creature and not some flotsam because of its apparently large testicles. Ah. Hmm.

Check out this thing:

(http://www.magazine13.com/img/nature/weirdest_sea_creatures/umbrella_mouth_gulper_eel_02.jpg)
(http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/rattray_mari/epelecanhd2.jpg)
(http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/gulper-eel-15579-sw.jpg)

The gulper eel is some kind of pyramid-headed monstrosity, but no worries - they only grow up to six feet in length.
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Post by: Orbert on 18 Jun 2012, 10:01: Basically a mouth and a means to propel the mouth through the water. Very efficient.
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Post by: Akima on 01 Aug 2012, 15:54: Watch an Imperial Cormorant dive 45m (150ft) to the seabed (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/imperial-cormorants-superbird-deep-sea-dive_n_1728512.html?utm_hp_ref=green) to catch lunch.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Phalacrocorax_atriceps2.jpg/640px-Phalacrocorax_atriceps2.jpg)
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Post by: Lines on 01 Aug 2012, 20:10: Pretty cool!
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Post by: LTK on 02 Apr 2014, 17:31: Hagfish have a defense mechanism whereby they secrete thick slime from their skin where bitten, which immediately turns the surrounding water into a thick goop which suffocates whatever fish was unfortunate enough to have taken the bite.

I feel sorry for those predators. Imagine trying to eat something that immediately blows up to fill your entire mouth and expands into your windpipe. Must be terrifying.
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Post by: Akima on 03 Apr 2014, 01:28: I'm amazed it happens so quickly.