Topic: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of (Read 289071 times)

jhocking · « **Reply #150 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.

Emaline · « **Reply #151 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.

McTaggart · « **Reply #152 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.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #153 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 09:51 »

Maybe I should have put up a picture of a sea anemone with the Andrew Pants song.

Verergoca · « **Reply #154 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.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #155 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 10:22 »

squids got it made. who DOESN'T want jet propulsion? not me, that's for sure.

Orbert · « **Reply #156 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".

mooface · « **Reply #157 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 10:46 »

if it doesn't have 8 tentacles shouldn't it be called a squidopus?

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #158 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 10:47 »

maybe they thought that sounded dirty.

Something Witty · « **Reply #159 on:** 11 Jul 2007, 23:50 »

FUCK YEAH SEAKING

imapiratearg · « **Reply #160 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.

Abattur · « **Reply #161 on:** 12 Jul 2007, 08:11 »

FUCK YEAH!

calenlass · « **Reply #162 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.

Cool stuff.

Johnny C · « **Reply #163 on:** 15 Jul 2007, 01:40 »

Ephphatha · « **Reply #164 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.

chocolate_octopus · « **Reply #165 on:** 15 Jul 2007, 05:36 »

Quote from: Ephphatha on 15 Jul 2007, 02:04

bluebottle tentacles

?

calenlass · « **Reply #166 on:** 15 Jul 2007, 22:52 »

Bluebottle is another name for Portuguese Man-o'-War.

RobbieOC · « **Reply #167 on:** 15 Jul 2007, 23:03 »

You should probably be aware that

colleenxcore · « **Reply #168 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.

wMike · « **Reply #169 on:** 21 Jul 2007, 04:54 »

Oh man, I'm so glad I turned on my computer this morning. Me loves teh feeshes.

One of my favorite:

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=, I so wish that was real

Patatat · « **Reply #170 on:** 21 Jul 2007, 06:12 »

FOR THE WIN!

Baggy · « **Reply #171 on:** 24 Jul 2007, 12:06 »

Yetti Crab: The most huggable crustacean in all the mighty seas!

jhocking · « **Reply #172 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.

Baggy · « **Reply #173 on:** 24 Jul 2007, 12:31 »

That might turn the Muppets into something a little bit...creepier. But way more awesome than kermit!

camelpimp · « **Reply #174 on:** 24 Jul 2007, 16:29 »

Yeti Crab: What happens when crabs and bird fuck.

Lines · « **Reply #175 on:** 24 Jul 2007, 16:49 »

If it was a Muppet, I'd expect it to be a friend of Pepe, ok?

Oh and Pepe is a prawn, not a shrimp.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #176 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?

Patatat · « **Reply #177 on:** 27 Jul 2007, 17:56 »

This is the best thread ever. I refuse to let it die.

negative creep · « **Reply #178 on:** 28 Jul 2007, 07:06 »

lionfish!

LIONFISH!!!

McTaggart · « **Reply #179 on:** 28 Jul 2007, 23:07 »

Scientists excited by Indonesian-caught coelacanth

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

Baggy · « **Reply #180 on:** 02 Aug 2007, 08:35 »

Dumbo Octopus!

I never want this thread to go away.

Ocarina654 · « **Reply #181 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!

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!

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.

mfpole · « **Reply #182 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.

Lines · « **Reply #183 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.

Ballard · « **Reply #184 on:** 29 Oct 2007, 17:13 »

That is the creepiest shit ever.

Baggy · « **Reply #185 on:** 29 Oct 2007, 17:16 »

I'm so glad this thread got necro-posted.

Behold Vampyroteuthis infernalis! It's not a squid or an octopus, but rather of its own order that split off they think back in the devonian period. Its essentially the missing link between octopi and squids. It swims with fins instead of jet propulsion like most cephalopods, and it can shoot a cloud of gooey glow stuff that keeps glowing for 10 minutes to distract predators!

I is Grammar · « **Reply #186 on:** 29 Oct 2007, 22:01 »

Spotted Eagle Ray

This is the guy that offed Steve Irwin. It is the most venomous sting-ray in the seas, and it would have killed him even if he had been stung in the foot, because the neurotoxins are that strong. I get asked this question about every day at work. (I work at a skates and rays tank in a marine museum.)

@mantis shrimp: We had caught a mantis shrimp in a trawl net when I was taking a summer class at a marine science consortium, and we kept it and put it in an aquarium. One of the dumbass boys in the class started tapping at the glass to see what it would do, and it shot out the appendage and smashed the glass of the aquarium. Scared the hell out of all of us.

@Portugese Man-o-wars: They are technically plankton, because of their inability to swim against the current. They rely on their sails to catch the wind and move. I was stung by one off the coast of Bermuda, and I had to spend a week in a Bermuda hospital. Woo fun vacation!

GOD I love this thread.

Gryff · « **Reply #187 on:** 30 Oct 2007, 21:51 »

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

Johnny C · « **Reply #188 on:** 30 Oct 2007, 21:58 »

Thanks, Gryff! Thanks for that. I'll sleep again for sure!

Gryff · « **Reply #189 on:** 30 Oct 2007, 22:08 »

It survives by drinking from the artery...

Johnny C · « **Reply #190 on:** 30 Oct 2007, 22:19 »

you son of a bitch

Gryff · « **Reply #191 on:** 31 Oct 2007, 01:39 »

That isopod looks good in you. It looks good as part of your body.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #192 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!

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!!!!!

they're the creepiest thing ever

their legs can get 2m each, they're huuuuuuuge

Lines · « **Reply #193 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.

Because it's Halloween and those are kinda creepy.

Orbert · « **Reply #194 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?

Ã¶de · « **Reply #195 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!

CmonMiracle · « **Reply #196 on:** 31 Oct 2007, 09:44 »

And fishy....

muteKi · « **Reply #197 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.

redglasscurls · « **Reply #198 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?

Ã¶de · « **Reply #199 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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