Topic: Sea Creatures That You Should Probably Be Aware Of (Read 278102 times)

Cernunnos · « **Reply #400 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 21:56 »

Aww come on. He just wants to hug you with his countless little tentacles.

calenlass · « **Reply #401 on:** 06 Jan 2011, 23:43 »

Dude, everybody knows about the Nautilus.

Ballard · « **Reply #402 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 04:29 »

Allison, he's like the size of your fist.

Lines · « **Reply #403 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 05:22 »

Even if you don't like them, you have to admit their shells are pretty badass.

And at least it's not a hatchetfish:

Creepy bioluminescent fish with big googly eyes. (Though bioluminescence is totally rad.)

Lines · « **Reply #404 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 05:23 »

And now for something cute:

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #405 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 05:25 »

AXOLOTLS DON'T LIVE IN THE SEA.

Lines · « **Reply #406 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 06:12 »

SO. IT'S FUCKING ADORABLE. SHUT UP.

snalin · « **Reply #407 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.

Lines · « **Reply #408 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 16:45 »

They did.

sean · « **Reply #409 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.

Inlander · « **Reply #410 on:** 12 Jan 2011, 22:45 »

SEAN, CREATURES THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE AWARE OF

pwhodges · « **Reply #411 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 02:18 »

Sean, a creature that you should probably be aware of

KharBevNor · « **Reply #412 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 04:49 »

Sean is a creature who is probably aware of...

Katherine · « **Reply #413 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 10:36 »

Sean has creatures you should probably be aware of

pwhodges · « **Reply #414 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 11:24 »

Sean's creatures are probably aware of you

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #415 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 11:44 »

Sean's creatures are probably aware of russian reversals.

Ballard · « **Reply #416 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 12:54 »

In Soviet Russia, Yakov Smirnoff is still funny.

Lines · « **Reply #417 on:** 13 Jan 2011, 19:43 »

SEA CREATURES. Here's have a glow in the dark sea bug thing.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #418 on:** 19 Apr 2011, 06:33 »

http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/wonderment/breathtaking-undersea-aliens-interview-with-deep-sea-photographer-alexander-semenov-0126638/

richlitt · « **Reply #419 on:** 26 Apr 2011, 08:58 »

After nine pages, I am well surprised no one linked to one of the COOLEST AMINALS EVER.

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

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #420 on:** 26 Apr 2011, 11:03 »

The Mantis Shrimp is pretty cool

Dollface · « **Reply #421 on:** 27 Apr 2011, 05:54 »

Dollface · « **Reply #422 on:** 30 Apr 2011, 09:40 »

scarred · « **Reply #423 on:** 30 Apr 2011, 13:31 »

Orbert · « **Reply #424 on:** 02 May 2011, 09:04 »

Octopus wins the award for the best fucking camoflage in nature.

Metope · « **Reply #425 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.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #426 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.

jhocking · « **Reply #427 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/

richlitt · « **Reply #428 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?

LTK · « **Reply #429 on:** 04 May 2011, 17:24 »

I think their hemoglobin is copper-based rather than iron-based or something.

Tom · « **Reply #430 on:** 04 May 2011, 21:03 »

yea, haemocyanin has copper groups instead.

Dollface · « **Reply #431 on:** 30 Oct 2011, 02:25 »

What is this?!

Zingoleb · « **Reply #432 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?

Carl-E · « **Reply #433 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?

Skaltura · « **Reply #434 on:** 30 Nov 2011, 08:55 »

Seals are cute right?

(click to show/hide)

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.

pwhodges · « **Reply #435 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.

Skaltura · « **Reply #436 on:** 30 Nov 2011, 10:17 »

It's real, Leopard seals like to think that playing with their food is fucking hilarious.

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

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #437 on:** 04 Dec 2011, 13:41 »

Tablecloth?

LTK · « **Reply #438 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.

It's a conspiracy I tells ya!

Yarin · « **Reply #439 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

Papersatan · « **Reply #440 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.

Yarin · « **Reply #441 on:** 04 Dec 2011, 19:31 »

That is terrifying and awesome

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #442 on:** 06 Dec 2011, 00:44 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 04 Dec 2011, 13:41

Tablecloth?

It has a cape! It's the superman of the sea!

Liv · « **Reply #443 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.

Carl-E · « **Reply #444 on:** 07 Dec 2011, 19:42 »

The Bloop.

I'm fond of the ice calving theory, myself.

Juxtaposition · « **Reply #445 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

Torlek · « **Reply #446 on:** 08 Dec 2011, 00:26 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Dec 2011, 19:42

The 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.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #447 on:** 29 Dec 2011, 05:50 »

http://gizmodo.com/5822138/this-monster-is-a-real-animal

Carl-E · « **Reply #448 on:** 29 Dec 2011, 06:09 »

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...

LTK · « **Reply #449 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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