[ October 14, 2009, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Papa Janitor ]
Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
My vote is for the squid with a mouth and the smiley face spider as the two scariest. Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I couldn't look past the fish that eats your soul.
Posted by daventor (Member # 11981) on :
Actually, the smiley face spider really doesn't both me a whole lot. It almost makes me want to smile when I look at it. I wouldn't be cool with that thing roaming around freely in my room or anything, but looking at it don't disturb me too much.
But that squid and some of those fish...this is the stuff nightmares are made out of.
That one turtle with the ginormous head is pretty awesome, though, in my opinion.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Those are kind of cool And creepy But mostly cool. I always love Death head hawk moths. I want some of them
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
That's nothing I came across a Scolopendra gigantea while out walking last saturday.
Before you pass judgement, the one I was was over 10 inches long. The sting of one of these things can kill a human being (although rarely) and if it doesn't kill you, you may wish it had. Its sting triggers pretty much every pain receptor in your body and causes tissue necrosis. The people who handle these are nuts.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
It's like a train wreck - I just keep looking at it and I can't help myself - the "smile", the human looking teeth on the fish, the lack of tongue. Can't...look...away...
My toddler thought something was wrong with me when I started laughing so hard I choked while looking at "the Rat that Ate All the Crystal Meth".
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tara: This is not the first time I've posted a link to a picture of this guy on Hatrack. Why does he keep coming up?
I like him! He's so cute!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
This thread is my personal monument towards smuck baiting.
Other then that, that Mnongo Crab is awesome. Thats the biggest they can grow at our atmosphere right?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Coconut crab Those things start off as being like hermit crabs then they get huge. I love them
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
i know its coconut crab, but i'm gonna nickname it Mnongo crab. Even though in context it doesn't make much sense.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
*snork*
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
It's called a coconut crab because it's capable of cracking them open.
P.S. I love this thread.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Rabbit: I think they have a species of similar size in Malaysia, I would definitely never knock it.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Although it doesn't even make the scale in terms of horrible looking (and is probably much more common), this may be worth an idle look. The reason why I bring it up is you can actually eat it (for example at a wedding I went to this weekend), which kinda makes me wonder which of the animals in this thread people could stomach eating.
Number eight was disturbing to me, and I echo the fear of anything non-primate with hands... that does include robots, roombas will be our undoing.
I so want a coconut crab now.
Posted by lobo (Member # 1761) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: That's nothing I came across a Scolopendra gigantea while out walking last saturday.
Before you pass judgement, the one I was was over 10 inches long. The sting of one of these things can kill a human being (although rarely) and if it doesn't kill you, you may wish it had. Its sting triggers pretty much every pain receptor in your body and causes tissue necrosis. The people who handle these are nuts.
That guy, and all the others who handle this centipede, are pretty much crazy. This guy at least is holding so that it can't possibly sting him. The people who let these things crawl on their hands and arms are just stark raving mad (or maybe ignorant).
I was looking at one internet forum where a guy who owns these as pets was asking about cross reactivity with Tarantula venum. Some one linked him to the scientific articles the describe the composition and effects of these centipedes venom and his response was, "I think I'll stop handling these guys".
I should also add the pictures don't really do this thing justice. I'm not normally scared of bugs, I've even handled tarantulas and my response to the huge spider in my kitchen was to leave it alone. But seeing this thing crawl across the path between me and my husband made a definite impact. Its huge!! And it has all those legs!! And its venomous!! Its the most alien looking thing I've ever seen on land.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: Although it doesn't even make the scale in terms of horrible looking (and is probably much more common), this may be worth an idle look. The reason why I bring it up is you can actually eat it (for example at a wedding I went to this weekend), which kinda makes me wonder which of the animals in this thread people could stomach eating.
No, that IS horrible looking.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Mucus.... what the @#$@#$% is that thing?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Food? Doesn't taste good (to me) mind you, but food nonetheless.
Called a "Geoduck" in English apparently...
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
It's a geoduck (pronounced gooey duck). Its just a great big clam. I've eaten it before, both as sushi and in chowder. It tastes like a clam, but there are much better tasting clams around.
I should note, that its always been cut up in little pieces when I've eaten it. I doubt I could eat something that looked that phallic.
[ October 15, 2009, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: It was the fish tongue eating thing that really gave me the shudders. (in the link Mucus posted)
I thought it was kinda cute in a weird freakish way. Like a slimy little sea otter-frog...thing.
I don't know if we were looking at the same picture - this was a hard scaly thing that eats the fish's tongue out while it's still alive . . . and then just stays in there . . . that's just horrible. *shudder* Of course, I had to go and click on the link within a link and read another article about it. I will not, however, go google geoduck. I just won't!
Oh, and Rabbit -- I'm with you. Seeing one of those things millipede things IRL sounds like the stuff of nightmares to me.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I just did the same, I have to find out about all sorts of things I don't really care about on a daily basis.
It's just how I am made. lol.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: It was the fish tongue eating thing that really gave me the shudders. (in the link Mucus posted)
I thought it was kinda cute in a weird freakish way. Like a slimy little sea otter-frog...thing.
Like a larval TMNT.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
I don't think Ann Coulter looks all that bad. She's a bit on the thin side, but she is a blonde, and how could any blonde be ugly? Blayne, you're probably just put off by her razor-tongued treatment of all things liberal. (And I say, more power to her!)
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Dude, look who your talking to, my idea of an attractive person is a red headed Asian girl being blond is unlikely to move me... if you know what I mean.
Also it doesn't help that Coulter looks like man.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
quote:Blayne, you're probably just put off by her razor-tongued treatment of all things liberal. (And I say, more power to her!)
Yeah, that witty Ann Coulter, known for such razor wit as:
quote:"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women."
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
She'd be a lot more attractive if she wasn't so mean. Now being conservative is one thing, but being rude just annoys me and drives me up a tree. Even if a person is liberal, that's still rude. There has to be a way to disagree with people with respect and compassion.
quote:Originally posted by Ron Lambert: I don't think Ann Coulter looks all that bad. She's a bit on the thin side, but she is a blonde, and how could any blonde be ugly? Blayne, you're probably just put off by her razor-tongued treatment of all things liberal. (And I say, more power to her!)
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