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The Worlds Most Weirdest Creature

Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
edited February 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Had to share this tidbit from my homepaage :

Looking like a cross between a rat and an octopus, the star-nosed mole would be a good candidate for the title of world's weirdest-looking creature..


f'ing ewww ! A Rat with 22 arms ( okay they call them appendages ...... and its actually a " Mole " ) !


http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Wow that was so cool, life is just amazing! Thanks for posting, this would be an awesome thread if people keep adding cool finds :D
  • JoJo Posts: 2,098
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:

    http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007

    try that one ?
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Have you talked to Chadwick?
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i just threw up in my mouth a little...
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Have you talked to Chadwick?
    exactly.
    no one has discussed this with me.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    chadwick wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Have you talked to Chadwick?
    exactly.
    no one has discussed this with me.


    We need to get Eyed in on this as well.
  • DangDangDangDang Posts: 1,551
    You forget to mention that the 22 appendages were on the mole's nose.

    I like how the video showed a glass see-through view of those appendages in action, detecting a bit of something edible amongst a pile of dirt, and then eating it.

    I'm so glad I watched that life fulfilling video because I know I can now die.
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    Clearly you've never met my brother-in-law's friend who pulls out sections of her hair, and chews it up thoughtfully.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • DangDangDangDang Posts: 1,551
    The Deep Sea Hatchetfish or Argyropelecus gigas has large sunken eyes that are permanently looking upwards towards the surface. These odd eyes help them find the food that is floating downwards towards the bottom. As you can tell from the pictures though, these eyes also make them look like the psychos of the ocean!

    (fishindex.blogspot.com)

    HELP US WE NEED NAMES. YEAH, WE NEED NAMES

    Deep+Sea+Hatchetfish.jpg
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:

    http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007

    try that one ?

    I can't see it either - although I suspect I probably don't want to...
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    tinkerbell wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:

    http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007

    try that one ?

    I can't see it either - although I suspect I probably don't want to...



    .......awww c'mon, you know you want to ,...
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    chadwick wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Have you talked to Chadwick?
    exactly.
    no one has discussed this with me.



    and your point is ?
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:


    Did you know the male Platypus has a poisonous barb the can kill a man if....well barbed i guess.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:


    Did you know the male Platypus has a poisonous barb the can kill a man if....well barbed i guess.

    Perry+the+Platypus.jpg
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    unlost dogs wrote:
    Clearly you've never met my brother-in-law's friend who pulls out sections of her hair, and chews it up thoughtfully.
    :sick: eww gross.... worst than the video
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Dissidentman wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Jo wrote:
    I clicked on the link but it told me I was too far away..........what tha?

    Platypus....Now there is a bizzar creature for you. :ugeek:


    Did you know the male Platypus has a poisonous barb the can kill a man if....well barbed i guess.

    Perry+the+Platypus.jpg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX24-e7uJaw
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVneqhu9 ... ature=fvwp

    pretty cute
  • DangDangDangDang Posts: 1,551
    DangDang wrote:
    The Deep Sea Hatchetfish has... eyes that are permanently looking upwards ...
    (fishindex.blogspot.com)

    HELP US WE NEED NAMES. YEAH, WE NEED NAMES

    Deep+Sea+Hatchetfish.jpg

    I'll help name you, poor little fish,

    how about "Chadfish" and "Eyed Look At You But I F*#king Can't"
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    DangDang wrote:
    DangDang wrote:
    The Deep Sea Hatchetfish has... eyes that are permanently looking upwards ...
    (fishindex.blogspot.com)

    HELP US WE NEED NAMES. YEAH, WE NEED NAMES

    Deep+Sea+Hatchetfish.jpg

    I'll help name you, poor little fish,

    how about "Chadfish" and "Eyed Look At You But I F*#king Can't"
    perfect names. thank you, dangdang.

    chadeyedfish
    or
    eyedchadfish

    haha :lol: eyed look at you but i fucking can't.
    badass.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DangDangDangDang Posts: 1,551
    ```

    Move over star-nosed mole, here comes that debilitatingly-cute, self-illuminating, deep-sea creature, the Anglerfish:


    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size." (from http://kozar.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/7 ... creatures/)

    Anglerfish-1.jpg
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    DangDang wrote:
    ```

    Move over star-nosed mole, here comes that debilitatingly-cute, self-illuminating, deep-sea creature, the Anglerfish:


    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size." (from http://kozar.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/7 ... creatures/)

    Anglerfish-1.jpg
    one of my favorite creatures.
    thank you.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    chadwick wrote:
    DangDang wrote:
    ```

    Move over star-nosed mole, here comes that debilitatingly-cute, self-illuminating, deep-sea creature, the Anglerfish:


    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size." (from http://kozar.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/7 ... creatures/)


    one of my favorite creatures.
    thank you.


    You strike me as a

    naked-mole-rats.jpg

    kind of guy.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Dissidentman wrote:
    You strike me as a

    naked-mole-rats.jpg

    kind of guy.

    holy

    i was just thinkin of this thread
    i come here and here it is
    that's something alright...


    when i was a kid growing up we walked uphill to school
    snow and barefoot
    we ate moles
    poor iowa hillbillies
    honest folk
    lots of corn
    lots of gravel roads
    and moles

    eggs and moles
    toast
    wheat or white

    then uphil to school
    i skipped a lot
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    DangDang wrote:
    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched."


    Yep, that's pretty much how I captured Mr. Unlost Dogs many years ago.
    15 years of sharks 06/30/08 (MA), 05/17/10 (Boston), 09/03/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/04/11 (Alpine Valley), 09/30/12 (Missoula), 07/19/13 (Wrigley), 10/15/13 (Worcester), 10/16/13 (Worcester), 10/25/13 (Hartford), 12/4/13 (Vancouver), 12/6/13 (Seattle), 6/26/14 (Berlin), 6/28/14 (Stockholm), 10/16/14 (Detroit)
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    unlost dogs wrote:
    DangDang wrote:
    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched."


    Yep, that's pretty much how I captured Mr. Unlost Dogs many years ago.
    fancy work
    glow girl glow
    nice teeth
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DangDangDangDang Posts: 1,551
    chadwick wrote:
    Dissidentman wrote:
    You strike me as a

    naked-mole-rats.jpg

    kind of guy.

    holy

    i was just thinkin of this thread
    i come here and here it is
    that's something alright...


    when i was a kid growing up we walked uphill to school
    snow and barefoot
    we ate moles
    poor iowa hillbillies
    honest folk
    lots of corn
    lots of gravel roads
    and moles

    eggs and moles
    toast
    wheat or white

    then uphil to school
    i skipped a lot

    I have to ask whether you resisted saying "holy moly" on purpose.
    Because you just said "holy" nothing. and..... there's the picture...
    Was it purposeful or did you really just get that close and stop?
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    just plain ole "holy"

    i couldn't go any further
    then when i could finally move
    i couldnt decide

    holy shit
    holy moly
    holy toledo
    holy smokes
    holy
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    chadwick wrote:
    just plain ole "holy"

    i couldn't go any further
    then when i could finally move
    i couldnt decide

    holy shit
    holy moly
    holy toledo
    holy smokes
    holy naked mole rat!

    fixed.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Dissidentman wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    DangDang wrote:
    ```

    Move over star-nosed mole, here comes that debilitatingly-cute, self-illuminating, deep-sea creature, the Anglerfish:


    "Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size." (from http://kozar.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/7 ... creatures/)


    one of my favorite creatures.
    thank you.


    You strike me as a

    naked-mole-rats.jpg

    kind of guy.

    sorry, as ugly as that mole is ( in all its pink glory and all ) it still doesnt come even close to the star nosed mole when we are talking " weird " looking,...

    http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress ... -nose1.jpg


    dn10834-1_500star-nose1.jpg?w=284&h=300

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