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the bizarre creature thread
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I assume that scientists stick red hot pieces of metal in its eyes, and if it can see, then it has heat vision.
without looking it up, im 99% sure that those shrimp do not have infra red vision. i saw some thing on them (or part of a program on them) that mentioned their vision, and how there are those two bands across the eyes, and they line them up to target or something. they also create a miniature shockwave thing with their club claws that is comparable to a gun shot (forget which caliber was mentioned).
maybe a dumb question, but: does anything in the ocean have infra red vision? that makes no sense at all to me. water is such a poor insulator that i cant see that being an evolutionary advantage. vision, pressure sensitivity and smell (and chance) seem to be the senses useful under the sea (insert little mermaid song in your head here).
Yeah, if i recall correctly, water's a terrible transmitter of infrared, like glass is a terrible transmitter of ultraviolet.
The mantis shrimp uses supercavitation to stun it's prey. Quite a scary concept.
The mantis shrimp uses supercavitation to stun it's prey. Quite a scary concept.
The kakapo parrot.
Not particularly notable in appearance, but after being isolated without predators it lost the ability to fly. Unfortunately, the instinct to fly in danger remains, causing it to regularly throw itself off trees and die. Needless to say, it is highly endangered.
Not particularly notable in appearance, but after being isolated without predators it lost the ability to fly. Unfortunately, the instinct to fly in danger remains, causing it to regularly throw itself off trees and die. Needless to say, it is highly endangered.
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These are cool. My wife and I had North American Millipedes.
I should mention that Giant African Millipedes do secret a poison through pores in their bodies as a defense mechanism. They are safe to handle but the poison is an irritant and can be harmful if you get it in your mouth, eyes...etc. You should always wash your hands after handling these guys. I've also seen some nasty irritations on a kid that accidentally stepped on a GAM.
The Smiling Woman
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Sometimes they are smiling because they mean well. Other times they are smiling because they know your impending doom is about to make itself known.
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Sometimes they are smiling because they mean well. Other times they are smiling because they know your impending doom is about to make itself known.
Ugh, all those centipede pictures and videos give me the heebie-jeebies. I freakin' hate those things. I can deal with just about anything except for centipedes. They're the one thing that makes me want to run and scream like a little girl.
The legendary Star-nosed Mole:
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Years ago, a group of us were cornered by the pub bore who, for no discernable reason, regaled us with tales of this poor misunderstood little fella.
Turns out he was right.
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Years ago, a group of us were cornered by the pub bore who, for no discernable reason, regaled us with tales of this poor misunderstood little fella.
Turns out he was right.
I remember there was a kid's wildlife TV show, The Really Wild Show over here in the 80s, they had one of those IIRC punching through sheets of glass, and I think they had a human attempting and failing to do the equivalent with blocks of wood? Amazing creature. Enough Guidos though, I think I did a little bit of sick in my mouth looking at that last one's eyebrows...
Yea, I remember seeing that too, like a list of the deadliest animals and that was number 1 IIRC.
How about the Blue-ringed octopus
I live in an area with those suckers. Touch that, and your dead.
hmmm....same thing goes for just about anything in Australia
