Post any Interesting Organisms you know of and a bit about them and why they are interesting and awesome.
My first Contribution, the [b]Water Bear[/b]:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Waterbear.jpg[/img]
[quote=Wikipedia]Tardigrades are polyextremophiles and are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of -273°C, close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151 °C (303 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals such as humans, nearly a decade without water, and even the vacuum of space.[/quote]
I read this as "Interesting Orgasms"
Cool.
[b]Whorl-Tooth Shark[/b]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Helicoprion_bessonovi1DB.jpg/800px-Helicoprion_bessonovi1DB.jpg[/img]
[quote=Wikipedia]
The only fossils known are the teeth, which were arranged in a fantastic "tooth-whorl" strongly reminiscent of a circular saw. It was not until the discovery of the skull of a relative, Ornithoprion, that it was realized that the tooth-whorl was in the lower jaw. The tooth-whorl represented all of the teeth produced by that individual in the lower jaw, in that as the individual grew, with the older, smaller teeth being moved into the center of the whorl by the appearance of larger, newer teeth. Comparisons with other eugenodontids suggest that Helicoprion may have grown up to 10-15 ft long.
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The Giant Weta:
[quote=Wikipedia]Weta is the name applied to about 70 insect species endemic to the New Zealand archipelago. There are many similar species around the World but most are in the southern hemisphere. The name comes from the Māori language word 'wētā' and is used in both the singular and plural (like the word 'sheep'). The Māori name of the Giant Weta is 'wētā punga' (lumpy or jointed weta), a name that is sometimes rendered in English-language sources as 'god of ugly things'.[/quote]
Beware: Slightly disturbing due to its size.
[media]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lrodell/giant_weta.jpg[/media]
[QUOTE=Spekenengles;15957983]I read this as "Interesting Orgasms"[/QUOTE]
Oh, me too.
I love the water bear :D
[QUOTE=m0nkey98;15958037]The giant weta:
Beware: Slightly disturbing due to its size.
[media]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lrodell/giant_weta.jpg[/media][/QUOTE]
I'd scream like a little girl if I ever saw that within a foot of me.
I'd scream like a little girl if I ever saw that in real life, anywhere.
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Echidna:
[img]http://webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/echidna.jpg[/img]
[quote=Webecoist]The echidna is one of two egg-laying mammals in the world (the other is the famous duck-billed platypus). Though it looks a big hedgehog-like, this spiky creature is shy and non-confrontational. The echidna has a long, moist snout and an even longer tongue which it uses to feast on termites. It has no teeth, so it has to “chew” termites by crushing them between its tongue and mouth cavity. There are actually 4 species of echidna, and along with the platypus, they are the only monotremes.[/quote]
[img]http://tiniestsprinter.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/echidna-dork.jpg[/img]
(So much for being shy)
[b]Binturong, the Bear Cat[/b]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Binturong_in_Overloon.jpg[/img]
[quote=Teh Wiki]
It is nocturnal and sleeps on branches. It eats primarily fruit, but also has been known to eat eggs, shoots, leaves, and small animals, such as rodents or birds. Deforestation has greatly reduced its numbers. When cornered, the Binturong can be vicious. The Binturong can make chuckling sounds when it seems to be happy and utter a high-pitched wail if annoyed. The Binturong can live over 20 years in captivity; one has been recorded to have lived almost 26 years
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[QUOTE=Spekenengles;15957983]I read this as "Interesting Orgasms"[/QUOTE]
I read it as "Internal organs".
Gloooooorious content:
The Arthropleura
[QUOTE=Palaeos;15957983]The arthropleurids were a group of small to huge (up to 1.5 to 2 meters) Paleozoic millipede-like herbivores or detritovores that flourished during the Carboniferous period. They were the largest terrestrial arthropods ever to live. It is most likely that the lack of large terrestrial vertebrate predators enabled them to grow so large. They preferred the moist coal swamps, and may have possibly been burrowers in the undergrowth. They are distinguished by prominent keeled tergites, and legs with eight segments and well sclerotised (armoured) exoskeleton. Like myriapods they have many trunk segments, but there the resemblance ends. There is no trace of spiracles, so the creatures may have used lungs or moistened gills. Arthropleura may have had as many as 30 pairs of legs, and their tracks, resembling caterpillar tractor tracks, have been found at the famous Joggins deposits of Nova Scotia. [/QUOTE]
[URL=http://www.cubeupload.com][IMG]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/926600arthropleura.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
(the giant millipede)
[B] The Axolotl[/B]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Axolotl.jpg/250px-Axolotl.jpg[/img]
[quote= Wikipedia]The axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, is the best known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled. The species originates from the lake underlying Mexico City and is also called ajolote (the common name for the Mexican Mole Lizard). Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate most body parts, ease of breeding, and large embryos.[/quote]
I read "Inverting Orgasms"
I was like :aaaaa:
[QUOTE=nukehummer;15958730][B] The Axolotl[/B]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Axolotl.jpg/250px-Axolotl.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I had one of those when I was like 3.
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I also had one of these bitches;
[img]http://www.familiesonlinemagazine.com/pets/pet-descriptions/pictures/Thorny_Devil_Sand.jpg[/img]
[B]Humans[/B]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Human.svg/501px-Human.svg.png[/img]
[quote=me]A bunch of selfish douchebags, they destroy our world for the most trivial reasons... Like that "religion" rubbish.[/quote]
Thread over!
oh dang!
check and mate
At least the selfish douchebags ones.
[IMG]http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200/Xravil/superman_pic1.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Wikipedia;15958847]Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon.[1][2][3][4] Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 30, 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and establish its primacy within the American comic book.[1] The character's appearance is distinctive and iconic: a blue, red and yellow costume, complete with cape, with a stylized "S" shield on his chest.[5][6][7] This shield is now typically used across media to symbolize the character.[8]
The original story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity.
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^ suicide yourself...
Viruses are awesome
Suicide yourself? what? is that a word?
No, it's a motherfucking boat
Actually, it's 2 words
[QUOTE=Joxalot;15963795]No, it's a motherfucking boat
Actually, it's 2 words[/QUOTE]
You know what else is two words?
Capillarial four.
Ocelots, for massive amounts of cute.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Ocelot.jpg/800px-Ocelot.jpg[/img]!
[quote=wikipedia]Kiwa hirsuta is a crustacean discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean. This decapod, which is approximately 15 cm (6 inches) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws). Its discoverers dubbed it the "yeti lobster" or "yeti crab."
K. hirsuta was discovered in March 2005 by a group organized by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Monterey, California and Michel Segonzac of the Ifremer and a Census of Marine Life scientist using the submarine DSV Alvin, operating from RV Atlantis. The discovery was announced on the 7th of March, 2006. It was found 1,500 km (900 miles) south of Easter Island in the South Pacific, at a depth of 2,200 m (7,200 feet), living on hydrothermal vents along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Based on both morphology and molecular data, the species was deemed to form a new genus and family (Kiwaidae). The animal has strongly reduced eyes that lack pigment, and is thought to be blind.
The "hairy" pincers contain filamentous bacteria, which the creature may use to detoxify poisonous minerals from the water emitted by the hydrothermal vents where it lives. Alternatively, it may feed on bacteria, although it is generally thought to be a carnivore.
Although it is often referred to as the "furry lobster" outside the scientific literature, Kiwa hirsuta is not a true lobster but is more closely related to squat lobsters and hermit crabs. The term "furry lobster" is more commonly used for the family Synaxidae.[/quote]
[IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/patxxoo/mn_newlobster801.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Joxalot;15963912]What?[/QUOTE]
What what?
Nudibranchs
[img]http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/11/aafeature2_album/berghia_coerulescens.jpg[/img]
when it gets attacked it rolls into a ball and floats away
[b]Goblin Shark[/b]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Goblin_shark%2C_Pengo.jpg/800px-Goblin_shark%2C_Pengo.jpg[/img]
[quote=wiki]
The goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, is a deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae. The most distinctive characteristic of the goblin shark is the unorthodox shape of its head. It has a long, trowel-shaped, beak-like rostrum or snout, much longer than other sharks' snouts. Some other distinguishing characteristics of the shark are the color of its body, which is mostly pink, and its long, protrusible jaws. When the jaws are retracted, the shark resembles a pink grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, with an unusually long nose.They are rare.
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[QUOTE=Faren;15964164]What what?[/QUOTE]
In the butt.
The Blobfish
[IMG]http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3188/blobfishx.jpg[/IMG]
[Quote]The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)[1] is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.[2] Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans. Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front of it. It can be caught by bottom trawling with nets.[/quote]
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