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Weirdest Animals on Earth
« on: December 09, 2008, 10:37:57 AM »

Offline Birdbrain

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I thought I would pass along this link.  Some of these animals are crazy.  The Pistol Shrimp is both awesome and scary at the same time.

http://community.atom.com/Post/The-Most-Disturbing-Animals-on-Earth/03EFBFFFF0182C7B8000800A5BDC5/
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Re: Weirdest Animals on Earth
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 10:43:08 AM »

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The world has just become a scarier place to live in.
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 10:47:38 AM »

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[dang]!  The pistol shrimp is ridiculous.   

I'm drawing a blank on the book, but it was a sci-fi novel where sometime in the future a mean lobster like creature comes out of the water and starts doing some bad stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 10:59:47 AM »

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The late, great, Douglas Adams, of Hitchhiker's Guide fame, wrote a book about animals on the edge of extinction called Last Chance to See

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Chance-See-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345371984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228838202&sr=8-1

It's a great read.  Poignant, but humorous and informative.  The range of life on this planet is just unfathomable.  Some animals you really have to wonder why they're here though.  They just seem to have a flawed design, or have been plopped down on the wrong place on earth.
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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2008, 11:06:15 AM »

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I would have bet money on Redz starting this thread. 

Maybe he can start the Celticsblog equivalent of Japanese Bug Fights (youtube it if you haven't seen them.)  Round one, the Pistol Shrimp versus the giant hornet.
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2008, 11:09:35 AM »

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Quote from: Roy Hobbs on December 09, 2008, 11:06:15 AM
I would have bet money on Redz starting this thread. 

Right up my alley, but nope can't take credit. Love this stuff.  The truth is stranger than fiction.
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2008, 11:15:56 AM »

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Please avoid inserting laker trolls pics here :-X
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2008, 11:17:24 AM »

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Maybe a shrimp powered alternative fuel?

Instead of engine you would have an aquarium filled with pistol shrimp shooting back and forth powering your car.  
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« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2008, 11:35:38 AM »

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Ladies and gents, I give you
the leafy seadragon!

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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2008, 11:45:26 AM »

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Quote from: Amager Celtic Fan on December 09, 2008, 11:35:38 AM
Ladies and gents, I give you
the leafy seadragon!



I had to google that because I didn't think there was anyway possible that was real.  What the heck?
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2008, 11:46:58 AM »

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pretty sure any on this list qualify:


http://www.eatnineghost.com/weirdest-animals/

Some of those are just downright crazy.
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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2008, 11:50:33 AM »

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the triton

abysal fish

sea cucumber
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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2008, 11:53:06 AM »

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classics

Ornitorrinco

Equidna
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« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2008, 11:54:36 AM »

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  Star nosed mole

  Hagfish

  Sloth


More outrageous ones at http://www.eatnineghost.com/weirdest-animals/
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2008, 12:20:35 PM »

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Portuguese man'o'war:

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