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Obscure Taxa; For interesting or obscure organisms you'd like to share.
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Topic Started: Dec 14 2016, 09:46 PM (48,946 Views)
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Apr 16 2017, 08:56 AM
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Additionally, if you want to compare the triggerfish skeleton to the mola mola skeleton:
Spoiler: click to toggle You can see their similarities, again, just with the mola mola being more extreme in terms of anatomy.
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I tend to interpret "obscure" as "something your average man in the street wouldn't know about". Most people don't know what a trapdoor spider is, or a mola, or a stilt. We here on the SE Forum are hopefully more knowledgeable than most, but that doesn't change the fact that these species are still "obscure" to a mainstream demographic.
But if we're a demographic that has a more in depth knowledge on living things, what's the point of showing them here? That's like saying "look what we know about this species that most people don't know" rather than "look at this really weird species you probably never heard of". I mean to the general public, the platypus is obscure but that's pretty well known here.
Point taken though, that doesn't make it any less frustrating to see relatively well known species shown here. I mean, it doesn't help that I know a bunch of obscure creatures due to research for spec projects, like the many groups of ray finned fish that most people gloss over and their relationships between each other (fun fact: tuna are more closely related to sea horses than they are to billfish, billfish are more closely related to flatfish. The more you know). Have you heard of jellynose fish before? What about the onejaw (Monognathus), which lack and upperjaw? Even then, I never knew of the pelagic porcupine fish until here.
There's nothing that can really be done to solve it, just for me to stop feeling a bit annoyed.
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Apr 16 2017, 09:12 AM
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I feel like half the species shown here I already heard of before,
Well, not everybody here is you. What counts as obscure? Well, obscurity is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. To the average person a hagfish is obscure, but to most of us, it isn't. To an entomologist specializing in the study of flies, Xylophagidae might not be obscure, but to me or the average person it would be. Just because you've heard of half of the species in the thread does not automatically mean that we haven't heard of them. I've heard of far less than half of the organisms mentioned in this thread, and I feel like another, important use of this place is to post a creature that you may have heard of in passing, and give some interesting info about it. I feel like you're saying that because you've heard of these creatures, it means that everybody else should have done. This thread is great and the vast majority of the creatures mentioned here I've either never heard of before or know little about.
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It's extremely frustrating at times, but that's just how the world works and there's no real solution (it's not like it revolves around me). Then why bring it up? If I'm honest it seems to me like you're nitpicking at nothing.

 These are the larvae of Idiacanthus atlanticus, sometimes called the black dragonfish. There are many interesting things about these fish. They are sexually dimorphic, the females are black with six stripes; male are brown, and lack the females' canine teeth, pelvic fins and barbel. The females grow up to 40 cm (16 inches) long, whereas the males grow to just 5 cm (2 inches). They are bioluminescent, producing a light almost infrared and barely visible to a human - but the dragonfish can see by it, allowing them to use their natural torch to hunt. One interesting thing about the adults is that the females make a diel vertical migration from deeper than 500 metres (1,600 ft) by day to surface waters at night, whereas males do not migrate, remaining below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) at all times. However, the pictures above show not the adult, but the truly bizarre larvae. They are long, slender, and transparent, with eyes on stalks which can be up to half the length of the body! Moser (1981) says on the subject:
"If one assumes that the major causes of larval fish mortality are starvation, predation, and the interactions between them, and that feeding and predator avoidance are largely dependent on vision, then eye specializations that improve feeding efficiency and predator avoidance are to be expected."
"In contrast to the round cup-shaped eye which lies flat in the developing orbit, the elliptical eye would have an increased rotational ability around the long axis, thus enlarging the volume observable from a given point. The next stage would be the extension of the eyes on short stalks so that they lie just outside the margin of the eye. Such eyes could be even more freely rotated so that the observable volume would approach that of a sphere. Extension of the eyes on pedunculate stalks would further increase this volume."
Here are some pictures of the adult female of this species:
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Apr 16 2017, 10:03 AM
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Well, not everybody here is you.
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Just because you've heard of half of the species in the thread does not automatically mean that we haven't heard of them.
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I feel like you're saying that because you've heard of these creatures, it means that everybody else should have done.
Yes, brought up that point many times, it's like you only read a few sentences before replying.
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Well, obscurity is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. To the average person a hagfish is obscure, but to most of us, it isn't. To an entomologist specializing in the study of flies, Xylophagidae might not be obscure, but to me or the average person it would be.
I completely understand that point, but that means there's no standard on what's obscure. I could post a tiger shark or some specific subspecies of lion and say that's obscure. It makes me feel that the name of the thread is a bit pointless, more of just a show-and-tell of organisms you find neat (which is not bad at all). But you're right, obscure is entirely subjective, so showing what you think is obscure is likely to be brand new someone else.
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Then why bring it up? If I'm honest it seems to me like you're nitpicking at nothing.
I'd say less nitpicking and more of being a grump. I brought it up because I felt that was an issue I had with the thread, but that's also just my issue. The fact that you and many others have learned so much from this thread is amazing and shows how great this thread, hell, I learned a lot of neat things from this thread. It doesn't really matter what I feel about such a small issue, the intended effect of the thread is working and that's all what really matters.
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Apr 16 2017, 10:08 AM
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Yes, brought up that point many times, it's like you only read a few sentences before replying.
Mm not at all actually I read your whole post several times before and during the process of replying. Also, I'm not very good at this.
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I completely understand that point, but that means there's no standard on what's obscure. I could post a tiger shark or some specific subspecies of lion and say that's obscure. It makes me feel that the name of the thread is a bit pointless, more of just a show-and-tell of organisms you find neat (which is not bad at all). But you're right, obscure is entirely subjective, so showing what you think is obscure is likely to be brand new someone else.
Well, I suppose that the name of the thread doesn't really matter that much, it's the content. But I see your point.
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I'd say less nitpicking and more of being a grump. I brought it up because I felt that was an issue I had with the thread, but that's also just my issue. The fact that you and many others have learned so much from this thread is amazing and shows how great this thread, hell, I learned a lot of neat things from this thread. It doesn't really matter what I feel about such a small issue, the intended effect of the thread is working and that's all what really matters.
Okay, thanks for being nice about this.
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You seem to have above average knowledge of weird animals for this forum, Hybrid. I'd wager to most of us a lot of these are indeed new.
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Proturans are seldom seen soil animals, under 2mm long. They lack pigment, wings, eyes and antennae and are considered to be an ancient sister group to hexapods, alongside Collembola and Diplura. But the data collected so far has been ambiguous. Some studies suggest that all of the Entognatha are more closely related genetically to crustaceans than Hexapoda. Other studies found that while Protura seemed to have followed its own separate lineage, Collembola and Diplura share more of a close relationship with Hexapoda and the insects. What is clear is that the origins of the Entognatha are bloody complicated. Even twenty years ago, the Entognatha, consisting of Collembola, Diplura and Protura were considered to be insects. But the adding of cladistics and molecular evidence to the still useful technique of morphological classification have meant it necessary to move Entognatha out of the Hexapod monophyly. The three do share characteristics, but they also differ hugely, suggesting that they may not even be particularly related to each other either, meaning that even the class of Entognatha might have to be dissolved. My feeling is that eventually, taxonomists will have to give in to the inevitable and finally let Protura, Diplura and Collembola have their own classes.
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I've gotten slightly annoyed by this thread a couple times where I didn't post something because I thought it wasn't obscure enough, and then someone else posts it and it turns out a bunch of people didn't know what it is.
Remember that the fact that you've personally heard of something is a terrible gauge of how obscure it is. Someone who's knowledge is largely in fossil tetrapods might not know the first thing about extant invertebrates or vice versa.
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Some studies suggest that all of the Entognatha are more closely related genetically to crustaceans than Hexapoda. Wait, what does this mean? Isn't Hexapoda within Crustacea? I understand if you wouldn't casually include them when using the term, but when talking about classification, how does this make any sense?
While I'm here, nobody ever posted about trapdoor spiders, molas, or stilts. Only specific species of those groups that stand out as being weird.
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Apr 16 2017, 12:21 PM
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Some studies suggest that all of the Entognatha are more closely related genetically to crustaceans than Hexapoda.
Wait, what does this mean? Isn't Hexapoda within Crustacea? I understand if you wouldn't casually include them when using the term, but when talking about classification, how does this make any sense? While I'm here, nobody ever posted about trapdoor spiders, molas, or stilts. Only specific species of those groups that stand out as being weird. They're both in Pancrustacea, but hexpoda is not Crustacea proper.
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Haven't more recent studies indicated that sister grouping is false, and they are nested within Crustacea?
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You like me (Unlike) I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me  Forum user Uncanny Gemstar drew what is supposed to be a me. Thanks! Spoiler: click to toggle As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them. What, you want me to tell you what these mean? Predenterra The (Lost) Lost World The Standing World Read First Clarifications on my sex and genderSorry if I come off as rude, I don't put much thought into word choice sometimes. I'm also super prone to editing my posts, sometimes multiple times, in the minutes following posting. For the love of god, take my posts from my earlier days on the forum with a grain of salt. I was not particularly knowledgeable or mature back then. Some of them are so cringe-worthy I can't even bring myself to look at them. Words Maybe Great Words - Words To Spec By
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It would have to be something extremely alien, pushing the limits of our imagination. But those are always my favorite kinds of life. ~~The Words of The Xenologist
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Ignorance is never insulting if you're willing to learn, we're all ignorant about most things. ~~The Words of Lamna
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Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
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Ass-breathing fish-lizards? Sounds like a punk rock band
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"Holy fucking shit a toilet paper roll! Our favorite thing!"
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Tyrannosaurus aquastronka
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Myo, if you don't stop reading the YouTube comments...
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Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Sheather bathes in cum?
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And last night I dreamed I was blowing up a Kindergarten with a grenade launcher for no particular reason...
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Oh, and of course more people get killed by selfies than by sharks. Of course.
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SHEEEEAAAAATTTTTTHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
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The smell of rotting flesh really kills my appetite, surprising, but the visual appearance of corpses makes me hungry. Is that weird?
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I mean, let us say I'm a genderfluid blurflux demi-romantic woman who is sexually attracted to men, but only if they are Melanesian and have a voice like that of Nicholas Cage. Okay, so what?
- trex841
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When I first saw that picture, I thought you were dissecting a condom.
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All hail Robo-Stalin.
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Seems like everything in this project is now dead.
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Seagulls are pretty much trees, right?
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We all must finish chapters of our lives to go on to the next. Sometime this means leaving behind versions of ourselves that don't want to die.
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For April fool's, we had to make an orgasm that resembled a human foot.
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im the black market
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He was a skater birb, she said tweet you later birb
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Funny, isn't it, that our world needs Clark Kent a lot more than Superman.
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Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
- Hades - Kid Icarus Uprising
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When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade.
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But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
- Some Dude on BBC Two
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You are being shagged... by a flightless parrot.
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Apr 16 2017, 01:53 PM
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Perpetually paranoid iguanodont
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Here's some more obscure critters for you guys. I found these while researching for Littoralis. What do you think?
Indirana semipalmata
Spoiler: click to toggle Indirana semipalmata is a small terrestrial frog from the Western Ghats in India. They live in vegetation along riversides, rainforests, even in semi-evergreen forests. They are entirely terrestrial, living from tadpole to adult on land. They lay their eggs during the Monsoon season, places them on moist rocks or in the bark of fallen trees. The tadpoles are completely terrestrial, using their finless tails and hooked beaks to skip along tree branches or rocks. These tadpoles feed on bark substrate, a diet unique to this species.  This is a adult I. semipalmata.  This is an I. semipalmata tadpole on a red surface. Note the mostly finless tail.  This is a tadpole that has already grown limbs. (image from Wikipedia, respectively)
Climbing Gourami (Anabantidae)
Spoiler: click to toggle Climbing gouramis/climbing perches are a family of perciform fish from Africa and Asia. They, like other Anadantoids (Labyrinth fish/gouramis), posses a labyrinth organ in their heads. This organ allows the fish to breath atmosphereic oxygen, which they do by gulping air. They can survive for days on end without breathing water, as long as they stay moist. When migrating to new areas, they crawl across the land using both their fins and pronounced points on their gill plates to move forward. This amphibious behavior has lead them to become devastating invasive pests in Australia, where they displace native species and take over ponds, even ponds that might been too anoxic for other species. They've also allegedly been seen climbing up trees with their gills plates and fins, hence the name.  Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus) from central Asia. they are an important food fish in India and Southeast Asia. (image from Wikipedia, respectively)  A Climbing Perch on land.  A Leopard Bush Fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre) from the Congo River Basin.  Cape Kurper (Sandelia capensis) from South Africa. Tragically, they are not invasive, and are actually threatened in their native range by introduced bass species.
Pauropoda
Spoiler: click to toggle Paropoda are a clade of small, detrivorous Myriapods, that live in soil and leaf molds worldwide. The have fewer segments and legs than other Myiapods (like millipedes and centipedes), and lack a heart and true eyes (but have crude light detecting organs instead). They're also distinct in having antler-like branching antennae, and a uniquely shaped anal plate that differs in shape between species. They are shy of light, and avoid bright light sources if possible. They prefer living deep in the (relative) depths of soil and leaf molds over surface terrain. The feed mainly on mold, fungal hyphae, and root hairs. _crop.jpg/220px-Eurypauropodid_(12742282145)_crop.jpg) This is a generic Eurypauropodid pauropod from New Zealand. (image from Wikipedia, respectively)  This is Trachypauropus britannicus, a British species.  This is a species from Tasmania. I don't know the species or family, unfortunately.
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LittleLazyLass
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Apr 16 2017, 01:59 PM
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Proud quilt in a bag
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The idea of those fish climbing trees sounds like an urban legend to me, but I must say that would be a hilarious thing to come across. Just a fish chilling in a tree, on land.
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totally not British, b-baka!
You like me (Unlike) I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me  Forum user Uncanny Gemstar drew what is supposed to be a me. Thanks! Spoiler: click to toggle As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them. What, you want me to tell you what these mean? Predenterra The (Lost) Lost World The Standing World Read First Clarifications on my sex and genderSorry if I come off as rude, I don't put much thought into word choice sometimes. I'm also super prone to editing my posts, sometimes multiple times, in the minutes following posting. For the love of god, take my posts from my earlier days on the forum with a grain of salt. I was not particularly knowledgeable or mature back then. Some of them are so cringe-worthy I can't even bring myself to look at them. Words Maybe Great Words - Words To Spec By
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It would have to be something extremely alien, pushing the limits of our imagination. But those are always my favorite kinds of life. ~~The Words of The Xenologist
- Words To Live By
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Ignorance is never insulting if you're willing to learn, we're all ignorant about most things. ~~The Words of Lamna
- Words I Live By
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Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
Member Quotes - jman123
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Ass-breathing fish-lizards? Sounds like a punk rock band
- Sheather
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"Holy fucking shit a toilet paper roll! Our favorite thing!"
- Urufumarukai
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Tyrannosaurus aquastronka
- Kamineigh
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Myo, if you don't stop reading the YouTube comments...
- Lamna
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Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Sheather bathes in cum?
- Cephylus
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And last night I dreamed I was blowing up a Kindergarten with a grenade launcher for no particular reason...
- revin
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Oh, and of course more people get killed by selfies than by sharks. Of course.
- Parasky
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SHEEEEAAAAATTTTTTHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
- whachamacalit2
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The smell of rotting flesh really kills my appetite, surprising, but the visual appearance of corpses makes me hungry. Is that weird?
- Ebervalius
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I mean, let us say I'm a genderfluid blurflux demi-romantic woman who is sexually attracted to men, but only if they are Melanesian and have a voice like that of Nicholas Cage. Okay, so what?
- trex841
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When I first saw that picture, I thought you were dissecting a condom.
- Mr Mysterio
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All hail Robo-Stalin.
- Peashyjah
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Seems like everything in this project is now dead.
- Stealth Rock
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Seagulls are pretty much trees, right?
- Watcher
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We all must finish chapters of our lives to go on to the next. Sometime this means leaving behind versions of ourselves that don't want to die.
- Yiqi15
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For April fool's, we had to make an orgasm that resembled a human foot.
- Flisch
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im the black market
- CaledonianWarrior96
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He was a skater birb, she said tweet you later birb
- Most People at Some Point
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Quotes - Some dude called plucas1 from Youtube comments
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Funny, isn't it, that our world needs Clark Kent a lot more than Superman.
- Xenoblade Chronicles
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Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
- Hades - Kid Icarus Uprising
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When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade.
- Kid Icarus Uprising
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But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
- Some Dude on BBC Two
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You are being shagged... by a flightless parrot.
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Apr 16 2017, 02:07 PM
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Well mudskippers climb trees.
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Uncanny Gemstar
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Apr 16 2017, 02:16 PM
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Those fish must be geniuses.
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Recent Projects The Lance That Pierced the Stars -The world of chordates throughout its history. A planet populated only by lancelets, algae, and zooplankton. Dogworld - A planet of Good Boys, man's gift to their dearest friends.
Old Projects The Twisted Mirror -my first project, in which some unknown event sometime before the carboniferous drastically changed the course of earth's evolution, and a new clade arose that replaced the tetrapods. And then evolution went nuts. Sphera Vitae -my second project. A universe of giant hollow spheres populated with life from Earth. Each is seperate and unique from one another, and some downright inhospitable, though life evolves and finds a way like nowhere else. Haemos Island - A tiny volcanic rock in the middle of the South Pacific. An island that is no paradise.
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Apr 16 2017, 03:09 PM
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Mysterious tundra-dwelling humanoid
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I've heard of climbing gourami before but never bothered to research them in depth. I didn't realise that they actually had a specific organ for on-land respiration, I always thought they just crawled like eels (unless eels can also breathe air?). Did that organ evolve independently from their main respiratory system or is it an extension of an existing feature that was modified for air-breathing?
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The idea of those fish climbing trees sounds like an urban legend to me, but I must say that would be a hilarious thing to come across. Just a fish chilling in a tree, on land.
I do imagine though that it would be quite amusing to just find a couple of fish chilling in a tree.
Evolution: "Look Earth. Tree fish!" Earth: "I thought you got over your 'fish on land' phase 370 million years ago?" Evolution: "Water's for pussies."
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 These are the larvae of Idiacanthus atlanticus, sometimes called the black dragonfish.
Lightpole fish by Dragonthunders Page
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