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skillyaslig 05-14-2007 02:50 AM

Mutants of the sea....Creepy
 
A few years back there was a tsunami in the Indian sea...and after that wave, as the water began to reced, people began to find crazy, mutated things on the beach...Kids, dont touch!
Damn, thats some ugly lookin' fish!:p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v..._dragonfish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ind_lobster.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...D/blob_fish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...rrier_shell.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...imaera_fish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...himaera_pup.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.../coffinfish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...D/fangtooth.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...refly_squid.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...lizard_fish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...0ooD/gunard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...D/oreo_dory.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.../sea_spider.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...D/viperfish.jpg

EDIT: DAMNIT!!! Sorry...didnt work:fuzmad:

E'l Scrabino 05-14-2007 02:53 AM

OMG MUTANTS!

They do look really mootated...

Freaky.

LadySlig 05-14-2007 02:55 AM

What the...? Okay, thats just wrong.

ANN NEELY 05-14-2007 03:04 AM

You silly fools! These aren't mutants; they're obviously deep sea fish. They live miles undersea where it is very dark and thus have no need to worry about appearances.

Alf Shall Rise 05-14-2007 03:38 AM

Hmm looks like something I eat in the evening. Very freaky with sharp teeth, slimy, long, big, some with antennas, some with sharp claws, some with huge eyes, but nothing to be afraid about, ol' chap!

Anyway, I would actually freak if I saw one of those while swimming.

Strike Witch 05-14-2007 03:56 AM

Deep Sea Fish, not mutants.


Gawd.

Marvak 05-14-2007 04:01 AM

In all my knowledge of deep sea fish, I have never heard of a two-headed lobster. Though I could be wrong.
That fifth one down would look awesome hanging on my bedroom wall. And the blob fish looks like my maths teacher.

Xavier 05-14-2007 04:24 AM

Well this was quite intresting... and absolutly ugly.

skillyaslig 05-14-2007 04:47 AM

Hehe, dont touch....Ugg, Those things are UGLY and I would freak right out if I tripped over one at the beach.

Abeguy 05-14-2007 04:55 AM

That blob fish was looking at me...>.>

Bullet Magnet 05-14-2007 06:31 AM

You know that they're supposed to look like that. They have no concern for the quaint, human values of aesthetic quality.

I've met most of those before. Those chimeras, the lizardfish, the squid... that sea spider is a classic example of a deep sea pycnogonid, very weird arthropods, I identified a wayward specimen dredged up in Southampton Water just a few months ago. Their bodies are so small that their digestive system extends into the legs, and they have no respiratory system.

The "blob fish" is the only one too badly damaged to identify.

Seargentbig 05-14-2007 06:53 AM

I've seen a lot of those before (not first hand, mind) and the others don't look particularly wild. Didn't see a two headed lobster in those pictures, though...

Bullet Magnet 05-14-2007 07:02 AM

Those "heads" are simply extensions of the carapace and the antennae appendages.

Slig 7665 05-14-2007 11:03 AM

Man they be some uuuuuuuuggggley fish reminds me of a program called blue planet

moxco 05-14-2007 11:29 AM

That lizard fish is really freaking me out....

Oh, and skillya. I got a favor. could you name the links the name of the fish.
example....

Black Dragon Fish
Blind Lobster
...and so on... Just so it's easier to tell which fish is which.

Jordan 05-14-2007 11:36 AM

Ew... I hate that spider fish. These fish are seriously gross, are they being examined by experts?

Bullet Magnet 05-14-2007 11:45 AM

Spider fish?

Gabiar 05-14-2007 11:55 AM

What the hell????
Seriously, i've puked on my monitor (whoops). eww

Laser 05-14-2007 11:59 AM

sweet! they are some really cool fish!
i want several!

Mojo 05-14-2007 12:11 PM

Anyone up for sushi?

Gabiar 05-14-2007 12:12 PM

Bluch!!!!!

Venks 05-14-2007 12:19 PM

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That lizard fish is really freaking me out....

Oh, and skillya. I got a favor. could you name the links the name of the fish.
example....

Black Dragon Fish
Blind Lobster
...and so on... Just so it's easier to tell which fish is which.

Yo Moxco how do you do that, like turn a whole link into a couple words? I've always wondered how some people do that, unfortunately I can't find anyone to teach me how.

Gabiar 05-14-2007 12:25 PM

Uch, off topic:
Normally like this: *text to hyperlink*

But this doesn't always count on certain forums.
EDIT: damnit it did work.....

ignore the full stops: [.u.r.l=*link]*text to hyperlink*[./u.r.l]

moxco 05-14-2007 12:30 PM

Easy. here are the 5 steps.

1. Write the word you want to hyperlink. I'll write 'Oddworld Inhabitants'.
2. Go to the destination site the [site you want to link your word[s] to]. I'll go to 'oddworld.com'.
3. Copy the address of the destination site.
4. Highlight the word you want to hyperlink.
5. At the top of the post box you should see a little icon of an earth with a chain in front off it. Click on it [delete the 'http://']. and paste your link.
Now you should have a hyperlink. Heres mine:'Oddworld Inhabitants'

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Sorry for going off topic.....:(

snuzi 05-14-2007 01:36 PM

Christ on a pony...

Mutant fish? Were you people dropped on the head?

Man, I so wish I got to this thread earlier. I'd have had a blast making fun of everyone who thought that those fish were mutants of some sort.

skillyaslig 05-14-2007 09:16 PM

For course they are not mutanted! I know that. They are freaky though, so I will call them mutants :p

Jordan 05-14-2007 11:13 PM

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Spider fish?

Heh, I mean sea spider.

Sea Spider.

skillyaslig 05-15-2007 02:13 AM

Ugg, I HATE spiders...I dont know why though. If I saw on of them floating towards me in the sea, I would never go to the beach again! *shudders*

Alf Shall Rise 05-15-2007 03:26 AM

Just think of the damage these fish could cause. Some have HUGE teeth, and would attack you on sight. Some of those would probably spray you with poison of some sort. Maybe some are harmless...but that Viper Fish would scare me if I was waay underwater.

Jordan 05-15-2007 06:51 AM

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Ugg, I HATE spiders...I dont know why though. If I saw on of them floating towards me in the sea, I would never go to the beach again! *shudders*

I'd grab the nearest rock to me and spend as much time as I could attempting to crush the thing. I know it sounds cruel, but it's instinct when I see a spider. I'd hate to see what it's like when it actually moves. Yuck.

Mojo 05-15-2007 07:03 AM

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Just think of the damage these fish could cause. Some have HUGE teeth, and would attack you on sight. Some of those would probably spray you with poison of some sort. Maybe some are harmless...but that Viper Fish would scare me if I was waay underwater.

Actually, most are almost blind :P.

And no poison.

Fluid 05-15-2007 07:50 AM

every sea creature looks freaky when you put them in laboratory..

btw.. that blob fish is the cutest

Laser 05-15-2007 07:58 AM

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that blob fish is the cutest
nah the squid is!

snuzi 05-15-2007 10:43 AM

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For course they are not mutanted! I know that. They are freaky though, so I will call them mutants :p

Just because something look different doesn't mean it should be called a mutant. I mean, do you call people you find ugly "mutants"?

And you didn't know that. If you did, this thread would be titled "Deep Sea Fish Wash Up On Shore!".

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Just think of the damage these fish could cause. Some have HUGE teeth, and would attack you on sight. Some of those would probably spray you with poison of some sort. Maybe some are harmless...but that Viper Fish would scare me if I was waay underwater.

Most of those fish are extremely frail or fragile, so I doubt they could cause humans much harm. Many probably died just from being exposed to sunlight for too long.

And as Mojo said, none are poisonous. They rely on their bioluminescent bodies or appendages to draw in prey, and then, when the prey is close enough, they devour them.

Bullet Magnet 05-15-2007 03:17 PM

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Ugg, I HATE spiders...I dont know why though. If I saw on of them floating towards me in the sea, I would never go to the beach again! *shudders*

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I'd grab the nearest rock to me and spend as much time as I could attempting to crush the thing. I know it sounds cruel, but it's instinct when I see a spider. I'd hate to see what it's like when it actually moves. Yuck.

They're not spiders, their pycnogonids. They are chelicerates, like arachnids and xiphosurans (horseshore crabs) and eurypterids (sea scorpions), but apart from that, totally different and TOTALLY benthic, so you won't find them floating anywhere. You might find a tiny one in the mud at the bottom, if you are really lucky, and the pycnogonid is really lost.

But seriously, you wouldn't react to them n the same way as a spider. They may have superficially similar legs, but trust me, in the flesh they give off a completely different vibe, you couldn't classify a fear of them as arachnophobia, it would be "pycnogonophobia".

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Just think of the damage these fish could cause. Some have HUGE teeth, and would attack you on sight. Some of those would probably spray you with poison of some sort. Maybe some are harmless...but that Viper Fish would scare me if I was waay underwater.

:rolleyes: Teeth are not an indication of aggression. I mean, a shark wouldn't attack you, why should they? Most are really small anyway, their teeth look huge in the pictures, but they're tiny. Also, no poison. Hell, a spray underwater? WTF?

If you met a harmless viper fish, you'll have bigger problems than your encounter to deal with. Like the lack of air and searing pressure kilometers down.

Leto 05-15-2007 09:13 PM

You guys are so OWF.

The Host, anyone?

skillyaslig 05-15-2007 10:58 PM

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Just because something look different doesn't mean it should be called a mutant. I mean, do you call people you find ugly "mutants"?

And you didn't know that. If you did, this thread would be titled "Deep Sea Fish Wash Up On Shore!".

I did Snuzi. I know alot about animals, including fish, even the underwater ones. AND I wouldnt call someone whos ugly a mutant. and back on topic, I accutaly like spiders, but if one comes near me I freak out. Dont really know why

Fluid 05-16-2007 03:03 AM

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including fish, even the underwater ones.

hehe.. funny

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Just because something look different doesn't mean it should be called a mutant. I mean, do you call people you find ugly "mutants"?

different from what?

calling them mutants may offend them.. right snuzi

Jordan 05-16-2007 07:07 AM

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They're not spiders, their pycnogonids. They are chelicerates, like arachnids and xiphosurans (horseshore crabs) and eurypterids (sea scorpions), but apart from that, totally different and TOTALLY benthic, so you won't find them floating anywhere. You might find a tiny one in the mud at the bottom, if you are really lucky, and the pycnogonid is really lost.

But seriously, you wouldn't react to them n the same way as a spider. They may have superficially similar legs, but trust me, in the flesh they give off a completely different vibe, you couldn't classify a fear of them as arachnophobia, it would be "pycnogonophobia".



:rolleyes: Teeth are not an indication of aggression. I mean, a shark wouldn't attack you, why should they? Most are really small anyway, their teeth look huge in the pictures, but they're tiny. Also, no poison. Hell, a spray underwater? WTF?

If you met a harmless viper fish, you'll have bigger problems than your encounter to deal with. Like the lack of air and searing pressure kilometers down.

Curse you, you're so knowing. :p
Still, they freak me out anyway, even if they aren't spiders.

Bullet Magnet 05-16-2007 07:22 AM

Well I am an aspiring marine biologsit, like Ambi.