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- jeffstevens199, on 12/03/2008, -5/+211The Pistol Shrimp is gansta!
- Sornos, on 12/03/2008, -3/+158This list needs more parasites.
Like the genus Cordyceps. They're fungi take over the body and mind of arthropods.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/331826/ant_fungus/
Or Leucochloridium paradoxum. A parasite that takes over snails so that they are eaten by birds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB_COSUXMw
Or one of the many wasps that lays eggs in caterpillars. The eggs hatch and the larva eat their way out of the caterpillar while it is still alive.
Or the gordian worm which takes a cricket host to grow. When it is fully developed, it tells the cricket to throw itself into water where the worm can emerge and find a mate.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7226661303 ...
My perosnal favourite is toxoplasma gondii. It's a parasite whose final host are cats. If rats or mice are infected, they're drawn to the scent of cat urine. The parasite wants the host to be eaten so it can finish its life in the cat. However, it can infect all mammals.
What's really interesting is that it also infects humans. We don't know what the behavioral effects are yet but there are theories that it causes schizophrenia or paranoia. Or maybe they call it that because there is no official name for "crazy cat lady". - kzoopSF, on 12/03/2008, -5/+140dugg for "WEEEEEE!"
- Phylter, on 12/03/2008, -0/+99I was SURE the Aye Aye would be on that list... http://aussiewannabe.com/files/01_AyeAye.jpg
- ssquared22, on 12/03/2008, -2/+99Snakes should not be allowed to glide. That's just effing retardo-scary.
- Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -0/+81Parasites are the undisputed masters of WTF.
- kismetropolis, on 12/03/2008, -1/+75Yep. Very happy I live indoors.
The Pistol Shrimp is cool rather than disturbing, but that's only because I do not live in the ocean. - granolajoe, on 12/03/2008, -0/+66Only you would be pissed off about a giant salamander. Giant salamanders with projectile tongues are ***** awesome.
- metapop, on 12/03/2008, -2/+65you forgot this. watch at your own peril.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/08 ... - minnasouljah, on 12/03/2008, -7/+69#6; The Bill O'Reily...
- briguymich, on 12/03/2008, -0/+56I want a flying snake to keep in my tree for the Jehovas
- GMofOLC, on 12/03/2008, -1/+49"As the bubbles collapse they momentarily reach the temperature of the sun."
Damn.
I'm going to design a car that runs on pistol shrimp. - THEchemisTREE, on 12/03/2008, -31/+76I now am completely sure there is no god. What kind of dumbass would creat a giant salamander. Thats about as practical as a life size AIDS virus.
- passedoutghost, on 12/03/2008, -1/+46AHHHH! Kill it with fire!
- jazino, on 12/03/2008, -7/+48“what the *****?! Snakes can fly?! I quit life!”
- christopheles, on 12/04/2008, -0/+38Haha! I remember reading that!
- brstilson, on 12/03/2008, -0/+38This should have been named "The 5 Most Kickass Animals In The History Of Ever"
- arcanesmile, on 12/03/2008, -0/+36NERF PISTOL SHRIMPS! THEY'RE OP!!!
- inactive, on 12/03/2008, -0/+33oh the dick fish
- alexra, on 12/03/2008, -3/+35dont forget humans, were the weirdest of them all
- SFGalSJG, on 12/03/2008, -1/+33I want the salamander as a pet. for real.
- twenty26six, on 12/03/2008, -1/+33These are not scary
you want scary
here's scary
these things are terrifying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bot_fly - Tynan, on 12/04/2008, -0/+31It even holds the pistol sideways, gangsta style.
- BJF9999, on 12/03/2008, -0/+29.....that's what she said
- frequentFlyer, on 12/04/2008, -0/+28You can stop now.
- kzoopSF, on 12/03/2008, -0/+27i'm pretty sure it would ALWAYS spear people's eyes.
- Sendai129, on 12/03/2008, -0/+26Jesus ***** I'm going to have nightmares now...
- inactive, on 12/03/2008, -1/+27Not of this Earth.
- Namaha, on 12/04/2008, -0/+25I submitted that video about the pistol shrimp around 8 months ago. Didn't get a single digg :(
I need friends :( - twishart, on 12/03/2008, -0/+25Also it makes the shotgun cocking sound from Duke Nukem.
***** YEAH - sjbdallas, on 12/03/2008, -1/+25So it's not bad enough that snakes can slither up your leg while you sleep, now they can fly at your head while you flee.
- dtr300, on 12/03/2008, -2/+25That snake is actually quite beautiful. Although I wouldn't want it dropping on my head.
- arcanesmile, on 12/04/2008, -0/+20better than a pistol shrimp crawling around the bathtub with you
- inactive, on 12/03/2008, -0/+18my sentiments exactly, those salamanders are easily one of the coolest species of amphibian on the planet.
- antonio97b, on 12/03/2008, -0/+18Erm.... what kind of penis do you have? Ones with sharp pointy teeth?
- Trekhawk, on 12/03/2008, -4/+22OK. I'm sufficiently scared now. How can we best go about killing these animals and paving over their habitats regardless of their intentions towards us?
- PeanutCheeseBar, on 12/03/2008, -9/+27God didn't create that; the Chinese dumping thousands of gallons of toxic waste into the rivers in China created that thing.
- houndeyex, on 12/04/2008, -0/+18Not that it wouldn't be scary as HELL having a flying snake landing on you out of nowhere.
- patrickschmidt, on 12/03/2008, -1/+18Great. Now I'm animal-phobic. Thanks. Thanks a lot Robert Brockway.
- EklektikMC, on 12/03/2008, -1/+17Well, there's always Mantis Shrimp, which are like Pistol Shrimp but with the ability to shatter glass and see infrared and ultraviolet rays...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp - kingmanic, on 12/03/2008, -0/+16Some studies have suggested human infected with Toxoplasma show brain lesions as well as impaired reaction times, shifts sex ratios in favor of boys, causes a tendency to like Cats, it may also cause a whole host of mental behavior modifications, may cause women to be smarter and men to get dumber and may cause females infected to be more attractive to males. That sort of scary for a parasite.
- Infidelcastr0, on 12/03/2008, -1/+16Dugg for that ***** shrimp!
- TheOneTrueGod, on 12/04/2008, -2/+17The idiots who made the video about the Pistol Shrimp should be hit in the face with a fist.
Making a video where they state that the ocean is full of sound... showing of the crackling background etc... then showing one of the major causes: The Pistol Shrimp.
Then they overdub everything it does with stupid explanatory sounds: "cocking a pistol" *sound of pistol cocking* "gunshot" *gunshot*
***** those people. I wanna hear the real thing! - twishart, on 12/03/2008, -0/+15oh *****, it's that fish that swims up your peehole
- toxsid, on 12/03/2008, -3/+18Damn nature you scary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkbV5gndMsk - Alheithinn, on 12/03/2008, -1/+15Yeah, the indoors is looking very nice. In fact, anything far enough north to freeze anything that looks anything like those critters is looking even better.
- xeomage, on 12/04/2008, -0/+14Yeah, see, they don't really need venom: they just give you a damn heart attack when you see a SNAKE flying THROUGH THE AIR at your FACE. You collapse and die and then they swallow you whole.
On the plus side, they can't fly for at least a couple of weeks afterwards. - cl2yp71c, on 12/03/2008, -1/+15No wonder that the only place I feel safe, is in front of my computer desk.
- jeffstevens199, on 12/03/2008, -1/+14gangsta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sornos, on 12/04/2008, -1/+14Try to see humans objectively in comparison to other mammals. We are some ***** up creatures. Our heads are grotesquely huge. Our noses are separate from our mouths. Our teeth are actually UNDER our brains. Our arms and legs are far too long for our torsos. Our legs for that matter are absolutely huge. And then there are our ***** up hands and feet. And our hair is all clumped up in weird places.
We're really quite ugly. Objectively. From a biased point of view, we're not all that bad. Some of us are damn fine. -
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