Alien-like Squid

[Alec]

Pretty crazy lookin':

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html

[inkblob]

hah I was just going to post this, the link is in my clipboard 4 reals.  what's with the elbows huh?

[Derek]

Squids should not have elbows.

[Chibi]

That is so cool. The elbow squid has just won the Weird Underwater Creatures Thread.

Squids should not have elbows.

 (It's ok Derek: evolution happens)  Just view it as another monstrosity spawned by the Creator.

[ChimeraThing]

They found this thing at an oil drilling site, maybe there was something with the oil that had an effect on the squids growth or evolution. It seems to use its elephant ear shaped crown as a mode of propulsion, and the elbows seem to be made by an asterisk-shaped formation of bones, very cool indeed. To wonderland!

For the people who didnt get that: Wonderland is another name for area 51, im just a fountain of knowledge, arent i?

[Xiagan]

I second what Derek said.

[silverflagon]

I found it fascinating and strange but I can see how it could evolve quite naturally. There is a niche for creatures that can 'fish' in the deep dark of the ocean and if it can't see so well down there then letting it's arms droop to catch food is only the next step from chasing it. The elbows would just happen...
Of course none of this detracts from the fact that it is an amazing sight to see, just like Hammer Head sharks and Narwales

[Chibi]

Yes, _NarWales' climate is very agreeable this time of year. 

Unfortunately Derek, nature has no sense of aesthetic whatsoever.    Beauty happens when natural function coincides with human ideals.

[ChimeraThing]

Should i explain the Uncanny Valley?

[silverflagon]

Should i explain the Uncanny Valley?

yes please do and tell us where it is please because you have really piqued my curiosity

Chibi lol ok whales it is lol

[Chibi]

Here's a link to the best article on the subject (Popular Science). The examples are decidedly unsettling, to put ti mildly.



 Catch it Silver?

[silverflagon]

Here's a link to the best article on the subject (Popular Science). The examples are decidedly unsettling, to put ti mildly.



 Catch it Silver?

Oh chibi!    It is very tempting right now to say something that I shouldn't, please don't leave yourself open to ribaldry 

[silverflagon]

Thank you for the Link Chibi that was very interesting and now I know that it's a sense and not a place

[Chibi]

Oh chibi!    It is very tempting right now to say something that I shouldn't, please don't leave yourself open to ribaldry 

Eh? What is the ribaldry to which I have opened myself? XD I am dying to know. 

[silverflagon]

Here's a link to the best article on the subject (Popular Science). The examples are decidedly unsettling, to put ti mildly. this Chibi