Help identify this in-game creature

[EmperorNick]

Hello folks,

Due to a childhood obsession with exotic animals I've been able to recognize (if not name) most of the creatures I see in Aquaria.

Screenshot of the angler fish is at the "tongue", just outside the entrance to the Body.
(If you're curious, the book is:)


However I have no idea what these things are:

Or why they're in bubbles, or why they shrink when I shoot them... Any help? You can find them in the Abyss, along the path which leads to the Sunken City. They don't seem to damage me, even when I run into and through them with wild abandon.

P.S. I don't know if this is the right place to post this topic.

[foxkeh]

I had the same thought. They look fictional though.

[IceD]

I think they are rather fictional, nice looking insectoids  Maybe some kind of mites or something else 

They're also very funny, I like them 

[smjjames]

sometimes I'll get damaged a bit if I really press against one, but in general they actually try to avoid you.

It's probably based off of some deep sea arthropod, but for all I know, those are completely fictional.

If it is based off of a real sea creature, Alec and Derek will know the answer.

[Sirensongstress]

I actually thought those were supposed to be some kind of giant sea bug eggs, and was looking around for their mama in case she wanted to eat me.  Freaked me out, lemme tell you!  Not a fan of bugs at all, especially not sea bugs.

[EmperorNick]

An amusing creature just got a little spooky 

I tried really pressing up against them and got hurt a little like smjjames said, so they are capable of some damage.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeere momma... 

[IceD]

I actually thought those were supposed to be some kind of giant sea bug eggs, and was looking around for their mama in case she wanted to eat me.  Freaked me out, lemme tell you!  Not a fan of bugs at all, especially not sea bugs.

Better not to search or you will find a new, horrible ingame secret  . Just think of it if the eggs are so big, how enormous would be their momma... 

Yeah, they are propably eggs with larvae inside, or those cratures just float inside big bubbles, hard to guess... Ask Alec or Derek 

[smjjames]

actually they look more like some kind of transparent shell than a bubble.

They can be a little annoying when they are trying to move away from you and end up clogging the end of the tunnel.

[Gecko]

The transparent shells remind me of Phronima shrimp, which were one of the inspirations for the xenomorphs in the alien movies. They hollow out a creature called a salp and live inside. But they don't look like the larva in the game.

http://www.biology.duke.edu/johnsenlab/gallery/phronima.html

[IceD]

The transparent shells remind me of Phronima shrimp, which were one of the inspirations for the xenomorphs in the alien movies. They hollow out a creature called a salp and live inside. But they don't look like the larva in the game.

http://www.biology.duke.edu/johnsenlab/gallery/phronima.html

Although it looks quite different, it has many similiarities, and those "bugs" also swim in something that looks like a hollow shell. I think this little one was the inspiration 

[EmperorNick]

Pretty awesome, it is quite similar. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the right answer!

Gecko receives 10 internet points, redeemable for confused looks at his local internet service provider.

[Xocrates]

Better not to search or you will find a new, horrible ingame secret  . Just think of it if the eggs are so big, how enormous would be their momma... 

What do you think the Body is? 

[Sirensongstress]

Ewww, so like Eric the creator could be a giant bug (in the form of the body) and working on a new race to take over the ocean (and it would be nasty sea bugs) and that's his army out there? D: *dies*

[silverflagon]

Or aombea even and in the original, ie before the patch those things give Naija a lot of damage, I only ran in to one once and since then I shoot to kill. I think that when I get the patch I will need to relearn some parts of this game from the sounds of things which I quite look forward to doing.

My dream is to suddenly find a way through into a previously unexplored section so I can do more exploring...Well I can dream can't I  lol

[Hiro]

Heh heh, depends how much of the game you've played right? But I guess that having been around as long as you have you've probably explored everywhere. xD

And lol, I can hardly remember this thread but I know its old. Yaarrr!