The weird, wild, and amazing natural world

[Captain Seafort]

*squints* Some kind of unholy cross between a monkey and a Yorkie?

[Sionnach Glic]

A tribble?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

The Blobfish :



The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.

Aww, sad fish is sad.

[Lighthawk]

A tribble?

[Sonic Glitch]

The Blobfish :



The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.

Looks like the Face of Boe partially melted.

[Lighthawk]

Any guesses as to what type of critter this is?

No more guesses? Alright, it's a rabbit. Angora Rabbit. They were apparently popular pets for the French nobility in the 1700s, and are still bred for their extremely fluffy fur.

Alright, going back to the depths, which seems to be the best place to find the really weird stuff.

[Laughing Man]

Despite how strange, or seemingly malformed, or totally obscure, It's all Disymmetric?

I Know evolution says we come from a base component which upgraded itself, but why has this remained a constant?

[Sionnach Glic]

It hasn't really. Compare a worm to a human. Not much similarities there.

[Laughing Man]

Despite how strange, or seemingly malformed, or totally obscure, It's all Disymmetric?

I Know evolution says we come from a base component which upgraded itself, but why has this remained a constant?

[Lighthawk]

Shit, they changed something in the matrix...

[Tsukiyumi]

s**t, they changed something in the matrix...

[Laughing Man]

I ate the Dupe!
Didn't consider worms or Molluscite creatures. Thinking now Jellyfish are ubersymmetrical.

I can hear my dad in my head saying "measure twice post once"!

(I thought i deleted the dupe, but its still there!)

[colmquinn]

I think Laughing man was talking about Bilateral symmetry rather than Disymetric, Bilateral Symetry

[Mikey]

But a good number of those organisms display radial symmetry, which is far from universal.

[Lighthawk]

The mysterious moving stones of the packed-mud desert of Death Valley have been a center of scientific controversy for decades. Rocks weighing up to hundreds of pounds have been known to move up to hundreds of yards at a time. Some scientists have proposed that a combination of strong winds and surface ice account for these movements. However, this theory does not explain evidence of different rocks starting side by side and moving at different rates and in disparate directions. Moreover, the physics calculations do not fully support this theory as wind speeds of hundreds of miles per hour would be needed to move some of the stones.