Comments on: Friday fluff: Read at your own risk!

By: Piffle

Piffle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:35:22 +0000

This fish isn’t so much creepy as incredibly cute; but I had to share…

http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=47496

It’s got these little leggy fins, and doesn’t swim so much as bounce and get buffeted by the currents. Plus those stripes, and the look in their eyes just seems so adorable.

By: Eucritta

Eucritta — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:04:50 +0000

Jerusalem crickets aren’t so bad. I’ve never understood why they’re considered so especially ugly — they look just like fat crickets, and by and large folks seem to think crickets are cute enough. I’ve heard they can bite and release a stinky gas, but I’ve never seen it; the ones I’ve exposed in the garden just look up at me in consternation and scurry for cover.

By: thedrymock

thedrymock — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:46:53 +0000

SugarLeigh: But at least the whales are, you know, jiggy with it. Dolphins don’t always give a crap whether the ladies dig their tricks. Dolphins, like humans, form gangs of young, vicious males that will corner and gang-rape females. Actually, although that's not exactly what's going on in the whale video, it's not that far off. Seems like the female just eventually gets tired of the 4 males trying to throw their penises up out of the water into her vagina (which she is working very hard to keep out of range) and gives in to one of them. I found the video pretty disturbing, actually. :( I'm surprised no one else did... I love the rest of this thread SO MUCH though! I am totally into the wolverfrog. Nobody's mentioned the Jerusalem cricket yet -- I've never seen one, but my boyfriend is from Nevada and swears they are the most horrible things ever. And how about that immortal jellyfish (recently featured on Shakesville)? I find that pretty creepy.

By: SugarLeigh

SugarLeigh — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:28:20 +0000

Maya, you turned my mood this morning from “ugh” to “heehee!” YOU WIN!

I love everybody here so very, very much. Really, I don’t say that enough.

By: Maya

Maya — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:50:41 +0000

“hermaphroditic penis-fencing flatworms”

I am officially squicked. and i have seen THE MOST CRAZY DISGUSTING THINGS in my life. YUCK.

Whale penis is going to haunt me tonight.. like woop all of a sudden, a 12 foot penis dangling over your shoulder. “oh hey babeh.” GAH! *runs away*

By: Sweet Machine

Sweet Machine — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:14:46 +0000

Liza, WordPress has allowed embedding of YouTube videos for quite a while now. There are definitely some types of videos that don’t work, but I don’t know which off the top of my head.

By: Inexdeo

Inexdeo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:53:21 +0000

Godless Heathen, OMG, yes.

I was waiting for someone to bring in the Megalodons. Cause, okay, most of this thread scares the bejesus out of me, and does not sit well with my general ocean phobia, but Megalodons tip me right over the edge of ‘That would be pretty nasty to be around, glad it’s not in my life’ into preparing my nuclear bunker territory.

And here’s why. A human, a great white, an inordinately humungous demon in shark form.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Megalodon_scale1.png/800px-Megalodon_scale1.png

And now I shall go vomit most heartily into the nearest receptacle.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:54:20 +0000

I love everyone.

This is the best thread I’ve ever seen – anywhere. I think that fish *stole* those teeth. Like, from a drifter, or a girl who died of a broken heart…!

emily, I’m going to need you to write folklore.

By: JPlum

JPlum — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:49:31 +0000

I am never, ever, ever going to Australia. Or anyplace else warm enough to grow bugs that big.

By: Liza

Liza — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:14:20 +0000

So, is Word Press allowing you to embed now? Because I swear when I was checking out free blogs it told me I couldn’t embed videos and stuff. Some security thing.