Tyranid's have nothing on these organisms
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Tyranid's have nothing on these organisms
Well, maybe I was exaggerating a little. But ifthesemolluscs were in my garden, I wouldn't be so quick to kill them.
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weemadando
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Darth Servo
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It is kind of sad that we find more alien-looking life in our own oceans than we ever seen in most sci-fi.wautd wrote:It's life Jim, but not as we know it
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"You see now you are using your thinking and that is not a good thing!" DMJay on StarTrek.com
"Watching Sarli argue with Vympel, Stas, Schatten and the others is as bizarre as the idea of the 40-year-old Virgin telling Hugh Hefner that Hef knows nothing about pussy, and that he is the expert."--Elfdart
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Wyrm
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They're cute! I like 'em! 
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wilfulton on Bible genetics: "If two screaming lunatics copulate in front of another screaming lunatic, the result will be yet another screaming lunatic.
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wilfulton on Bible genetics: "If two screaming lunatics copulate in front of another screaming lunatic, the result will be yet another screaming lunatic.
"SirNitram: "The nation of France is a theory, not a fact. It should therefore be approached with an open mind, and critically debated and considered."
Cornivore! | BAN-WATCH CANE: XVII | WWJDFAKB? - What Would Jesus Do... For a Klondike Bar? | Evil Bayesian Conspiracy
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Dracofrost
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When I saw that I had an extremely strong "eww!" moment, followed by a "BURN IT!!!" reaction.
Vendetta wrote:Richard Gatling was a pioneer in US national healthcare. On discovering that most soldiers during the American Civil War were dying of disease rather than gunshots, he turned his mind to, rather than providing better sanitary conditions and medical care for troops, creating a machine to make sure they got shot faster.
According to my google-fu, they apparently store up the poisons of various sea sponges when they eat the sponges - so anything that tries to eat one gets a big ol' batch of sea sponge toxins right in the mouth.Dracofrost wrote:Wow.... I never thought I'd see a slug that I thought was pretty. But these are awesome. How toxic are they?
Rome is an eternal thought in the mind of God... If there were no Rome, I'd dream of her.
--Marcus Licinius Crassus, Spartacus.
--Marcus Licinius Crassus, Spartacus.
Poisonous sponges are a new one on me, but there are nudibranches that actually store the nematocysts of consumed sea anemones in their skin. Gives those little buggers a mean wallop.Maxentius wrote:
According to my google-fu, they apparently store up the poisons of various sea sponges when they eat the sponges - so anything that tries to eat one gets a big ol' batch of sea sponge toxins right in the mouth.
I've committed the greatest sin, worse than anything done here today. I sold half my soul to the devil. -Ivan Isaac, the Half Souled Knight
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