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Hey /an/ Anonymous
the topic came up, so I'm introducing /tg/ to things like the geoduck and the mara.

any other natural oddity organisms that'd have a good WTF value?

pic semi-related
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Coco de mir
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this parasite should work... only problem is I can't remember the damn thing's name....
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Rhino bettle larvae
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Blobfish.
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Candiru
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>>277166
holy... WTF is that thing?
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Vaginacactus
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Hydnora africana
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come on /an/, i know you have more hidden up your sleeves
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Ichneuman fly.
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Found it on /x/
I want one.
I sort of wtf'd when I first saw it, does that count?
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Anglerfish.

The males are really tiny and burrow into the female where their circulatory systems join and he becomes a permanent parasite. All he does is release sperm every once in awhile when she's ready to mate.
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umm... wtf is it?
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Dryocampa rubicunda
Pink and Yellow Fuzzy moth
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looks like a moth of some sort
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>>277135
IT WAS YOU!
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Giant Weta.
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Goliath stick insect.
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Whoops, forgot pic.
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Also, Titan stick insect. I have a photo around somewhere (alas, old fashioned paper so I can't show it to you) of one of these sitting on my arm. It was fully as long as my forearm, it's head at my wrist and it's behind just shy of my elbow. Awesome.
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is this real, or more /x/ bull?
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Yeti crab.
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some viral marketing from some crappy game i think.
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No, this is not real. It gets trotted out on a tiresomely regular basis. It's a promo for a game or movie, I forget which.
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"The "yeti crab," discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is so extraordinary that a new taxonomic family had to be invented for it.

The new species was found during a deep-sea dive expedition, some 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) off Easter Island.

Living next to hydrothermal vents at depths of 7,540 feet (2,300 meters), the blind white crustacean, named Kiwa hirsute, was also dubbed the yeti (or abominable snowman) crab because of its hairy arms, which support colonies of yellow bacteria.

Led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, the dive team speculates that the animal may deliberately cultivate these bacteria for food or as tiny sensors that help the crab find food or a mate.

Other researchers suggest the crustacean could use the bacteria to combat toxic fluids that rise from the volcanic vents.

Mineral-eating bacteria thrive on deposits from the vents, says Chris German of the Southampton Oceanography Centre in England. "Show them a metal sulfide deposit on the seafloor and they think it's a six-course banquet," he joked.

"If you've got things that want to [eat toxic fluids], why not carry a bunch of them around with you if you're working in a hazardous environment," German added. "They could be your natural safeguards." "

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/photogalleries/sea-animals/photo5.html

Those in the know seem to think it's a crab.
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>>277269
Beat me to it.
Have a furry lobster.
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>>277274
I'm sorry, John Hodgman got to me first.
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According to Wikipedia, the Great and All Knowing:

"Although it is often referred to as the "furry lobster" outside the scientific literature,[2] Kiwa hirsuta is not a true lobster but is more closely related to squat lobsters and hermit crabs. The term "furry lobster" is more commonly used for the family Synaxidae."

So strictly speaking it's neither and both, I guess. Wouldn't be game to eat it, though.
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This fucker is going to give me nightmares.
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THERE IS NO GOD.
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>>277314
wasnt there another dog pic like that, that was equally disturbing... *shudders*
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geoducks are effin tasty
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>>277306
What in the hell.
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Is that a leatherback?
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Check the picture filename, you twit.
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Ayeayes. Fugly things.
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Thread not complete without blobfish
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>>277306
Looks like somebody dropped a steamroller on it (WRYYY[...])
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Hello guyz
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Dragon embryo
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congratz, you made me lol
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it looks kinda cool, is it poisonous?
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This will be posted again because it is awesome.
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>>277382
Don't think so. Defensive cats mostly have spikes or hairs all over their body, but this one rather seems to mimic another animal to scare off foes.
Don't know the species tho.

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>a good WTF value
No.
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Anything that looks like an ork.
/tg/ loves orkz.
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Dunno, never seen a red squirrel myself, red chipmunks yes, squirrels no.
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Have a Bonobo
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>>277396
it's so cute
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that's an awesome looking snake
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Sorry about the size. This would be the extinct Caspian Tiger. Not a shop, this thing had nearly blood red fur.

There's also the Maltese Tiger, an extinct genus that supposedly had blue fur but there doesn't seem to be any legit pictures that I can find.
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Not an animal but related in oddness.
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bleeding mushrooms?
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>>277428

Highly toxic bleeding fungi, so, yes.
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Oh god what
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holothurians.
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and nudibranch (not sure of species, tho)
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schpwiff.jpg

lol wat
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Glaucus atlanticus

pic source:
http://www.nudibranch.com.au/pages/7584b.htm
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Portuguese Man O' War
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Suddenly, man-o-wars everywhere.
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>>277241
It looks like somebody painted it.
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Those things hurt like a bitch. ;_;
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stalked crinoid (neocrinus decorus)
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I love these threads!
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>>277514

ALASKAN GOLD
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Hell yeah!
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>>277519
Blargh Im ded
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>>277498
Only hurt? I though they hurt & kill....
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>>277170
Try having a wee in every south american river you visit and have a nice surprise.

Also, requesting picture of brain-eating maggot.
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>>277661

beat me to it.

Here's a better shot.
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>>277463
hallucegenia lives
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Hagfish
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>>277308

My god killed one of those when I was little.
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(not on my home pc)
how about those Mantises that look like flowers?
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>>277709
What
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dog*
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nevermore.
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>>277710
Don't mind me, just making a delivery.
Try finding a Wally amongst those flowers.
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Just some odd colored seaweed.
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>>277462
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Lunch
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>>277795
I have spent so long staring at this picture. every time it is posted I stare. I have come to believe that there is nothing in that pic.

if there is something there, please for the love of all things point it out for me. please?
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>>277831
yeah where's the "wally"?
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I think its the third flower up on the left
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>>277832

Look for the yellow dots in all the flowers those are it's leg joints. It is really hard to see though. I'd circle it in MSpaint but I'm lazy. :D
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>>277832

Kind of hard to see, though.
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Nobody posted sea pig yet? WTF is wrong with you /an/?
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Also marshmallow peep deer.
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>>277393
Water bear > everything in this thread.
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the sunfish is pretty weird.
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>>277223

Ringtailed possoth?
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Tongue Eating Louse/Cymothoa exigua
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Frilled Shark
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>>277864
Why does it have human teeth?
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Waterbear: most hardcore animal ever
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any of u notice the midget on the right side like i did
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Oh fuck, he looks just like that actor that played in the TV series with the aliens, and the movie Death at a Funeral.

Is this image a fraud?
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>>277409
Red squirrels are everywhere in Eurasia and western America. They're not even endangered.
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half life. its a great game assholes


also, sucessfull troll
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>>277992
Where in Half Life were those?

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Okapi are awesome.
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>>277340

A wild Weepingbell appeared!
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Poor adorable fucking dogs
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>>277463
What the fuck is that?
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i lyk golduck from pokemanz

get one of dem

itz kewl
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Thaumaticthydae: best. anglerfish. evar.
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boxing crab, anyone?
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What about your friendly neighbourhood Gar?
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This thread has further instilled into me my complete hatred and disgust with Marine life.
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There's a lake in Lake County, Illinois, called Duck Lake (original I know), and there's nothing but Alligator gar in there.
They had to put other fish in there to try and control them, but they ate all the other fish and now you can NOT go in the water or you will get torn to shreds
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>>279209
Ugh, same here.
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i hear these things smell REALLY bad
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>>279223
deep sea stuff, I can live with. it's ugly as sin, yes, but I'll never see one outside of an aquarium. The freshwater stuff, however... ugh....

also, anyone got some good insects and stuff to balance out all the sealife here?
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Holy fucking shit, someone tell me about this thing.
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Wee-Man ?
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>>279432
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Goa'uld?
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more orchid praying mantids because the previous pictures were shit
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wow, a pretty bug....that's pretty rare
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Tunicate. The first "chordate" evah. We have some pretty humble, squishy beginnings, don't we?
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Blarg!
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They look like they're wearing glasses :)
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>>279824
what is that? looks like a bloated centipede
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That pic reminds me of these tasty veggies...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLk1qDPqx1g
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>>279824
floor vagina?
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>>279824
umm... some sort of fucked up isopod? I'm drawing a blank...
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a sea mouse on its back.
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>>277864
the filename reminds me of all the uses for Squigs
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Long necked chimerae.
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Oh hai guys, person who posted fuzzy yellow moth.
Thanks for saying what it is, I was wondering for a while.
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AWESOME.
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Kill it NOW
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Scorpion Fly.
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>>277463

Oh my god what the hell is this.
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stalked crinoid (neocrinus decorus)
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>>277463
more on this one please
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I learned two thing from this thread.
1)Nature is always much weirder than any sort of fiction.
2)Don't browse /an/ while you're eating.
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>>280543
/an/- proof man can still get their asses handed to them by nature
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Sharpedo?