Strange beasts

Fallen London
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[quote=mayexist]Half beast, half candle (I hope this design will be taken in consideration for St. E or F):
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Very interesting artwork.

A bit off topic though

To bring things back around to unusual animals that really do exist I submit this particular specimen of nightmare material.

The Bobbit Worm:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html

edited by Harcourt on 11/27/2013

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I guess this would be off topic as well, considering that it’s surely just an ordinary cat.

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No pictures, but I just found out that some scientists somewhere decided it would be a good idea to create transgenic goats that produce spider silk in their milk.


A quote from an article: &quotBut why goats and not spiders themselves? The simple answer is that spiders are territorial, cannibalistic and can’t be farmed. Goats, on the other hand, are docile.&quot

And from Wikipedia: In 2009, two transgenic goats were sold to the Canada Agriculture Museum after Nexia Biotechnologies went bankrupt.

No word on any resulting Übergoats.

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Nananana makaki’i says helloooooo from Hawai’i :)
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Behold the Rat King! It’s like a spider-council, but with rats. Take notes, Spacemarine9.

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&quotBilateral gynandromorphism is a rare genetic disorder occurring in insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and birds, where a strange combination of genetic material splits a creature perfectly in half, with one side male and one side female.&quot

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[quote=Alexander Feld]Behold the Rat King! It’s like a spider-council, but with rats. Take notes, Spacemarine9.

<img border=&quot0&quot src=&quothttp://ic.pics.livejournal.com/kellysearsmith/9281627/219941/219941_320.jpg&quot></img>

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Neither do I! But the forum uses BBCode, not HTML. :) So it’s [img*][*/img] minus the asterisks.

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…I tried that, originally. It didn’t work, neither did the half-dozen variations I edited in.

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Meet the glamourous Damascus goat. I’m sure it means well.

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While searching for Argia from the ambition stuff, I found this rather pretty dragonfly.

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Meet the glamourous Damascus goat. I’m sure it means well.[/quote]
Gods. That is one ugly goat.[/li][li]

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The Gliding Lizard is a charming creature.

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I say there are not enough puffed-up puffer fishes laying around the shores of the underzea. And in addition to their looks, their high toxicity makes them a good fit. (Picture under the spoiler-tag.)

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Nomen spotted on the Surface! Well, since they’re probably not made out of lacre, I guess they might be actual snowmen, but still…

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BEHOLD.


THIS THING.[li]
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Trigger warning for people with toad phobia. - BFW

And Trypophobia. Seriously, this probably qualifies as body horror.

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Behold. The Surinam Toad. Yes, those are baby frogs coming out of its back. That’s where the eggs go once they’re laid.
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Not a problem for me, but you might want to hide that toad behind a spoiler warning. Trypophobia is unpleasant for some people and those toads are a known trigger.

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An interesting catch from the Cave of the Nadir. Perhaps they were Dark-Carapaced Crustaceans once? Or have they already forgotten?

Insulamon palawanense In real life, from the Philippines

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I had no idea. I’ve edited in tags in case the OP doesn’t see your comment for a while. Thank you.
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Oh. I sincerely apologize. Didn’t know that was a trigger for people. Thanks to BFW for adding the spoiler.