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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 03/01/2010 : 19:13:33
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The Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "vampire squid from hell")
http://www.wimp.com/vampiresquid/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Squid
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:14:50 [Permalink]
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Thanks! I've read about that one, what literature there is on it. Like the vast majority of bathypelagic species, precious little is known.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:25:00 [Permalink]
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| Jeeze, what a name. Like the "Vampire Squid from Hell" moniker is really going to help them to get protection. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:42:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Jeeze, what a name. Like the "Vampire Squid from Hell" moniker is really going to help them to get protection.
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It lives at such depths that I don't think it'll have much of a problem, barring polution.
But I have a question: Is this beast really a squid or is it an octopus? Or is it a different sort of cephopod altogether?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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| Edited by - filthy on 03/01/2010 20:43:30 |
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Filthy, this one is for you....
