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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:42:00

Does the sailfish actually spear fish on its nose?

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:48:39
gamingeek said:

Does the sailfish actually spear fish on its nose?

Think about it for a moment. What would happen if a Marlin, Swordfish or Sailfish would spear its prey?

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:25:26

Okay we mentioned this creature before, so we might as well get it over with.

It is time for the Peregrine Falcon to swoop down at breakneck speeds.

This thing is fast. One bird is even clocked to reach a speed of 389 km/h (242 mph) during a dive.

You can see the video of that particular dive here

The falcon is able to reach the fastest speed of any animal while in a dive. During flapping flight it reaches speeds of around 100 km/h, not as fast as a needletail, but still very fast.

A Falcon hunting a pigeon

This ends the somewhat 'normal' animals. The freakshow will start soon. Enter at your own peril!

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:46
Iga_Bobovic said:

Think about it for a moment. What would happen if a Marlin, Swordfish or Sailfish would spear its prey?

It would be stuck there.

That's what I wondering about.

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:01:36
gamingeek said:
Iga_Bobovic said:

Think about it for a moment. What would happen if a Marlin, Swordfish or Sailfish would spear its prey?

It would be stuck there.

That's what I wondering about.

Correct, and because it has no arm it would remain there.

They club their prey to death, check out the video to see them in action.

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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:57:43

Have you guys seen sea angels?

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:17:20

Has anybody here ever watched Monster Bug Wars on the Science Channel? Classic shit:

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:49:03

^Yeah I saw that one.

Good, now it is time for the freak show. Edge gave us an apetizer, but now it is time for the main course.

Because some of you are playing Resident Evil, let us start with the Cordyceps Fungus.

A fungus you say? Yes, did I mention it is a mind controlling fungus?

No, check out a real life zombie outbreak.

But wait I have more.

Yes, there is an Isopod (family of your common pillbug) that enters a fish through it gills. Chokes out the tongue until it dies and effectively replace the tongue and feeds by sucking the blood, mucus and whatever leftover that remains.

The name: Cymothoa exigua

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:53:31

More mind controlling fungi


Nature can fuck off
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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:11:22

That's some fucked up shit.

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:37:17

Isopods are awesome.

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:23:21

I saw that thing in the fish mouths on tv. Truly horrid.

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Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:18:32
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Fish with a transparant head.

Macropinna microstoma also known as a barrel eyed fish

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Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:06:16
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Iga_Bobovic said:

Fish with a transparant head.

Macropinna microstoma also known as a barrel eyed fish

That is no fish. Thats some tiny aliens submarine.

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Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:32:30
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Dvader said:

That is no fish. Thats some tiny aliens submarine.



It even lives in space as you can tell by all the stars in the video.

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Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:17:44

That must be cgi! I refuse to believe it exists!

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:58:00

It looks so sad. It probably hurts.

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:07:13
SteelAttack said:

It looks so sad. It probably hurts.

Those things are not its eye. Those green things are

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:01:03
SteelAttack said:

It looks so sad. It probably hurts.

CGI doesn't hurt!

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Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:13:07
SteelAttack said:

It looks so sad. It probably hurts.

You want sad? I give you sad!

It is called a Blobfish. A fish that lives in deep waters. It has good reason to look sad though. It is facing extinction, because of deep sea fishing.

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