Monday, May 10, 2010

Animals That Could Be Movie Monsters

All of you out there are thinking that only I have a deadly hatred and fear of the Cephalopods. For that reason I present to you this from 'Weird Worm'.

"You’ve heard of giant squids, but have you heard of colossal squids? They grow almost as long as the giant squid (the biggest we’ve found so far grew to 62 feet long) at a known max of 46 feet long, but are much more solidly built, making them the world’s largest invertebrate. They have all of the associated terror of a giant squid, along with the greater mass and hooks on their tentacles instead of suckers.

Fear ends up looking like this:


Reeled in fresh from your nightmares

Pretty much anything becomes horrifying when you add hooks to it. Imagine a bull whip. Now imagine a bull whip with hooks on it. Scary, isn’t it?


Yes. Yes it is scary.

Fortunately, we have no evidence to suggest that anyone has ever been dragged to a horrible, watery death by one. Then again, cephalopods (squids and octopuses) are known to be the most intelligent invertebrates on earth, capable of complex behaviour without having what we would call a “traditional brain”. Something the size of a car with an unknown capacity for scheming might just be really good at covering its tracks."


http://www.weirdworm.com/8-animals-that-could-be-movie-monsters/

5 comments:

D.I. Felipe González said...

Scary. Thats why I dont travel by sea.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

I believe my opinon on the ocean has been thoroughly documented.

Pat Tillett said...

I understand your fears a bit better now, my friend...
that thing is scary!

Simon B said...

I actually work with a few people who don't have what we would call a "traditional brain"...

California Keys said...

Ahhhhhhh! I'm going to join the squid fishing experience off the California coast next year....