tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post7981508212137310415..comments2023-11-03T02:16:06.338-07:00Comments on Ugly Overload: Line of InquiryRaging Wombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01898378698646624373noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-83434131827379313792008-10-22T19:33:00.000-07:002008-10-22T19:33:00.000-07:00Gol dang, seeing well enough to aim a foot and a h...Gol dang, seeing well enough to aim a foot and a half would seem to make this among the best sighted invertebrates, unless they employ the shotgun theory; the "if necessary" verbiage seems to imply they're sharp shooters.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, brings up a question - how far can the keenest invertebrate see?Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-27119717763579318242008-10-22T15:24:00.000-07:002008-10-22T15:24:00.000-07:00I love velvet worms! This guy (and the Tardigrade,...I love velvet worms! This guy (and the Tardigrade, or water bear) is to all other arthropods what the platypus and echidna are to all other mammals (more or less). <BR/>Onycophorans are now exclusively terrestrial, but in the paleozoic they lived throughout the oceans. To any fossil nuts out there: that bizarre Burgess shale thing, Hallucinigenia, is actually one such marine Onycophoran.<BR/>http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=hallucigenia&btnG=Search+Images<BR/><BR/>For maximum ugly-factor--find yourself a close-up of a living one's face! It looks kind of like a meat grinder mixed with that pit monster from star wars that digests you over a thousand years... you know what I'm talking about...morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015995307729107251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-75639117758342370322008-10-22T08:46:00.000-07:002008-10-22T08:46:00.000-07:00Love it! Shoots goo, teeth on the tongue, bad dat...Love it! Shoots goo, teeth on the tongue, bad date but fun lifeform!Victoryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256314171695734487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-8115512988825880842008-10-22T00:35:00.000-07:002008-10-22T00:35:00.000-07:00YUK! Nightmare stuff. Thank god they ain't bigger....YUK! Nightmare stuff. Thank god they ain't bigger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-41649721022223301492008-10-21T21:13:00.000-07:002008-10-21T21:13:00.000-07:00That last photo vaguely resembles an 1950s era sci...That last photo vaguely resembles an 1950s era scientific fiction movie! But truth is stranger than fiction, even science fiction!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989947946488835186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-30458837343088833602008-10-21T19:51:00.000-07:002008-10-21T19:51:00.000-07:00I sort of want to pet it, it looks soft. This blog...I sort of want to pet it, it looks soft. This blog is desensitizing me.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716960268427103897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-35913558987040605522008-10-21T18:37:00.000-07:002008-10-21T18:37:00.000-07:00This is just the best blog - I learn thew coolest ...This is just the best blog - I learn thew coolest and most disgusting things here! :D "Onychophora", "lobopod", Silly String as a weapon/trap...W. A. Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632440382135736774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-41620446945671810462008-10-21T14:16:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:16:00.000-07:00Quick Velvet Worm! Use String Shot! It's super e...Quick Velvet Worm! Use String Shot! It's super effective!... and disgustingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-27806157943970513082008-10-21T13:40:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:40:00.000-07:00^ *cackles at post above*Look at his feet! err.. ...^ *cackles at post above*<BR/><BR/>Look at his feet! err.. lobopods! So stubby. He's cute but only in the 1 inch range. And not if he were hunting me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-78773043764691695032008-10-21T13:20:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:20:00.000-07:00In other news, the velvet worm has filed a patent ...In other news, the velvet worm has filed a patent infringement lawsuit today against Wham-O, the makers of Silly String.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-13831093428827209742008-10-21T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-21T11:23:00.000-07:00Ewww! Streams of goo! It's Spiderman's evil dopp...Ewww! Streams of goo! It's Spiderman's evil doppelganger.<BR/><BR/>Still...lobopods. That's just a cool word. I might like some lobopods, if they weren't associated with a raspy tooth-tongued innards slurper.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.com