Oct 20, 2008

Conch Eyes

Stare into the squirrelly eyes of the conch. There are oodles of different types of this marine mollusk, some of which are true conchs, some of which have elaborate shells that lend themselves to use as horns by youths trapped on an island inhabited by pigs, and some of which have the crazy eyes you see below. I think Jim Hensen used these as inspiration for a lot of his creations.

Thanks for the photo, linty.

Photo source: WildSingapore.com.sg
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10 comments:

  1. AlisonOctober 20, 2008

    "Conch eyes"--Bette Davis eyes for a younger, CGI-oriented generation?

    Careful, Wombat, you may be wandering into cute territory with them l'il eyes there.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008

    Could maybe be cute if they weren't so creepy.

    I used to have one of these in an aquarium on my desk and it would follow me with both eyes. We would stare at each other until I had to leave the room, shuddering.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008

    It's like someone took a pair of googly eyes and glued them to a conch shell! That is nifty! However if it is like Linty said... and they STARE at you endlessly, it just drifted into creepy.

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  4. AlisonOctober 20, 2008

    *EARWORM ALERT*

    doo doo doo-doo-doo
    doo doo doo-doo
    menomanop!

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  5. Denita TwoDragonsOctober 20, 2008

    HE SEES YOU!

    (Sorry, had to make an "In the Mouth of Madness" quote...)

    And Flartus...you're a meany-head. That'll be stuck in my head for WEEKS!

    --TwoDragons

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  6. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008

    Those are the saddest eyes I've ever seen. The forlorn tentacle action - reaching out for help that won't come. Sniff.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 22, 2008

    I don't recall ever seeing a live conch. I had no idea they had soulful, googly eyes! How good is that, then?

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  8. morganOctober 22, 2008

    Anyone who thinks this beastie is cute will soon eat his/her words upon seeing what a conch does to little clams. Thems eyes is out fer blood!

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  9. UnknownOctober 25, 2008

    I knew clams had hundreds of primitive "eyes" in their lips, but this is just... damn freaky!

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  10. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008

    sorry i "lol"-ed at linty. i can imagine casually looking in your tank at one of these, seeing it stare back at you. you freeze and are both eye-locked for several minutes. after a while, there is just something creepy at it staring at you and not having to blink. bwahaha

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