I had just came across this article on Tumblr. Good lord!

( Look at the size of this crab! )

Oh look, a 10-foot crab!


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Checked the tags, so hope this isn't a repost!

Crocodile icefish

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NEW YORK - A 140-year-old lobster once destined for a dinner plate received the gift of life Friday from a Park Avenue seafood restaurant.


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I had a single page of "deep-sea facts" for many years on my website and always intended to update it, but procrastinated until just last night. Probably not much new to wtf_nature, though I couldn't find much mention of the Xenophyophores here ( Read more... )

A rather fascinating page on parasites.

ETA HURRRR, I posted the 1,337th entry!

The smooth nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus Laevigatus) employs a particularly efficient chemical defense mechanism to survive in the harsh depths of the Pacific ocean. The shrimp temporarily disorients would-be-predators by discharging a large quantity of bioluminescent liquid from its mouth.

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Link to sourceSeems to take it a bit to squirt. I would ( Read more... )

Snakes, as everyone knows, are to coolest damn animals *ever*, and do some really strange things, including swallowing tremendous items, gliding between trees, and having massive orgies in Canada ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/science/14find.html

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prompted to actually sit down and write this by rose_quoll's post (hello!) about Mantis Shrimp arms...

Mantis Shrimp Eyes! And some other bits.

In addition to their amazing arms, the Stomatopods crustaceans enjoy a number of other unique and amazing features. Nannosquilla decemspinosa, for example, will curl into a circle and roll away after retreating ( Read more... )