deep-sea gigantism

[cryptkeeper84]

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[jeepchick_04]

wow, that squid freaks me out

[falnfenix]

if that freaks you out, never EVER go to youtube and look up humboldt squid. ever.

[evilstorm]

Squid muggers ftw XD

[falnfenix]

hahahaha

[cryptkeeper84]

[plushabilities]

Even better: megas have bioluminescent patches around their mouths.

[karinny]

disturbingly, my first thought was "I wanna see!" followed by a liontameresque feat of sticking my head in one's mouth.

that's probably a really bad idea.

[plushabilities]

Well, look at their teeth and jaws. They aren't really 'bitey' sharks, more like giant minnow traps.

[kaldereta]

That's a spider crab in the second picture right? :D I've seen a couple of those in the Matsushima (in Japan) Aquarium... and they're HUGE.

[kaldereta]

here's a badly taken picture:

[plushabilities]

Don't they get up to 10 feet across?

Big-ass crabs....

[hannahattack]

Theres an old post in this community about them with soem pretty impressive pictures Here

[orwellian_trash]

[viperine]

nightmares i say, nightmares

[meuniere]

Oh, sweet, an oarfish! I love those little buggers, they're so weird/beautiful looking:

[cheesybread44]

holy shit, is that one still alive? i've only ever seen pictures of them dead.

oarfish are teh awesome.

[meuniere]

It's either still alive or barely dead, but I think it's flopping it's backhalf in the water.

Yes, I love me some King of Red Herring~ I've always wanted to just watch one.