Annalee Newitz promoted this comment
Edited by IWNH - Grey is the New Black at 09/24/09 4:49 PM
IWNH - Grey is the New Black was starred
IWNH - Grey is the New Black was unstarred
Arggghhhhh. OH GOD, OH NO!! Please for everything thats good in this world, dont make Megashark Vs ......... 2 with this shark in mind!! One erection and the whole of New York would be flooded. Think of the Tidal wave!!! Its The Day After Tomorrow, with a stickier end...ewwwww!!
God damn, so when I wipe out on a particularly large wave, I not only have to worry about hitting the bottom and getting stung by a ray, but I also have to worry about getting teabagged by a shark?
@Annalee Newitz: A long rostrum or snout packed with electro-sensitive organs? Yep. Why what were you thinking?
The odd thing (well, one of many about this critter) is the jaws. The model shows them in the extended feeding position. Normally the jaws are retracted all the way into the head. A bit like the xenomorph of cinematic fame, no?
Nothing weirder than the Natural World.
Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 09/24/09 2:09 PM
CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred
CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
On the bright side, it kept the Maori children from sitting on the couch playing PlayStation 3, eating corn dogs all day and becoming fat and stupid...
Well, the evolutionarily significant ones, at least.
Haha. That's hilarious. Somehow saying "the myth of giant birds attacking people may have started when this giant bird attacked people" seems hilarious.
Shouldn't they have at least added some lightning to it? Or eight heads or something? I mean... Put a little EFFORT into the theatrics here, ancient Maori people...
@ZhannTk:
-"Well, this bird is pretty scary. Let's make it into a legendary creature of myth."
-"Sure, okay so the bird's wingspan is 7 feet."
-"Sure that's great. So let's make it bigger. And maybe add flames. So a giant flaming hell bird? That fucking rules."
-"No."
-"No?"
-"No! The bird is 7 feet across. And it's not on fire. It's 7 feet across at most. You have to be accurate."
-"uh, but it's a myth. Let's just go all out and make it rule. Let's have it grasping the sun in it's beak!"
-"No. There's no way it can do that. It's seven feet across and it cannot grasp the sun. It can grasp small to medium sized prey."
-"This myth sucks."
09/24/09
09/24/09
Get this commenter a star! Pleeeease.
09/29/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
Everybody at the same time, "NOOOO!"
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
Here is a better pic of it:
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
@Joewithay: Another related species from the Tasman sea.
09/24/09
09/24/09
@Grey_Area: Umm, and now the image (d'oh).
09/24/09
09/24/09
The odd thing (well, one of many about this critter) is the jaws. The model shows them in the extended feeding position. Normally the jaws are retracted all the way into the head. A bit like the xenomorph of cinematic fame, no?
Nothing weirder than the Natural World.
09/24/09
09/24/09
Shark: Its a penis. Im sorry, im so very very sorry!!!
09/24/09
Side note: I am amused that the pic used for Snorks apparently came from Taiwan. Heehee.
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/24/09
09/12/09
09/14/09
09/12/09
Well, the evolutionarily significant ones, at least.
09/12/09
Ancient Maori mom: "Clean your plate! You're so skinny you'll get taken away by the pouakai!"
09/12/09
09/11/09
Shouldn't they have at least added some lightning to it? Or eight heads or something? I mean... Put a little EFFORT into the theatrics here, ancient Maori people...
09/12/09
For reference the other bird in the picture is called a Moa and they stand about 8 to 9 feet tall.
The Haast's eagle had a wing span of about 6 to 7 feet and razor sharp claws. You wouldn't need 8 eight heads with somethings that big!
09/12/09
09/12/09
-"Well, this bird is pretty scary. Let's make it into a legendary creature of myth."
-"Sure, okay so the bird's wingspan is 7 feet."
-"Sure that's great. So let's make it bigger. And maybe add flames. So a giant flaming hell bird? That fucking rules."
-"No."
-"No?"
-"No! The bird is 7 feet across. And it's not on fire. It's 7 feet across at most. You have to be accurate."
-"uh, but it's a myth. Let's just go all out and make it rule. Let's have it grasping the sun in it's beak!"
-"No. There's no way it can do that. It's seven feet across and it cannot grasp the sun. It can grasp small to medium sized prey."
-"This myth sucks."