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more about #monstersamongus more comments → Atomictao: Everyone knows that Sasquatches mummify their dead and install them in hidden temples under the Pacific Northwest. more » Hamslicer: Mrs. Bigfoot knows where to find her Bigfoot bone. Right Mister Bigfoot? Right, I'd say it again. more » ♠ Final ♠: So we can't find Bigfoot because they're all in hiding from vampiric, calcium deficient, porcupines... Sounds like SyFy has 2 new movies in the works... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): So to save the Bigfoot we kill all the Porcupines..............right!!?? Damn I love conservation!! more » lightninglouie: The only way you'll ever go home with a Bigfoot story: more » EBone: Nobody ever expects the porcupines. I knew those prickly bastards were up to no good. more » golddiggersof2033: Awww I wish there was a #cryptozoology tag here for those of us who WANT TO BELIEVE. more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: That quote made much more sense when I read it through as two guys from Monty Python who were tired of talking about swallows. more » Bill-Lee: Did the porcupines also help hide the flying saucers, unicorns, and various lake monsters? more » Roklimber: Well, if people are willing to believe in Bigfoot, then I'm sure they'd be willing to believe in my Theory of Revolution, whereby all living creatures... more » jenrobe: Ooh, I've spent the last week hunting down whale fall footage. I guess a seal will do in a pinch. more » FrankenPC: VERY trippy! Could that nemotode be a relative of this? [www.imdb.com] more » LittleDragon: Do not laugh when the herse goes by for you may be the next to die They wrap you up in a big black sheet And drop you down about six feet All goes wel... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: The starfishes WALK! more » Hamslicer: My scalp feels suddenly, itchy. more » -
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We Know Where To Find Bigfoot Bones, Says Expert
One of the big questions about Bigfoot has always been: Well if this creature exists, why haven't we found any of its bones? Now monster expert Loren Coleman from Cryptomundo answers this question, and suggests where to start digging. More » -
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Deadly Worms and Ravenous Sea Stars Engage in a Monster Feeding Frenzy
It's a once in a decade occurrence: a bounty of meat falls to Antarctica's ocean floor, prompting it voracious inhabitants to descend in a frenzy of flesh-skewering sea worms, pulsating sea stars, and giant underwater spiders. More » -
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The Tiny Sea Creatures That Want to Eat Your Bones
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium are currently studying a group of yet-unnamed boneworms of the genus Osedax. The worms' larvae infest the carcasses of dead animals found on the ocean floor and gradually chow down on the bones. [PhysOrg] -
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A First Look at the World's Largest Stingray
The giant smalleye stingray is a rare and elusive creature, winging quietly off the coast of Mozambique. Now, for the first time, this largest of the stingray species has been captured on film. More » -
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Giant Gelatinous Fish Found in Brazil
Researchers have found a bizarre fish floating off the coast of Brazil: a creature six feet in length with no scales, little muscle mass, and a largely gelatinous body. More » -
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Another Frog With Fangs Is Discovered In Southeast Asia
Just weeks after discovering a frog with fangs in Papua New Guinea, the World Wildlife Federation is reporting another 163 new species in southeast Asia, including another frog with fangs. This new frog, discovered in Thailand, apparently feeds on birds. More » -
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School Children Turn Sea Monsters Into Space Candy
Earlier this summer, we warned you about the Echizen jellyfish — creatures that can weigh hundreds of pounds. But a group of high schoolers have found a use for sea monsters: turn them into candy and feed them to astronauts. More » -
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Evolutionary Throwback Snake With Foot Discovered
A woman in China discovered a snake clinging to the wall of her bedroom with one clawed foot. It turned out she'd discovered an incredibly rare mutation - it's actually more common for snakes to have two heads than feet. More » -
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500 Years Ago, A Giant Eagle In New Zealand Was Possibly Eating Children
In a paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, scientists make the case that an extinct giant predatory eagle might have been eating children. The eagle was not a scavenger, as some believed, but a deadly hunter. More » -
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Tongue-Eating Parasites Attack Fish Near Normandy
Weaver fish off the Jersey coast have fallen prey to a horrific parasite: an isopod that devours the fish's tongue and then replaces it with itself. Fortunately, it doesn't eat human tongues, though it will bite. [Image via Warren Ellis] -
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Rodents of Unusual Size Found in Volcanic Lost World
For 200,000 years, life has flourished deep inside the crater of Mount Bosavi in complete isolation. Now a team of scientists has found it teeming with hairy caterpillars, fanged frogs, and the largest rats ever recorded. More » -
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Prehistoric Sea Monster Returns to Terrorize Children
Coelacanths, once thought extinct since the Cretaceous period, have been sighted a few times over the last few decades. Indian paleontologists believe a group of frightened children have found the largest Coelacanth on record, weighing 320 kilos. [via Xenophilia] -
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The Real Household Pests That Inspired District 9's Aliens
While District 9 is certainly an allegory for racism and apartheid in South Africa, not all of its South African inspirations are political. Neill Blomkamp's aliens were inspired, in part, by a common Johannesburg pest: the Parktown Prawn. More » -
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Loch Ness Monster Spotted On Google Maps
Discerning consumers of the interwebs know that you can find everything on Google Maps, from ghosts to the lost city of Atlantis. Now intrepid cryptid cartographers have spotted a new wonder: It's Nessie, captured in mid-paddle, right there on Google. More » -
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Rib-Popping Newt is the Amphibious Answer to Wolverine
The Spanish ribbed newt has an unusual method of protecting itself: when presented with an attacker, the newt can pierce its own skin with its rib bones, allowing it to stab a predator and deliver a dose of deadly poison. More » -
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Sea Worms Defend Themselves With Bioluminescent Bombs
A group of marine biologists have identified 7 new species of sea worm, using remote-controlled robotic submersibles that follow tiny packs of these furred, luminescent creatures. Many of these worms have a unique defense: They secrete small, glowing "bombs." More » -
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Mammal-Eating Plants Found in the Philippines
It's no Triffid, but a new species of giant pitcher plant discovered in the highlands of the Philippines has a hunger for mammalian flesh. Fortunately, they're mostly interested in insects and rodents — at least for now. More » -
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Extremophiles I Have Known And Loved
Extremophiles challenge everything we thought we knew about the existence of life on Earth. Now, astrobiologists are questioning if some extremophiles are actually aliens living among us. Just who are these incredible creatures, and what can we learn from them? More » -
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Floating Alaskan Bio-Goo Video
A quick update on the weird, miles-long bio-goo floating down the northern coast of Alaska. The Alaskan North Slope Borough Planning Department has released this video of the stuff, shot from a plane. via Story Balloon -
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Unidentified Biological "Goo," 15 Miles Long, Creeps Down Alaskan Coast
A gigantic smear of gooey, black biological material is making its way through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow in Northern Alaska. Eyewitnesses say it's definitely a living entity, though unlike anything they've seen before. Closeup shot below. More »
