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Brisco_County_Jr
09/29/09

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What else can we be reminded of with that body and those eyes?
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Chip Overclock
09/28/09

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THE ABYSS?
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Daumier
09/28/09

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Huh, the picture you have here is just the jellynose larva according to the article. For a second you had me thinking of a six foot version of that. I'm actually kind of relieved to see that it's just a big ugly, slimy, awkward-looking fish. It's still pretty gross, but at least it isn't the swimming translucent globe-eyed jello sperm from my nightmares.
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Belabras ate my dingo!
09/28/09

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They found Marlon Brando?!?
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SpammerOvTheGods
09/28/09

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piscis eraserheadicus!

#@!
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Stanford Chiou
09/28/09

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a creature six feet in length with no scales, little muscle mass

David Tennant?
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dethklokso
09/28/09

@Stanford Chiou: Brilliant!
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SuperTuna
09/28/09

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And thus - "It's a trap!" was born :D
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hamshank
09/28/09

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that picture seems to have a scale on the bottom right that suggests we're looking at a Jellynose around, oh, 15mm long ... am I right?
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ThisDudeRufus
09/28/09

@hamshank: Do you -want- it to be bigger?
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hamshank
09/28/09

@ThisDudeRufus: good point, and very well put.
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rotwang
09/28/09

@hamshank: Yep, that's a larva. Bit misleading there, Lauren. I mean I actually thought that was a pic of the six-foot creature right there, until I clicked through to the National Geographic site. Oh, and can I just say that I, for one, welcome...never mind.
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pockifish
09/28/09

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this is the most adorable little creature I've seen since... well it beats the naked sloth alien at least.

Mommy, can I take him home?
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ampersandparade
09/29/09

@pockifish: No you can't, you can only have a fish with a parasite friend for a tongue.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
09/28/09

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Was it beaten to death by children?
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burlybax
09/28/09

@crashedpc - unrein: Scuba-kids were busy beating that penis head shark to death
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Roklimber
09/26/09

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Next show on Frog TV: "TrueFrog", the story of vampire frogs who live in the swamps of Thailand...
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Stephen Goldmeier
10/02/09

@Roklimber: ...and their seedy romantic trysts? i detect a "princess and the frog" marketing opportunity as well...
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Chip Skylark of Space
09/25/09

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Fangs you say?!? Looks like this is the first frog with molars.
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farcast
09/21/09

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The guy appears to be a shower, not a grower.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
09/21/09

@farcast: Yes, he does. Nice tan, though!
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Shadowdagger
09/21/09

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Uhm, I don't agree with that documentary 100%.
In my oppinion, there are strong differences between us and animals that makes us unique in the animal kingdom. Those "differences" are called creativity, imagination, thinking about the past, present and future (not just "what am I gonna eat" or "I have to find a mate"), reflection, culture (art, music etc.), great curiosity (which led to science --- I mean which other animal had ever built a space shuttle or a LHC?) etc....

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we are far better than any other animal (we are animals). But what I'm trying to say - you can't compare apples and oranges.
Clearly, it's an interesting perspective on humanity but the director should have mention human discoveries, space flights, computers, internet, maths etc. as well. Not just showing the human instincts and the "animalistic behavior". Mention an animal which is philosophizing about the meaning of life? Who/what created life? Where do we come from? Those questions led to religion and science.

Well, that's my oppinion.
You can criticize me if you like :) :P
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The_Sporean_Bob
09/21/09

@Shadowdagger: Maybe they don't philosophize about the meaning of life because they A. already know it (eat/have sex/ try really hard not to get killed), or B. they're scientists, and need results, not endless suppositions without proof!

Also, "The Great Questions scatter like roaches when you flip on the blinding light of pure pragmatism."

While I do not disagree with your main point (there are strong differences between us and animals that makes us unique in the animal kingdom) I would say that most of the traits we possess that make us different don't make us different by us having them, but to what degree do we use them. For example, crows, chimpanzees, parrots and dolphins all use tools in one way or another. We use the most the most often and with the most modifications.
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Shadowdagger
09/21/09

@The_Sporean_Bob: I agree that many animals use tools as well. Animals can't modify them. They just take a stick or a stone to reach food and that's it. Humans modify tools and nature to make life easier - and not just for hunting. For example to create art.
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Daumier
09/21/09

@Shadowdagger: Chimpanzees in the wild have been observed modifying their tools to suit their needs, such as the chimps that were found tearing side branches off of sticks and sharpening the sticks with their teeth in order to hunt bush babies.
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CodenameV
09/21/09

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this doesn't appear to be very..."science fiction" related, someone just wanted to see naked women and/or men (as the case may be)
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Cash907Censored
09/21/09

@CodenameV:

That's Gawker media for ya. Every now and then, they feel the need to cross promote their various blogs by plucking stories and then hitting the ol' shuffle button. This is why Gizmodo ends up with posts that should be on LifeHacker, and io9 gets the bits from Lauren that seemed originally written for TreeHugger. I'd give them a harder time about it, but it's not like they are the only ones doing it. AOL cross-promotes the heck out their properties too.
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