The weirdest creature I've ever seen...

smudgeoffudge · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:01 am

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I haven't posted in a while. But those pics are great. I like the narwhale and all the angler fish. Well Narwhales are cute, like flotsams.
I know there is this one snail they call the cigarette snail, and it has an arm on it that can shoot out and sting a fish. And if it stings you, you *might* can smoke a cigarette before you die...
I think that was a pic of it up there[/img]

ChromeFox · **Posts:** 333 **Joined:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:31 pm

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

Scholastic · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:45 am

The spiked starfish looks very cool. :o

Shollia · **Posts:** 1269 **Joined:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:22 am

ChromeFox wrote:

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

It shoots a harpoon at you and you can die from the poison or whatever????

Just makes me love the ocean even more... :roll:

SpiraLethe · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:48 am

Shollia wrote:

ChromeFox wrote:

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

It shoots a harpoon at you and you can die from the poison or whatever????

Just makes me love the ocean even more... :roll:

People tend to step on them. The harpoon can go through the soles of your shoes. The ocean wants to give you a great big hug.

ChromeFox · **Posts:** 333 **Joined:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:31 pm

Shollia wrote:

ChromeFox wrote:

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

It shoots a harpoon at you and you can die from the poison or whatever????

Just makes me love the ocean even more... :roll:

You also get the short-lived satisfaction of knowing you've just been offed by a SNAIL.

Here's another one of my favorites, the blue-ringed octopus. It bites you, and you die. When it's about to bite, its rings flare up blue.

You can survive the bite of a blue-ringed octopus, just so long as someone is constantly giving you CPR (for like eight hours straight) and they never, ever give up. That might get tiring for them, since they'll think they're feebly trying to revive a dead person. You'll look dead, you won't be breathing, but you will have a pulse, and you'll be consciously aware of everyone around you believing you're dead, though you can't move or speak. After several hours of CPR, the poison will eventually leave your system.

Scholastic · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:50 pm

ChromeFox wrote:

Shollia wrote:

ChromeFox wrote:

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

It shoots a harpoon at you and you can die from the poison or whatever???? :o
Just makes me love the ocean even more... :roll:

You also get the short-lived satisfaction of knowing you've just been offed by a SNAIL.

Here's another one of my favorites, the blue-ringed octopus. It bites you, and you die. When it's about to bite, its rings flare up blue.

You can survive the bite of a blue-ringed octopus, just so long as someone is constantly giving you CPR (for like eight hours straight) and they never, ever give up. That might get tiring for them, since they'll think they're feebly trying to revive a dead person. You'll look dead, you won't be breathing, but you will have a pulse, and you'll be consciously aware of everyone around you believing you're dead, though you can't move or speak. After several hours of CPR, the poison will eventually leave your system.

I've heard about blue-ringed octopus, that thing is very small, right? The longest ever been found is only 30cm, I think.

mer · **Posts:** 35 **Joined:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:57 am

That's rather scary. Eww.

shapu · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:11 pm

ChromeFox wrote:

Shollia wrote:

ChromeFox wrote:

That's actually a cone shellfish. It shoots a harpoon at you, and you die. I've never heard of this "cigarette snail" but I get the feeling it's the same thing.

It shoots a harpoon at you and you can die from the poison or whatever????

Just makes me love the ocean even more... :roll:

You also get the short-lived satisfaction of knowing you've just been offed by a SNAIL.

Here's another one of my favorites, the blue-ringed octopus. It bites you, and you die. When it's about to bite, its rings flare up blue.

You can survive the bite of a blue-ringed octopus, just so long as someone is constantly giving you CPR (for like eight hours straight) and they never, ever give up. That might get tiring for them, since they'll think they're feebly trying to revive a dead person. You'll look dead, you won't be breathing, but you will have a pulse, and you'll be consciously aware of everyone around you believing you're dead, though you can't move or speak. After several hours of CPR, the poison will eventually leave your system.

Am I the only one who wants one as a pet?

ChromeFox · **Posts:** 333 **Joined:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:31 pm

No, you aren't unfortunately. They're pretty popular in the exotic aquarium business, which is risky for people who don't know how to handle them.

Shadowfare · **Posts:** 692 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 3:29 pm

You can swim with sharks, and still worry more about these. *shiver* I had to cover up completely when I went swimming (gloves, socks ect) Good thing too, I saw one >_< Wasn't close to me though, and bigger than that. . .

AFI_Sorrow · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:48 am

The Gulper Eel. Comapared to a pelican, because its mouth is HUGE. Imagine meeting up with one of those.

It's called a Sea Spider, but it's not really a spider, it just looks like one. The body is so small that it stores a lot of organs in its legs.

I love stuff like this!

Eo · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:35 am

Dangit people! That's two more selachics you've posted now! RAWR!

(That one shark thing and the sawfish.)

On the other hand.. *hem* I LOVE Narwhals, way better than dolphins or stuff, they're beautiful!

ahoteinrun · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:43 am

The Cookie Cutter shark.
So named because it takes cookie cutter like bites out of live seals (and leaves them alive). Last I heard none had been found alive or seen alive; they just wash up on shore.

http://www.goldenstateimages.com/elephant_files/4026c.jpg

The wound they leave (this one on an elephant seal).

AFI_Sorrow · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:45 am

Woah, those cookie cutter sharks sound nasty! Funny name though. They look like little worms to me with an electrical razor in their mouth. And those eyes freak me out. O_O

That's odd how no one has ever seen one alive. I'm guessing that they're pretty rare.

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