PZ Myers. 2004 Nov 21. They aren't biologically practical, but they're cool to look at. <http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/they_arent_biologically_practical_but_theyre_cool_to_look_at/>. Accessed 2008 Dec 01.
Posted on M00o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr on Sunday, November 21, 2004
They aren't biologically practical, but they're cool to look at
It's another bizarre photoshop contest; this time the theme is chimeras. I'd like to see one of these in the chum bucket:
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I'm pretty sure I ate one of these a couple years ago after six or eight helpings of sake. Not bad wih some wasabi and shoyu.
#: Posted by Chris Clarke on 11/21 at 02:23 PM
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Doesnt this picture belong in the Texas hairdo thread?
#: Posted by on 11/21 at 03:51 PM
- What a tremendous amount of talent! They did a better job creating a believable species than did Michael Jackson's surgeons.
- I'd just like to say arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. My sleepless nights on your head.
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I want one as a pet! I'll keep it and pet it and it will live in an aquarium on my desk.
#: Posted by Archosaurian on 11/21 at 09:07 PM
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anthony ... so you know how some of us feel about Mrs. Tilton's spider.
#: Posted by on 11/21 at 09:11 PM
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I think that's a Star-Spawn of Cthulhu. Could also be a Servitor of the Outer Gods, but I don't see any pipes. (Maybe it plays the percussion section?)
#: Posted by on 11/22 at 05:40 AM
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It's just one of those rubber thingies you put on top of pencil erasers.
#: Posted by on 11/22 at 08:11 PM
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You know, as somebody who does that now and then for fun, I have to say the use of low-quality jpeg is a stroke of genius. Not to get too technically geeky and all, but it gives it an amazing dash of verisimilitude.
Phyum Chthulhordia, isn't it? A rhinorbranch. We had one in the saltwater tank when I did Invert lab, along with the sandworms and the anenomes, but somehow it kept escaping and eating the sophomores....#: Posted by Bill Tozier on 11/23 at 08:58 PM