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[Cthulhu]

I want to call bullshit on you Cthulhu, but I can't help remaining open to the possibility that those are real.

They're real.  They're a type of ray, and when dried out, you get a fine specimen of omfgwtf

[woose1]

Wow, those are some batshit crazy insects . I'm glad I live in Europe.

Let me find some batshit crazy insects that live in Europe...

THE BOT FLY


From:
Most species found in Central and South America, some species found all over the world
Why you must fear it:
Oh boy. Ohhhhh boy. Okay, Bot flies.

There are dozens of varieties of Bot Fly, they're each highly adapted to target a specific animal, they have delightfully descriptive names like Horse Stomach Bot Fly, Sheep Nose Bot Fly and, hey, guess what. One of them is called Human Bot Fly.

They each have a different and elaborate reproductive cycle, all of which end with a fat, half-inch maggot embedded in living flesh. Feeding.

 

Horse Stomach Bots, for example, lay their eggs in grass. Horses eat the grass. And the eggs. Which hatch in the heat of the horse's mouth. Upon which they chew through the horse's tongue and burrow, through the horse, into its belly. Where they meet up and dig honeycombs into the horse's stomach. And get fat. When they're ready to be flies, they just let go and get pooped out of the system.

The Human Bot Fly lays its eggs on a horsefly or a mosquito, something that will attempt to land on a human. This carrier finds a human and lands on him or her. The eggs rub off onto the human, whose body heat hatches the eggs. The larvae drop onto the skin and burrow right the fuck in. Where they live. Under your skin. Eating.



More scary shit:
Here is the best part. The larvae can grow anywhere in your body, it just depends on where the eggs wind up. Which could end up with you having a fat wormy thing in your tear duct. Or your brain. We know, because that's happened.




This information was taken from Cracked.com.

[Cthulhu]

You took that word for word from a cracked article.

Also, look at this thing.



Some poor aquarium caretakers found that abomination after it had ravaged a display tank.  It's four feet long, covered in bristles that cause permanent numbness if they touch your skin, and made its way into their tank after they put a rock that had its egg in the tank.  Look at that thing.

[woose1]

I know I did. 

And, what is that?

[Cthulhu]

Polychaete worm.

[woose1]

Well that didn't send a shiver down my spine and make me itch all over.

[Tormy]

You took that word for word from a cracked article.

Also, look at this thing.



Some poor aquarium caretakers found that abomination after it had ravaged a display tank.  It's four feet long, covered in bristles that cause permanent numbness if they touch your skin, and made its way into their tank after they put a rock that had its egg in the tank.  Look at that thing.

Holy cow...is this thing real? 

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

Looks like the pissed-off great to the 15th power grandmother of a particularly bad-natured millipede.

[Cthulhu]

You took that word for word from a cracked article.

Also, look at this thing.



Some poor aquarium caretakers found that abomination after it had ravaged a display tank.  It's four feet long, covered in bristles that cause permanent numbness if they touch your skin, and made its way into their tank after they put a rock that had its egg in the tank.  Look at that thing.

Holy cow...is this thing real? 

It's real, they gave it a separate tank and named it Barry.

[woose1]

Why not something more appropriate for a 15-foot toxic millipede?
Like fluffy.

[Cthulhu]

It's four feet, not fifteen feet.  And naming a horrifying thing a cute name is the most idiotic thing you can possibly do.  When I saw Fluffy in Harry Potter, I immediately knew I was in for a long and stupid ride.  I finally got off after the sixth book.

[woose1]

Are you done your rant now?
...
...
And you never specified it's length. Oh wait, yes you did. 

[Tormy]

Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megamouth_shark

The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is an extremely rare and unusual species of deepwater shark. Discovered in 1976, only a few have ever been seen, with 43 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2009 and three recordings on film. Like the basking shark and whale shark, it is a filter feeder, and swims with its enormous mouth wide open, filtering water for plankton and jellyfish. It is distinctive for its large head with rubbery lips. It is so unlike any other type of shark that it is classified in its own family Megachasmidae, though it has been suggested that it may belong in the family Cetorhinidae of which the basking shark is currently the sole member. The latest megamouth to be spotted was in the Philippines on March 30, 2009. It died in the struggle to get out of a fisherman's net and was later eaten.

Physical characteristics
The appearance of the megamouth is distinctive, but little else is known about it. It has a generally brownish-blackish color on top and white underneath, and an asymmetrical tail with a long upper lobe, similar to the thresher shark. The interior of its gill slits are lined with finger-like gill rakers that capture its food. A relatively poor swimmer, the megamouth has a soft, flabby body and lacks keels.

Megamouths are very large sharks, able to grow to 5.5 metres (18 ft) in length. Males mature by 4 metres (13 ft) and females by 5 metres (16 ft). Weights of up to 1,215 kilograms (2,680 lb) have been reported.
As their name implies, megamouths have a large mouth with small teeth, and a broad, rounded snout, causing observers to occasionally mistake megamouth for a young orca. The mouth is surrounded by luminous photophores, which may act as a lure for plankton or small fish.

Behaviour
In 1990 a 4.9m male megamouth shark was caught near the surface off Dana Point in California. This individual was eventually released with a small radio tag attached to its soft body. The tag relayed depth and time information over a two day period. During the day the shark cruised at a depth of around 120-160m, but as the sun set it would ascend and spend the night at depths of between 12 and 25m. Both day and night its progress was very slow at around 1.5-2.1km/h. This pattern of vertical migration is seen in many marine animals as they track the movement of plankton in the water body. The shark captured in March 2009 was reportedly netted at a depth of 200m (660 ft).

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

Seems it reminds me of the aforementioned whale shark. .... wait, jellyfish? How does it protect itself from the stinging cells?

[Bromor Neckbeard]

Good man, Woose.