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[umiman]

A question: Why hasn't that worm taken over the world by now?

edit:
Here's a picture of its mouth:

[Yanlin]

Cthulu F'tang! IA IA!

[Kagus]

F'tang!

I'm sorry, but that always just makes me think of underpaid French infantrymen.

[Tormy]

Mata mata

The mata mata (binomial name Chelus fimbriatus) is a freshwater turtle found in South America, primarily in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.

Anatomy and morphology
The mata mata is a large sedentary turtle which has a large triangular flattened head characterized with many tubercles and flaps of skin and a "horn" on its long and tubular snout. There are two barbels on the chin and two additional filamentous barbels at the upper jaw, which is neither hooked nor notched.
The mata mata's brown or black oblong carapace can measure up to 45 cm (18 in) at adult age. The full adult weight is 15 kg (33 lb) The mata mata's plastron is reduced, narrowed, hingeless, shortened towards the front, and deeply notched at the rear with narrow bridges. The plastron and bridges are cream to yellow or brown.

The head, neck, tail, and limbs are grayish brown on adults. The neck is longer than the vertebra under its carapace and is fringed with small skin flaps along both sides.
Each forefoot has five webbed claws. Males have concave plastrons and longer, thicker tails than females.

[woose1]

Oh dear. I just came back to read these posts, and I realized I may have made a mistake.  My post is updated to list the respective owners of that information.

Anywho, I KNOW THAT TURTLE! AND THAT SHARK! MY PARENTS THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY MUWHAHAHAHAH!

[Cthulhu]

It's ftagn, not ftang.  It's pronounced fuh-tong, though.

[Nilocy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgkL8PulPdE

This convinced me that ants are the next rulers of the universe. And those fungi are the next rulers.

[Yanlin]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[umiman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgkL8PulPdE

This convinced me that ants are the next rulers of the universe. And those fungi are the next rulers.

Already been posted I think.

Tormy: Those turtles are available as pets in Malaysia. Probably not legal, but the law system in my home country is like a thin paper sheet made out of air.

[Ampersand]

On the subject of the Devilfish mentioned before, I believe it is more widely known as a Devil Ray.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobula

Not particularly scary, but awesome.

[Kagus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk

Only thing funnier than a monkey smoking a cigarette is...

[woose1]

Hey man, that's sad. Don't post that.

[Tormy]

Blobfish [Probably the ugliest animal on the planet?  ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobfish

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front of it. It can be caught by bottom trawling with nets.

[Duke 2.0]

 Mr. Saturn? 

 Also: Drunk animals are hilarious.

[woose1]

Eeeeewwwwww........