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Off-Topic => Chatterbox => Topic started by: Naryar on April 06, 2010, 04:32:46 AM
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This for the biology-interested members (I am studying biology).
Was lurking on Wikipedia yesterday and found some really weird species :
(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/12/09/images/2004120900441801.jpg)
Not, that is not an Annelid, but a legless amphibian !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian
Oh, and the longest creature in the world is not the whale, but a Nemertea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineus_longissimus
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I intend to study biology, but there better be no pictures of spiders in this thread.
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(http://deepsquats.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/clockspider.jpg)
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Ok, I'm ignoring this thread forever.
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As am I.
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The clock spider! Really just a large huntsman...
Anyway Naryar, that amphibian is very interesting. To think that it is a actually an amphibian, instead of an earthworm.
Also, the longest confirmed animal was a Lion's Mane Jellyfish, measured at 120 feet. If the speculation is true though, the bootlace worm could be much longer.
EDIT: Speaking of biological curiosities, this fish with a transparent head always struck me as pretty interesting:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/486341a21a.jpg)
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Ooo I love science.
I learned about caecilians when I was 7 XD
And I saw that fish on some random show the other night ^^
But if you want weird, the sea squirt is one of the most:
(http://biology.unm.edu/ccouncil/Biology_203/Images/Deuterostomes/TunicateLifeCycle.jpg)
Those things have one of the weirdest life cycles ever. They are actually chordates - don't have a backbone per se, but have a notochord or something.
Anyway, they swim around as larva-ish thingies, eating small prey and stuff like that. Then they glue their head to a rock. They go through some kind of metamorphosis and lose their mode of locomotion etc. and become a filter feeder and stay there for the rest of their life.
EDIT: This pic of the caecilian shows it's not a worm ;) :
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/20644Caecilian_wynaad1.jpg)
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I love that caecilian.
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Mantis shrimps are pretty interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mantis_shrimp_from_front.jpg/444px-Mantis_shrimp_from_front.jpg)
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Pistol shrimps are cooler IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae
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The clock spider! Really just a large huntsman...
Anyway Naryar, that amphibian is very interesting. To think that it is a actually an amphibian, instead of an earthworm.
Also, the longest confirmed animal was a Lion's Mane Jellyfish, measured at 120 feet. If the speculation is true though, the bootlace worm could be much longer.
EDIT: Speaking of biological curiosities, this fish with a transparent head always struck me as pretty interesting:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/486341a21a.jpg)
Hmm a huntsman, Did you actually know that off the top of your head ? Also what about Giant Squids? Edit forgot the giant squid question I thought they were up their with the biggest animals.
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Pistol shrimps are cooler IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae
The snapping shrimp competes with much larger animals, like the Sperm Whale and Beluga Whale, for the title of 'loudest animal in the sea'. The animal snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitation bubble that generates acoustic pressures of up to 80 kPa at a distance of 4 cm from the claw. The pressure is strong enough to kill small fish.[7] It corresponds to a zero to peak pressure level of 218 decibels relative to one micropascal (dB re 1 μPa), equivalent to a zero to peak source level of 190 dB re 1 μPa at the standard reference distance of 1 m. Au and Banks measured peak to peak source levels between 185 and 190 dB re 1 μPa at 1 m, depending on the size of the claw.[8] Similar values are reported by Ferguson and Cleary.[9] The duration of the click is less than 1 millisecond.
The snap can also produce sonoluminescence from the collapsing cavitation bubble. As it collapses, the cavitation bubble reaches temperatures of over 5,000 K (4,700 °C).[10] In comparison, the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,800 K (5,500 °C). The light is of lower intensity than the light produced by typical sonoluminescence and is not visible to the naked eye. It is most likely a by-product of the shock wave with no biological significance. However, it was the first known instance of an animal producing light by this effect. It has subsequently been discovered that another group of crustaceans, the mantis shrimp, contains species whose club-like forelimbs can strike so quickly and with such force as to induce sonoluminescent cavitation bubbles upon impact.[11]
The snapping is used for hunting (hence the alternative name "pistol shrimp"), as well as for communication.
... WAT
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If a parasitic wasp infects a caterpillar this happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkDMrG6tog
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Pistol shrimps are cooler IMO.
Mantis shrimps single handedly increase the viewing threshold for life by 33%.
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If a parasitic wasp infects a caterpillar this happens.
Whoa Click got owned Interesting. Is it the larvae that are chemically controlling the caterpillar ?
And is New Scientist doing it wrong ? They're parasitoids, not just parasites :P
On another note, here is the toughest animal ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29)
Among my favorite spider list. I have read about them before, their intelligence is mind-boggling when compared to that of other spiders.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29)
Among my favorite spider list. I have read about them before, their intelligence is mind-boggling when compared to that of other spiders.
I like jumping spiders to :smile: , a couple years back I seen the biggest one I've ever seen in my life it was about the size of tarantula no joke, and we don't have those type of spider up here in NewYork. It had florescent blue fangs and was all black, has anybody else notice that sometimes their fangs are different colors? I've seen only a handful with different color fangs.
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I seen the biggest one I've ever seen in my life it was about the size of tarantula no joke,
I don't think so. There are no Jumping spiders that big, the largest of them are no more than 20 mm, about two centimeters. There is a South American species of Tarantula that may be able to jump a moderate distance, but not like the jumping spider.
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FLUORESCENT BLUE FANGS ??
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FLUORESCENT BLUE FANGS ??
You're probably thinking of Cobalt Blues. Might be wrong though.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_%28spider%29)
Among my favorite spider list. I have read about them before, their intelligence is mind-boggling when compared to that of other spiders.
I thought you'd hate them.
They kill their own kind!
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The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??
Maybe it would be used like anglerfishes (attract prey) but still...
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The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??
There are no bioluminescent spiders. Viper is probably thinking of the cobalt blue Tarantulas as Goldenfox already mentioned.
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I seen the biggest one I've ever seen in my life it was about the size of tarantula no joke,
I don't think so. There are no Jumping spiders that big, the largest of them are no more than 20 mm, about two centimeters. There is a South American species of Tarantula that may be able to jump a moderate distance, but not like the jumping spider.
Hmm well their is no tarantulas here in Newyork, their are orb weavers, orb weavers with the spikes on their abdomen(can't remember the name), Barn funnel weaver and Crab spiders. I know what jumping spiders look like and it was defiantly one, maybe comparing it to a tarantula was a wrong size estimate because tarantula's are big but it was defiantly 3-4 times the size it should of been. Though I have never seen one that big ever again. @ Nary yes it had blue fangs.
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The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??
There are no bioluminescent spiders.
As i thought.
@Viper: When you mentioned fluorescent i thought it was bioluminescence, hence the "wat" moment from me :P
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****ing magnets, how do they work?
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****ing magnets, how do they work?
wat
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The thing that puzzles me is bioluminescence on spiders, and on FANGS ??
Maybe it would be used like anglerfishes (attract prey) but still...
I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue :redface: , and the pic is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/10932240px-Phidippus_audax_male.jpg)
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****ing magnets, how do they work?
wat
You know, it's from that Insane Clown Posse song. If you've not heard it yet, you really ought to. It's like a really bloody car accident you can't help but look at. Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs#ws)
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Yes, but why are you posting this here ?
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Yes, but why are you posting this here ?
You know, the topic is "biological curiousities," and I thought..... it was, in my mind anyways, a clever humorous reference.....tough crowd.
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No, sorry, all what you are doing is going off-topic
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[I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue :redface: , and the pic is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/10932240px-Phidippus_audax_male.jpg)
Nice looking spider there. Still though, they only grow to ~20mm in diameter. What you are referring to seems to be around the 4-5 inch mark, or about 100-130 mm.
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[I just found this: "As all spiders in the genus Phidippus, it has iridescent green chelicerae" So the fangs are not blue :redface: , and the pic is a Bold Jumping Spider so it had to be one of these.
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/10932240px-Phidippus_audax_male.jpg)
Nice looking spider there. Still though, they only grow to ~20mm in diameter. What you are referring to seems to be around the 4-5 inch mark, or about 100-130 mm.
Looking at a ruler I would have to say it was 50-60mm which is still pretty big, 100-130mm is way to big. I've been searching all day to try and find something that might match besides Jumping Spider, but up here where I live it can't be anything else but a Jumping Spider. Maybe it's just one of those freak of nature incident's when things get bigger than their supposed to be ;) .
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Once i saw a giant earwig, it was more than 1.5 times as long as a normal one. My cousin dubbed it "the earwig alien queen" :P
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Did you guys know that earwigs actually have fairly large wings and can fly? And that it is the wing shape that gives the earwig its name...
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Did you guys know that earwigs actually have fairly large wings and can fly? And that it is the wing shape that gives the earwig its name...
No I did not know that :smile: . So that's how they got their name, do they really go into a person ears or is that just a myth?
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do they really go into a person ears or is that just a myth?
Total myth. I mean they could climb into your ear on accident, but they don't aim for it and would probably just crawl right back out.
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Their cerci (abdominal pincers) aren't dangerous anyway.
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ahahaha was i the only person expecting this to be a thinly veiled porn thread
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Yes, but why are you posting this here ?
You know, the topic is "biological curiousities," and I thought..... it was, in my mind anyways, a clever humorous reference.....tough crowd.
Well the members of ICP are certainly biological curiosities in my book.
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Halt to the off-topic !