Comments on: Enypniastes http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html K.J. Bishop's home on the web Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:40 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21383 kjbishop Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:36:20 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21383 Japan is almost as awesome as nature! As the natural animals go extinct, Japan can make weird rubber robot substitutes. Japan is almost as awesome as nature! As the natural animals go extinct, Japan can make weird rubber robot substitutes.

]]> By: GeorgePaulLarrySaul http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21382 GeorgePaulLarrySaul Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:06:37 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21382 Yo! I've never commented here before, but when I saw the Japanese beast-thing I felt compelled to link this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKeDyb7uFN8 ? Yo! I’ve never commented here before, but when I saw the Japanese beast-thing I felt compelled to link this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKeDyb7uFN8 ?

]]> By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21380 kjbishop Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:47:36 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21380 I'm torn between being sorry that the pelagic vagina is a hoax and glad that, since it's a hoax, it can't be tormented into exploding. Looking at that Wiki page -- and isn't it great that there's an entry for exploding animals? -- I'm yet again awed by the bloody-strangeness of nature. (The mental image of exploding ants makes me think of Lemmings.) I've seen photos of the tube-eyed fish, but not the video before now. It looks like an avant-garde conceptual bath toy... I’m torn between being sorry that the pelagic vagina is a hoax and glad that, since it’s a hoax, it can’t be tormented into exploding. Looking at that Wiki page — and isn’t it great that there’s an entry for exploding animals? — I’m yet again awed by the bloody-strangeness of nature. (The mental image of exploding ants makes me think of Lemmings.)

I’ve seen photos of the tube-eyed fish, but not the video before now. It looks like an avant-garde conceptual bath toy…

]]> By: Emera http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21379 Emera Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:29:13 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21379 That sea cucumber is unbelievable! It's like a... womb orchid. I was horrified on behalf of the highly suggestive-looking thingie being poked, and then I couldn't stop wondering about it - extended Googling just about confirms that it's fake, done with a combination of puppetry and CGI. Also, it led me to this delightful Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_animal Also, have you seen this incredible deep-sea fish with a transparent forehead and swiveling, tubular eyes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9o4VnfHJU That sea cucumber is unbelievable! It’s like a… womb orchid.

I was horrified on behalf of the highly suggestive-looking thingie being poked, and then I couldn’t stop wondering about it – extended Googling just about confirms that it’s fake, done with a combination of puppetry and CGI. Also, it led me to this delightful Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_animal

Also, have you seen this incredible deep-sea fish with a transparent forehead and swiveling, tubular eyes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9o4VnfHJU

]]> By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21378 kjbishop Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:46:22 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21378 At first I thought it was some kind of sea cucumber, since they fling their innards out as a defence, but the anatomy doesn't look right, and it really does seem to explode...maybe it's fake, as some of the commenters suggest; there does seem something a bit put on in the way they pour soda on it. Though I can't help hoping it's real. You can never have too many explosive pelagic vaginas. At first I thought it was some kind of sea cucumber, since they fling their innards out as a defence, but the anatomy doesn’t look right, and it really does seem to explode…maybe it’s fake, as some of the commenters suggest; there does seem something a bit put on in the way they pour soda on it. Though I can’t help hoping it’s real. You can never have too many explosive pelagic vaginas.

]]> By: steampunkgunslinger http://kjbishop.net/2010/01/11/enypniastes.html/comment-page-1#comment-21377 steampunkgunslinger Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:19:13 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2422#comment-21377 All of these things are highly interesting, but the last just begs the question....what in the hell is that thing? I gigantic sea-going vagina? One that EXPLODES, of all things? *is deeply confused* All of these things are highly interesting, but the last just begs the question….what in the hell is that thing? I gigantic sea-going vagina? One that EXPLODES, of all things? *is deeply confused*

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