Nature's Weirdest Creatures

last SG · 2009-07-10T11:55:12+00:00

Posted this on FB but here it goes here: Scientists discover new species of 'blind snake' in Brazilian river that looks remarkably like a piece of the human...

Kuali Baba SG

Tonight, we present the hydrothermal worm, so tiny that it can only be seen with an electron microscope, and found at the bottom of the deepest oceans near hydrothermal vents. Thankfully most of us don't get to see it.

the Bear SG

it's been ages so an update is due... here's one which isn't very far away... it was thought extinct for about a century until it was rediscovered again.. the Borneo Rainbow Toad

name for obvious reasons

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

Dune's Sand Worm~~~~~~

the Bear SG

apart from being delicious, cuttlefish are weird as all heck as they are great camouflage artists while being colour blind

=> Camoflaged Cuttlefish

check out the video in the link.. they're cute as all heck too

toastedbrain SG

yikes but enjoyed it

Kuali Baba SG

It's not exactly a critter, but here's the world's largest virus, found in the ocean off Chile.

SevenEleven SG

A Mother's love

Nature's most beautiful moment

the Bear SG

here's one for an update:

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

okay.. it looks like a bird with a silly head of feathers.. but remember.. it's a pigeon..

and it's about the size of a turkey!

elindra SG

here's one for an update:

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

okay.. it looks like a bird with a silly head of feathers.. but remember.. it's a pigeon..

and it's about the size of a turkey!

Roast Pigeon anyone?

More meat to go around!

SBS2601D SG

here's one for an update:

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

okay.. it looks like a bird with a silly head of feathers.. but remember.. it's a pigeon..

and it's about the size of a turkey!

JBP has them!

Kuali Baba SG

here's one for an update:

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

okay.. it looks like a bird with a silly head of feathers.. but remember.. it's a pigeon..

and it's about the size of a turkey!

The Jurong Bird Park has a few of these fellars.

the Bear SG

here's another.. it's a new discovery, just last year...

Pinocchio Frog

for obvious reasons...

found in West Papua in Indonesia, it's a cute little thing but too little is know about it to know what or why it has such a snout

the Bear SG

RUN AWAY!! RUN AWAY!!!

IT'S A FLYING SCORPION!!!

Scorpion Fly

although it looks like a scorpion with wings (what a scary concept) the "sting" which looks like a scorpion's sting is actually its genitalia which has evolved to look like that...

still, it looks scary as all heck

the Bear SG

here's something...

you all know about the mimic octopus?

here's a fish, mimicking a mimic octopus!

=> fish with octopus

SBS2601D SG

Nothing weird about crows in cities...but I reckon this is still a good watch about how they adapt to city life and make use of your equipments.

the Bear SG

due for an update..

Antarctic Icefish

what's strange is that instead of having blood, it has something which is nearly like anti-freeze

Kuali Baba SG

A new species of leopard frog has been discovered in, of all places, that forest of concrete called New York City. It has a "peculiar" croak.

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/monstrous-wasp-species-discovered-indonesia-162658387.html

A new insect has been discovered in Indonesia, and it looks like something you would see only in your worst nightmare. It's a new species of wasp found last year by entomologist Lynn Kimsey, a professor at the University of California at Davis. This week, Kimsey formally published her findings on the bug, dubbed "the Komodo dragon of wasps" because of its tremendous size and ferocious appearance.

Discovered in the Mekongga Mountains on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the wasp is 2 1/2 inches long and greater than three times the size of an average wasp. Its jaws are so big that when its mouth is open, its jaws are bigger than its legs. Kimsey admitted she's surprised it can even walk with those kinds of proportions.

Kimsey has named the monstrous insect "Garuda," the national symbol of Indonesia that is part human, part eagle, and known as the "king of birds." This new species of "digger wasp" is known for how the female paralyzes other insects, buries them, and then lays eggs on top of them, providing food for their offspring. It's starting to look like a real "Bug's World."

Unforunately got vid but it's in the link... No pics...

the Bear SG

here you go

compared with normal wasp

Summer hill SG

here you go

compared with normal wasp

scary

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