Sewer Creatures
posted by MetaMonkey on Jun 30, 2009 - 117 comments

Similar to coral, and much like the individual cells in our body, the individual zooids of Siphonophorae are so specialized that they lack the ability to survive on their own. Siphonophorae thus exist at the boundary between colonial and complex multicellular organisms. The Portuguese Man of War is probably the best known example of a Siphonophore, but there are others out there, some of which may well blow your mind.
posted by furtive on Dec 22, 2008 - 23 comments

National Geographic has a really neat photo gallery of nudibranchs. These are very colorful, very cute sea slugs. Enjoy.
posted by phunniemee on May 18, 2008 - 43 comments

Unicorns, unicorns, unicorns, unicorns, unicorns, unicorns, unicorns (last three NSFW)
posted by fatbobsmith on Aug 19, 2006 - 23 comments

The adorable haggis. Think nothing of the myth of sheep and oatmeal.
posted by the fire you left me on Dec 6, 2003 - 10 comments

Strange creature found in Chile Article points to Babelfish translation. Original article here (in Spanish). Anyone have any idea what this is?
posted by oissubke on Nov 2, 2002 - 43 comments