They have grown so big they no longer simply suck blood
September 28, 2014 4:17 PM Subscribe
This absolutely horrifying clip from forthcoming BBC documentary Wonders of the Monsoon shows a giant red leech sucking down a giant blue earthworm like spaghetti, deep in the forests of Borneo.
The Giant Red Leech is one of the biggest in the world. The specimen captured on camera was around 30cm long but experts believe they could grow larger.- From the Telegraph
They have grown so big that they no longer simply suck blood but now actively hunt giant blue worms and suck them down like spaghetti. The worm it is eating is a whopping 78cm.
The new footage shows the leech detecting a worm's trail and following the scent like a sniffer dog.
When it encounters its prey it quickly latches on and moves its lips up and down the iridescent blue body.
"It was either searching for an end to grab, or was working out whether it was too big to eat" said documentary director Paul Williams.
"When it found an end it started to suck. It was incredible."
That's how it ends for me in most of my games of Go.
posted by michaelh at 4:21 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by michaelh at 4:21 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
NOPE
posted by wabbittwax at 4:25 PM on September 28, 2014 [43 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 4:25 PM on September 28, 2014 [43 favorites]
To be fair, it's not like the leech wanted to do that, it was forced to do that by its abusive mate.
posted by pseudocode at 4:29 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by pseudocode at 4:29 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm with you wabbittwax. It's nice then the FPP text so clearly identifies the link as something you don't don't don't want to see.
posted by JHarris at 4:29 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 4:29 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
My feelings about this mirror Gollum's feelings about the existence of giant Oliphaunts: "Smeagol doesn’t want them to be."
posted by Atom Eyes at 4:33 PM on September 28, 2014 [8 favorites]
posted by Atom Eyes at 4:33 PM on September 28, 2014 [8 favorites]
giganope
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 4:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 4:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
there is no god
posted by No-sword at 4:36 PM on September 28, 2014 [8 favorites]
posted by No-sword at 4:36 PM on September 28, 2014 [8 favorites]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*faints*
posted by Doleful Creature at 4:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Doleful Creature at 4:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
That link is staying blue.
posted by PenDevil at 4:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [12 favorites]
posted by PenDevil at 4:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [12 favorites]
Not today, Satan
posted by angerbot at 4:40 PM on September 28, 2014 [27 favorites]
posted by angerbot at 4:40 PM on September 28, 2014 [27 favorites]
giant leeches in the middle of swallowing earthworms are a delicacy ... nowhere.
posted by ChuckRamone at 4:42 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by ChuckRamone at 4:42 PM on September 28, 2014
I watched a segment on Donald Trump this morning, so this is kind of an improvement.
posted by George_Spiggott at 4:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [25 favorites]
posted by George_Spiggott at 4:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [25 favorites]
Oh for god's sake.
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also the sound fx guys must have enormous fun with BBC nature documentaries.
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:44 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 4:44 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
I'll be in my bunk.
posted by Balna Watya at 4:47 PM on September 28, 2014 [10 favorites]
posted by Balna Watya at 4:47 PM on September 28, 2014 [10 favorites]
That tiny puddle of blood on the leaf is the perfect concluding shot.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:49 PM on September 28, 2014 [23 favorites]
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:49 PM on September 28, 2014 [23 favorites]
Nature red in tooth and ... uh, wait a minute, I'll have to get back to you.
posted by localroger at 4:54 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by localroger at 4:54 PM on September 28, 2014
Nature, red in toothlessness and clawlessness.
posted by Auden at 4:54 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by Auden at 4:54 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
HOLLOW RED CYLINDER ENGULFS SOLID BLUE CYLINDER
posted by kenko at 4:57 PM on September 28, 2014 [35 favorites]
posted by kenko at 4:57 PM on September 28, 2014 [35 favorites]
Slurp.
The worm seems to be cooperating. Maybe the worm was feeling dry.
posted by vapidave at 5:00 PM on September 28, 2014
The worm seems to be cooperating. Maybe the worm was feeling dry.
posted by vapidave at 5:00 PM on September 28, 2014
That's not how one should eat spaghetti.
posted by sobarel at 5:01 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by sobarel at 5:01 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
It's nice then the FPP text so clearly identifies the link as something you don't don't don't want to see.
The problem is that just the description of the link is a bunch of words you don't want to read.
posted by jeather at 5:02 PM on September 28, 2014 [12 favorites]
The problem is that just the description of the link is a bunch of words you don't want to read.
posted by jeather at 5:02 PM on September 28, 2014 [12 favorites]
i too am here to register my displeasure
posted by poffin boffin at 5:03 PM on September 28, 2014 [26 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 5:03 PM on September 28, 2014 [26 favorites]
Wait a minute; how big are these fuckers, 30 centimeters (as per the article) or 1 meter (as per the photo caption)? That's the difference between about ten inches of horrifying and over a yard of ohmyfuckinggodno.
posted by Curious Artificer at 5:05 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Curious Artificer at 5:05 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
not many people know this, but the swiss giant red leech was the reason that spaghetti farming eventually failed in ticino
now both spaghetti trees and swiss giant red leeches are extinct
posted by pyramid termite at 5:06 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
now both spaghetti trees and swiss giant red leeches are extinct
posted by pyramid termite at 5:06 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
How long does it take to digest? I would like to be here in 100,000 yrs to see what the worms come back with.
posted by TheTingTangTong at 5:14 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by TheTingTangTong at 5:14 PM on September 28, 2014
This is amazing, what an intense bit of footage! I hope the rest of the series is that eye-popping.
posted by stinkfoot at 5:18 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by stinkfoot at 5:18 PM on September 28, 2014
Damn nature, you scary.
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 5:18 PM on September 28, 2014 [7 favorites]
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 5:18 PM on September 28, 2014 [7 favorites]
There is not enough nope in the world.
posted by jrochest at 5:19 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by jrochest at 5:19 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
I hope the "yeahno" tag takes off.
posted by brundlefly at 5:21 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
posted by brundlefly at 5:21 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
I'm not usually squicked by this sort of thing, yet I am so very ensquickened.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 5:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 5:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [6 favorites]
I clicked on the link to the Telegraph article. It had pictures. I wish I hadn't seen those.
posted by ZeusHumms at 5:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by ZeusHumms at 5:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Urgh, desperately needing a palate cleanser. Why is the adjoining 'two-tonne sunfish' video down? Are they doing this on purpose?
posted by Standard Orange at 5:31 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by Standard Orange at 5:31 PM on September 28, 2014
So, Mongolian death worms are real they just live in Borneo.
posted by 2bucksplus at 5:35 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by 2bucksplus at 5:35 PM on September 28, 2014
Why, BBC?
Mrs Unshockable wants to ask you that.
posted by glasseyes at 5:35 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Mrs Unshockable wants to ask you that.
posted by glasseyes at 5:35 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
they would continue to suck until there was a giant red leech singularity
posted by pyramid termite at 5:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by pyramid termite at 5:38 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
lol @ the theremin soundtrack. well played, BBC.
posted by indubitable at 5:52 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by indubitable at 5:52 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
I saw this yesterday..
Totally. Awesome. Immediately recommended to friends. In person.
posted by R343L at 5:57 PM on September 28, 2014
Totally. Awesome. Immediately recommended to friends. In person.
posted by R343L at 5:57 PM on September 28, 2014
At one end of the nature documentary scale, you get this lovely piece on the effect of wolves on Yellowstone.
On the other end, Lovecraftian horror.
posted by emjaybee at 6:03 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
On the other end, Lovecraftian horror.
posted by emjaybee at 6:03 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
Between this and the many varieties of carnivorous plants, the rainforests of Borneo must feel otherworldly. It's good that they got this on film, there's no telling how much longer these habitats will exist.
posted by indubitable at 6:07 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by indubitable at 6:07 PM on September 28, 2014
EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER.
posted by dazed_one at 6:16 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by dazed_one at 6:16 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
I can say without any shame I did not click one link in this post.
And I'm still going to have nightmares about it.
posted by Aranquis at 6:19 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
And I'm still going to have nightmares about it.
posted by Aranquis at 6:19 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
That leach is gonna be slow and easy slurpin' for some snake. Then that snake is like a natural legless turducken. Or a snaleachorm. Or something.
posted by Humanzee at 6:22 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
posted by Humanzee at 6:22 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people.
posted by sourcequench at 6:41 PM on September 28, 2014 [15 favorites]
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people.
posted by sourcequench at 6:41 PM on September 28, 2014 [15 favorites]
I went frogging last week, and at one point discovered a tiny leech (like, half an inch long) on the tip of my finger. I cannot accurately describe the feeling of revulsion that passed over me, and I flailed about so violently in an attempt to dislodge it that I almost tipped the boat.
Nope, not clicking on anything in this post.
posted by tryniti at 7:00 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
Nope, not clicking on anything in this post.
posted by tryniti at 7:00 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
I thought it was beautiful.
posted by spitbull at 7:13 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by spitbull at 7:13 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
There is not enough nope in the world.
The theremin signals otherworldly degrees of nope, so that's covered.
As for me, even the description is enough to make me nearly blorp.
posted by datawrangler at 7:16 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
The theremin signals otherworldly degrees of nope, so that's covered.
As for me, even the description is enough to make me nearly blorp.
posted by datawrangler at 7:16 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
This would've made Stand By Me a very different Stephen King movie
posted by aydeejones at 7:40 PM on September 28, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by aydeejones at 7:40 PM on September 28, 2014 [6 favorites]
Yes Humanzee, then you tempura that sucker up and put it in a maki roll with some avocado, cucumber, daikon sprouts, roe on the outside. I call it The Pirate Bay Roll. The hardest part of preparing it is deveining the worm
posted by aydeejones at 7:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by aydeejones at 7:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
This is as good a time as any to mention my Greasemonkey script, Mefi nope.
posted by rouftop at 7:54 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by rouftop at 7:54 PM on September 28, 2014 [4 favorites]
NSFW[orms]
posted by maggieb at 8:09 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by maggieb at 8:09 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
"Move to Borneo," they said. "A tropical island paradise," they said. "Experience the vanishing rainforest habitats," they said. But did they mention the foot-long flesh-eating leaches!? No they did not.
posted by BinGregory at 8:32 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
posted by BinGregory at 8:32 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
I don't know what everyone's upset about, this is just a video of a worm putting on its lovely red sweater.
posted by jason_steakums at 8:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 8:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [9 favorites]
Leeches are some of the most amazing and terrifying organisms. I made the mistake a few years ago of hiking through leech-infested forests with just normal outdoorsy shoes and pants, instead of the recommended leech socks with leech repellent.
Leeches are extremely alert and aggressive and will inch toward you surprisingly fast if you are standing still, climbing right up above your socks and under your pants. When you walk by, they stand up and twirl themselves around trying to latch on.
posted by ropeladder at 8:36 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
Leeches are extremely alert and aggressive and will inch toward you surprisingly fast if you are standing still, climbing right up above your socks and under your pants. When you walk by, they stand up and twirl themselves around trying to latch on.
posted by ropeladder at 8:36 PM on September 28, 2014 [11 favorites]
Yeah our party was split on whether to try to keep them off completely and wind up with them on your nuts, or just hike in sandals and pick them off your feet as they come. I started off in the former camp and altered my stance on the issue a little too late.
posted by BinGregory at 8:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by BinGregory at 8:43 PM on September 28, 2014 [5 favorites]
"Move to Borneo," they said. "A tropical island paradise," they said. "Experience the vanishing rainforest habitats," they said.
Remember that when they're talking to you, if their eyespots go up and to the left it means they're probably lying.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:12 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
Remember that when they're talking to you, if their eyespots go up and to the left it means they're probably lying.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:12 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
I'm a good person. I believe in conservation of natural environments. But someone needs to take a flamethrower to that jungle and turn it into a Walmart parking lot right quick.
posted by um at 9:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by um at 9:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also I'm pretty sure that when red leeches gorge on blue earthworms, sooner or later you get this.
posted by um at 9:41 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by um at 9:41 PM on September 28, 2014 [2 favorites]
I....
I thought.....
...they only lived under water.
[lip trembles]
posted by CynicalKnight at 9:45 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
I thought.....
...they only lived under water.
[lip trembles]
posted by CynicalKnight at 9:45 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
cannot unsee >.<
posted by cristinacristinacristina at 9:45 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by cristinacristinacristina at 9:45 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Nature is a wonderful thing.
posted by mr_roboto at 10:00 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by mr_roboto at 10:00 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
AHHHHHH! Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God....OK, well, I haven't actually seen the clip yet. Just preemptively reacting. Let me just click on the links here, and alrighty.......... AHHHHHHH! Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.
(it's actually rather, uh, interesting, in an Oh my God NO sort of way).
posted by but no cigar at 10:22 PM on September 28, 2014
(it's actually rather, uh, interesting, in an Oh my God NO sort of way).
posted by but no cigar at 10:22 PM on September 28, 2014
You had me at "absolutely horrifying clip."
posted by bicyclefish at 10:42 PM on September 28, 2014
posted by bicyclefish at 10:42 PM on September 28, 2014
I vote TeraNope.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 11:01 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 11:01 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: Nope.
posted by smidgen at 11:05 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by smidgen at 11:05 PM on September 28, 2014 [3 favorites]
Leeches are extremely alert and aggressive and will inch toward you surprisingly fast if you are standing still, climbing right up above your socks and under your pants. When you walk by, they stand up and twirl themselves around trying to latch on.
WTF ropeladder!! I watched the full video and was just mildly horrifascinated, but your comment made me FREAK. OUT.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
WTF ropeladder!! I watched the full video and was just mildly horrifascinated, but your comment made me FREAK. OUT.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Came for the sucking, stayed for the theremin.
posted by spinifex23 at 11:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by spinifex23 at 11:28 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
I know this is wrong, but all I can think of is to post it to pornhub, and subscribe to an rss of the comments. I mean, wrong, right?
posted by kandinski at 11:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [17 favorites]
posted by kandinski at 11:34 PM on September 28, 2014 [17 favorites]
We went to Sydney last year. We were driving back from the Blue Mountains, and I picked up a leech on my heel at the first stop. An hour later, we stopped at another park, and I finally noticed the thing as it dropped off my foot, leaving a nice line of bite marks over a few inches of skin.
It looked so fat and happy...
posted by xiw at 12:42 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
It looked so fat and happy...
posted by xiw at 12:42 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
But someone needs to take a flamethrower to that jungle and turn it into a Walmart parking lot right quick.
Don't worry, my government (via logging concessions) is right on it.
posted by cendawanita at 1:04 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Don't worry, my government (via logging concessions) is right on it.
posted by cendawanita at 1:04 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
All things bright and beautiful, the lord god made them all.... so who the fuck created this thing?
Interesting to see a blood sucking leech on the pages of the Torygraph.
posted by marienbad at 1:36 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Interesting to see a blood sucking leech on the pages of the Torygraph.
posted by marienbad at 1:36 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
When it found an end it started to suck.
So it's a George Lucas film?
posted by chavenet at 1:53 AM on September 29, 2014 [7 favorites]
So it's a George Lucas film?
posted by chavenet at 1:53 AM on September 29, 2014 [7 favorites]
It's the details that make it. When the leech has to gently zip-unseal its tight, red lips from the pulsing, slick body of the worm to break the vacuum ready for another surging gulp... such delicacy.
And the worm, which seems largely unaware of what's going on until near the end, when it suddenly transforms into a oh-so-briefly-living panic-spasm. The morbid existentialist in me gloomily nods in recognition.
posted by Devonian at 2:01 AM on September 29, 2014 [9 favorites]
And the worm, which seems largely unaware of what's going on until near the end, when it suddenly transforms into a oh-so-briefly-living panic-spasm. The morbid existentialist in me gloomily nods in recognition.
posted by Devonian at 2:01 AM on September 29, 2014 [9 favorites]
Two thoughts.
1. I wish Werner Herzog had narrated this.
2. How can it eat something so large?
posted by yonega at 3:21 AM on September 29, 2014 [3 favorites]
1. I wish Werner Herzog had narrated this.
2. How can it eat something so large?
posted by yonega at 3:21 AM on September 29, 2014 [3 favorites]
The last time I felt this sensation was when I was 11 and watched the flukeman episode of the X-files
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 3:35 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 3:35 AM on September 29, 2014
(I had to stop watching in the middle when the worm began struggling. )
posted by Omnomnom at 4:41 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by Omnomnom at 4:41 AM on September 29, 2014
I want to see what happens when one of these leeches finds the end of an elephant's trunk.
posted by rory at 4:52 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by rory at 4:52 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Yes, like a snake, how long does this meal last for the leech? Does the leech become dormant or does it continue being the all devourer, eater of worlds?
posted by jadepearl at 5:06 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by jadepearl at 5:06 AM on September 29, 2014
I thought it was beautiful.
posted by spitbull
You would.
Watching the video reminded me of the time I was scuba diving and moved closer to see a fish in a entrance to a small coral cave and a big moray eel came out instead. In that moment it looked big enough to treat me like that worm and I am sure I did the exact same panic spasm.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:14 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by spitbull
You would.
Watching the video reminded me of the time I was scuba diving and moved closer to see a fish in a entrance to a small coral cave and a big moray eel came out instead. In that moment it looked big enough to treat me like that worm and I am sure I did the exact same panic spasm.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:14 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Can someone tell me when my face will stop making this face? I'm starting to scare the coworkers.
posted by like_neon at 5:37 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by like_neon at 5:37 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE *presses button* NOOOOOPPPEEEEEE
posted by Theta States at 5:59 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by Theta States at 5:59 AM on September 29, 2014
The Repulsive story of the Red Leech -- a famous untold Sherlock Holmes tale referred to in the canon. What did Conan Doyle know!!!!????
posted by Malla at 6:02 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by Malla at 6:02 AM on September 29, 2014
this is just a video of a worm putting on its lovely red sweater.
WHICH STRANGLES IT TO DEATH AND MAKES BLOOD SPURT OUT OF ITS EYES.
posted by glasseyes at 6:30 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
WHICH STRANGLES IT TO DEATH AND MAKES BLOOD SPURT OUT OF ITS EYES.
posted by glasseyes at 6:30 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
Love Your Mother, the bumper sticker I saw this morning said. Lovely sentiment. Now totally ruined.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:36 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:36 AM on September 29, 2014
I see this kind of thing and think how absolutely impossible it is to imagine what aliens from far distant planets must be like when this exists on our world.
I thought it was magnificent too; those fluttering red lips, the valiant but futile struggle of the worm when it realised what the hell was going on, the majestic plop of the blood at the end. Nature is great but not necessarily pretty.
posted by h00py at 8:10 AM on September 29, 2014
I thought it was magnificent too; those fluttering red lips, the valiant but futile struggle of the worm when it realised what the hell was going on, the majestic plop of the blood at the end. Nature is great but not necessarily pretty.
posted by h00py at 8:10 AM on September 29, 2014
(I had to stop watching in the middle when the worm began struggling. )
posted by Omnomnom at 7:41 AM on September 29 [+] [!]
Eponysomething. Tragic? Maybe?
posted by that's candlepin at 8:12 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Omnomnom at 7:41 AM on September 29 [+] [!]
Eponysomething. Tragic? Maybe?
posted by that's candlepin at 8:12 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
Later on, the investigators would say there was nothing left but a green alpine hat and a single shoe.
posted by Toubab at 8:43 AM on September 29, 2014 [10 favorites]
posted by Toubab at 8:43 AM on September 29, 2014 [10 favorites]
I'm actually kind of amused that this post is right next to the "Alien" post.
posted by happyroach at 8:45 AM on September 29, 2014
posted by happyroach at 8:45 AM on September 29, 2014
That leach is gonna be slow and easy slurpin' for some snake. Then that snake is like a natural legless turducken. Or a snaleachorm. Or something.
posted by Humanzee at 6:22 PM on September 28
You wouldn't by any chance be a chimpanzee who has recently eaten a human, would you?
posted by XMLicious at 9:41 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Humanzee at 6:22 PM on September 28
You wouldn't by any chance be a chimpanzee who has recently eaten a human, would you?
posted by XMLicious at 9:41 AM on September 29, 2014 [2 favorites]
Once upon a time, my college friend and I came upon an odd creature. It was about 18" long (527 million metrilengths, for those not in the US), and shaped like a rope with a knot in the center, tapering on both ends. The left half was red, and the bulging center and right half were black. This thing was clumsily propelling itself downstream in a shallow creek by gyrating its 9" (43,240 mtrlg) 'legs' in circles, slowly. We obseved it for several minutes, unwilling to touch it, unable to guess its nature.
Finally, we figured it out: a black snake was eating a similar-sized red snake, headfirst.
posted by IAmBroom at 9:51 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Finally, we figured it out: a black snake was eating a similar-sized red snake, headfirst.
posted by IAmBroom at 9:51 AM on September 29, 2014 [1 favorite]
Ctrl+F "sounding"
No matches found
Christ MetaFilter get it together
posted by prize bull octorok at 10:34 AM on September 29, 2014 [4 favorites]
No matches found
Christ MetaFilter get it together
posted by prize bull octorok at 10:34 AM on September 29, 2014 [4 favorites]
chavenet: "When it found an end it started to suck.
So it's a George Lucas film?"
The actual quote from the clip is "It searches for an end... then, it starts to suck." So I'm going to go with LOST.
posted by Riki tiki at 5:12 PM on September 29, 2014
So it's a George Lucas film?"
The actual quote from the clip is "It searches for an end... then, it starts to suck." So I'm going to go with LOST.
posted by Riki tiki at 5:12 PM on September 29, 2014
Ctrl+F "sounding"
No matches found
Christ MetaFilter get it together
I see what you did there.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:30 PM on September 29, 2014
No matches found
Christ MetaFilter get it together
I see what you did there.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:30 PM on September 29, 2014
I'm late to the leech party, having just stumbled on it elsewhere and thought "hey that'd make a good FPP."
So, a couple of bonus links: Giant Leech and Giant Worm in Kinabalu Park, Borneo, Malaysia; and speaking of leech socks, yes, they have them. (For the squeamish: photos of attached leeches and one bleeding leg in that second link.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:52 AM on October 15, 2014
So, a couple of bonus links: Giant Leech and Giant Worm in Kinabalu Park, Borneo, Malaysia; and speaking of leech socks, yes, they have them. (For the squeamish: photos of attached leeches and one bleeding leg in that second link.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:52 AM on October 15, 2014
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