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[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What. The. Fuck.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 39 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"The scale worms have been believed to be descendants of a different species that INVADED the deep-sea millions of years ago."

Is there some worm-based geopolitical lore I'm missing??

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

Clearly they’re aliens

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Got tired of posing as Egyptian gods.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Benna! Ya wan ya duru!

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh funny, in the wiki article it mentions black coral to be megafauna. Never thought of corals as megafauna, fascinating!

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And TIL the word megafauna so thanks!

[–] WhoPutDisHere@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 months ago

Superorganism is a great term that kinda applies as well.

[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Next on your road: charismatic megafauna!

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is that the colorful kind? (I can't look it up right now)

[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 2 points 5 months ago

It's the kind that drives Conservation Efforts and Media Attention. So yeah, I guess they tend to be colorful.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

The deep sea has always been the home of nightmare fuel. Not outer space.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I was pretty confident this was someone's (hopefully joke) tail butt plug. How is this a really thing?

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Danger tail plug.

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

That'll really milk the ol' prostate for ya'!

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

"What attachment type do you want? Buttplug or buttbite?"

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 18 points 5 months ago

Looks like something you'd encounter in Morrowind.
...and you'd miss all the hits and get owned.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That mouth is usually hidden and only shows when they feed/eat/hunt. Golden feather Xenomorph

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like me wearing a balaclava for my social anxiety

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

You randomly made me think of this video again :D

https://youtu.be/U_YBzJBa_mA?si=wzdfnRkP61b-KSme

[–] dingus182@endlesstalk.org 13 points 5 months ago

Video helps reinforce your fears: https://youtu.be/as3pZ-w7FWM?si=GeNGxvxZf5_A362e

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

According to my dad looking over my shoulder it’s name is Marsha

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 5 points 5 months ago

Pls tell me this isn't a real lovecraftian monster i was unaware of

[–] b3an@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Toupeeus Donaldis Submarinus