Tripod Fish

At 1443m, this tripod fish (Bathypterois sp.) swims lazily away from the ROV, then decides to turn and have a look. Wikipedia article on the Tripod fish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod_fish

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+21 1. Sin_iZ commented 14 years ago

what the fuk -.-
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+24 2. h8isgr8 commented 14 years ago

That thing won the evolution lottery with those tripod-leg-thingies. :P
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+12 3. YetiGrowl commented 14 years ago

why does a fish need legs?! chernobyl fish?!
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+2 4. kartiksura commented 14 years ago

It somehow looks animated :(|)
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+25 5. PaterSin commented 14 years ago

who the hell designed this? ;)
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-1 6. CrackrJak commented 14 years ago

#5 God does have a sense of humor, Doesn't he ?
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-5 7. Zethriel commented 14 years ago

Appears fake, look at 0:21. If he has legs... I want fins
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0 8. TarasFromLviv commented 14 years ago

Not impressed (enough), I don't see any wings. How do you expect him to fight Godzilla otherwise?
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+25 9. Reaperdaddy commented 14 years ago

fish from the abysses are so damn scary.. all of them
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+10 10. Urmensch commented 14 years ago

The world is full of such weird creatures. And they keep finding more all the time.
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+9 11. valerion commented 14 years ago

That is so cool!
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-4 12. Podroom commented 14 years ago

@6 whats god dot todo with this?
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0 13. cincodemayo commented 14 years ago

Wow, fish with loose balls disorder
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+10 14. hdwg commented 14 years ago

Fish landing gear.
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+6 15. Baboon commented 14 years ago

#4 #7 it's not fake, it's just a long focus range with a special camera and special lighting to light the abyss.

and trust me we really don't know what's going on down there ...
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+3 16. InfiniteBoredom commented 14 years ago

Its so he can get a job as a camaraman.
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+6 17. smi commented 14 years ago

War of the Worlds. Orson Welles was right, tripods are buried deep below us.
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+4 18. Usdevildoggmc commented 14 years ago

"Alien abductions" are going on down below as well...
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+3 19. imagic commented 14 years ago

saw a movie lately, war of the worlds,, for those alien machiens the defenately had this fish as example !
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0 20. GOOSE42 commented 14 years ago

How can people possibly believe there is no other life in the universe when we have sh&! like this right here? I wish i had a built in stool!
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0 21. chicodehumo commented 14 years ago

guaooooooooo 8-)
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+1 22. _MidNight_ commented 14 years ago

#3 it's called evolution