Nature is Metal

[Mik]

Cool. I want one.

When I had an aquarium my favorite fish were the Tiger Barbs. They would sit there flapping their little side fins, looking for all the world like a big Harley idling. Then they would shoot off and nip at the other fish to keep them in line. Fish of Anarchy.

[Loki]

Looks so human. Got all the fish in the video, I suspect she doesn’t go hungry.

[jon-nyc]

"Fastest bite in the animal kingdom"

THat's badass.

And none of us had even heard of it before.

[brenda]

@Mik said in Nature is Metal:

Mother nature is a stone bitch.

Never seen a hairy frogfish before. Is that what Brenda's raising?

No fish raised here, only sweet little froggos.

[Friday]

That is one crazy looking fish. Reminds me of something you would see on Sesame Street or a Jim Henson movie.

[Catseye3]

@Friday Yep, the Cookie Monster. I had the same thought.

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Nature is Metal:

Thanks for sharing the frogfish video.
It piqued my curiosity and I went looking for more.

Link to video

If ever there was a time for super slow motion cameras. We could be watching a frog fish bite in 1/6000 of a second but instead we get a bunch of water balloons popping.

[Klaus]

We often have the situation at dinner that everybody else is waiting for somebody to finish his or her meal.

I wonder whether that happens at the Frogfish's dinner table, too.

[Klaus]

I also wonder how long it takes frogfishes to finish their sex business.

[Mik]

I don't know, but I bet frogfish fellatio is a no-go.

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

That's great footage.

[taiwan_girl]

Very cool videos!!

[jon-nyc]

[Axtremus]

Whoa! Fantastic video!

[jon-nyc]

The guy with his whole torso hanging out of the SUV would have been fairly screwed if the cheetah had taken an interest in him.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

I want to know why you're following this twitter-er.

[Catseye3]

[Mik]

I love this thread. if I did Twitter I'd follow it too.