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The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.
The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty amazing when you think these things have been swimming around for so long.
They have hundreds of poisonous tentacles that it used to catch passing by fish. it then slowly drags in it’s prey and eats it.
That is terrifying.
AHHHHHH
(via screensociety)
super interesting. thanks to taryn popkin for finding this!
Color Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Edit: Found the rest of this documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nSDJHAInpo&feature=related
So awesome. I’ve always wondered this!
quoi??? Black Hole Eats Star: Researchers Detail Astounding Cosmic Occurrence (VIDEO)
“Prepare to have your mind blown.
Back in March, when NASA’s Swift spacecraft first detected what scientists believed to be a black hole eating a star 3.8 billion light years from earth, many didn’t quite know what it would mean. But now it seems the cosmic event not only sent a beam of X-rays shooting towards earth, but it also rejuvenated the black hole….”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/black-hole-eats-star-video_n_937150.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
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out-chameleoning a chameleon. this octopus is awesome.
Also- I love the second comment- “It’s a boggart!”
<3 harry potter
