...it's a sea demon!
Actually its a pteropod, a shell-less gastropod, and even crazier it is a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
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Posted on: July 31, 2008 4:12 PM, by CR McClain
...it's a sea demon!
Actually its a pteropod, a shell-less gastropod, and even crazier it is a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
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Comments
That's almost as disturbing (that soundtrack!) as Zoologic's psychokitty... but oddly beautiful.
Posted by: Bee | July 31, 2008 7:06 PM
Awesome find! I love that the audience laughs at violence...
Simultaneous lovin'... with me and me and me and me....
Posted by: kevin z | July 31, 2008 7:29 PM
The Japanese crack me right the heck up. The video would be cool anyway, but add in the sound track and the screams and such, and it becomes freaking awesome!
Posted by: Firebyrd | July 31, 2008 11:13 PM