Wow, their brains are small. It all makes sense now - all they want to do is eat shit and kill their competitors.
Anyone want to translate the, what I'm assuming, is Japanese for me?
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The Anatomy of Japanese Mega Monsters
Category: Animals • Biology • Neuroart • Neuroscience • Weird
Posted on: September 30, 2009 1:39 PM, by The Omnibrain
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Let's see (from mouth to end, up to down-ish):
shokkaku = feeler
takumashii ago = strong jaw
shokkaku = feeler
me = eye
noushinkeisetsu = cerebrovisceral (Google's translation)
ago wo ugokasu kin'niku = muscle that moves jaw
shokudou = esophagus
shikan = string/web duct (?don't know the English term?)
mae ashi = front legs
shinkeisetsu = ganglion/ganglia
shinzou = heart
kyodai na i = gigantic stomach
seishibukuro = sac for making webbing (?don't know the English term?)
senmou = cilia/cilium, fine hairs
ushiro ashi = back legs
kimon = spiracle (respiratory pores)
koumon = anus
Posted by: Monimonika | September 30, 2009 11:54 PM
Oh, and the monster is the larva of Mothra.
Posted by: Monimonika | September 30, 2009 11:56 PM
"all they want to do is eat shit and kill their competitors"
And smash Tokyo.
Posted by: John McKay | October 1, 2009 2:24 AM