New Animal Resembling Furry Lobster Found

Tue Mar 7, 2006 6:58 PM EST

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{"commentId":52996,"authorDomain":"derek93"}

Derek93

that thing is freaky, it looks like a tick sucked too much blood from an albino monkey. I'm assuming that no other creatures have "fur" like that. Any idea what it's for?

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1 vote

#1 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 7:43 PM EST

{"commentId":53012,"authorDomain":"patkohler"}

Pat Kohler

Well, as it is a water creature it could have something to do with a few things.

1) The fur could be used for "sniffing"
2) Feeling around its area
3) Some sort of defense. Much like spider perhaps.

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6 votes

#2 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 7:54 PM EST

{"commentId":53032,"authorDomain":"wagi"}

Wagi

4) it wants to look pretty
5) it's a pimp.

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10 votes

#3 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 8:09 PM EST

{"commentId":53051,"authorDomain":"zaki"}

Zaki

6) reincarnation of Rick James.

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#4 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 8:32 PM EST

{"commentId":53063,"authorDomain":"aharris"}

aharris

but what does it taste like

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5 votes

#5 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 8:52 PM EST

{"commentId":53092,"authorDomain":"ronaldscott"}

ronaldscott

That "fur" would definitely be highly sensitive to water currents, no question about that. Just on that one characteristic alone, it probably gives the creature a fairly high-resolution sense of what is going on around it. It wouldn't need eyes with senses like that.

All kinds of other stuff could be in that fur--infrared, passive sonar, EM, you name it, but the sensitivity to what is physically happening to the water around it is probably pretty solidly it's primary function.

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6 votes

#6 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 9:40 PM EST

{"commentId":53103,"authorDomain":"paulinebrock"}

Pauline Brock

Is that thing for real? Could be a hoax..?

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#7 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 9:48 PM EST

{"commentId":53105,"authorDomain":"robknight"}

robK

Are there any other crusteaceans with hair? Assuming this is some kind of hair and not something else.

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#8 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 9:52 PM EST

{"commentId":53109,"authorDomain":"LorenzoQ"}

LorenzoQ

aharris I thought the same thing as soon as I read it was lobster-like.

I'll have the Kiwa hirsuta thermidor thanks. mmm furry...

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2 votes

#9 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 9:56 PM EST

{"commentId":53123,"authorDomain":"gregshead"}

GregsHead

3) Some sort of defense. Much like spider perhaps.

Yeah, I thought it looked like a spider. Or, a monkey. Crazy looking, whatever it is!

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#10 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 10:03 PM EST

{"commentId":53142,"authorDomain":"jholcomb"}

John Holcomb

Weird as hell, but goes to show that there's much left in the world to be discovered.

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3 votes

#11 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 10:19 PM EST

{"commentId":53147,"authorDomain":"brainwidth"}

brainwidth

Yes, but does it taste good?

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1 vote

#12 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 10:25 PM EST

{"commentId":53183,"authorDomain":"theroadlestravels"}

Les Brown

Stop all this talk about scientific discovery. There are some simple questions to be answered.

When and where can I eat one?
Will there be a new Blonde Lobster restaurant opening it's doors near me soon?
Will the B-52's write a catchy new single?

These are the real questions. Answers?

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4 votes

#13 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 10:59 PM EST

{"commentId":53239,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}

Miss Dev

I can't decide if it's giving me the willies or the heebie geebies...

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1 vote

#14 - Tue Mar 7, 2006 11:48 PM EST

{"commentId":53287,"authorDomain":"davidbailey"}

David.Bailey

Wow! An albino Don King lobster!

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3 votes

#15 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 12:42 AM EST

{"commentId":53304,"authorDomain":"SalemOregon"}

matt.salem

I'm leaning towards heebie geebies but might be good dipped in butter.

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2 votes

#16 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 1:03 AM EST

{"commentId":53348,"authorDomain":"expert"}

explorer

looks like there's much more to see in this world

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#17 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 2:51 AM EST

{"commentId":53363,"authorDomain":"reverie"}

reverie

It actually looks quite disgusting, yet I'm eager to know how it tastes.

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#18 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 3:34 AM EST

{"commentId":53415,"authorDomain":"ugs"}

kayjay

It looks cuddly, something I'd take to bed with me to keep my warm, and then eat when I get the munchies.

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2 votes

#19 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 5:39 AM EST

{"commentId":53454,"authorDomain":"solar"}

s0lar

lol, body of a crab, arms of a monkey... very interesting.

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#20 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 7:15 AM EST

{"commentId":53462,"authorDomain":"soulresin"}

soulresin

aharris writes:

but what does it taste like

brainwidth writes:

Yes, but does it taste good?

reverie writes:

It actually looks quite disgusting, yet I'm eager to know how it tastes.

It tastes like chicken, of course.

Come on, you had to know that was coming. :)

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3 votes

#21 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 7:33 AM EST

{"commentId":53487,"authorDomain":"akg"}

AKG

"I am a King Prawn, mmm-Kay!"

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1 vote

#22 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 8:25 AM EST

{"commentId":53510,"authorDomain":"etaoinshrdlu"}

Etaoin Shrdlu

I've noticed (and have often wondered about) small hairlike structures on many crab legs that i've eaten. Of course, they weren't nearly this thick or tuft-like. That said, this discovery doesn't particularly strike me as incredibly odd. Sure, it's weird, but there have certainly been weirder creatures in the world's past.

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2 votes

#23 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 8:42 AM EST

{"commentId":53594,"authorDomain":"super-structure"}

Jason Coleman

robK writes:

Are there any other crusteaceans with hair? Assuming this is some kind of hair and not something else.

The adult Dungeness crab has black hair covering parts of it's limbs. It's freaky looking, but very tasty. Nothing like this thing, though.

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#24 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 9:43 AM EST

{"commentId":53798,"authorDomain":"tang"}

Calvin Tang

Discoveries like this keep me enthralled with the pursuit of scuba diving. Though I have slim chances of ever finding something no one has ever seen, I regularly find organisms I've never seen and am equally befuddled by.

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1 vote

#25 - Wed Mar 8, 2006 11:39 AM EST

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