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Old Bodies From Strange Creatures Were Discovered In A London Basement

Megi7 — Sun, 08 May 2016 23:12:29 +0000

In 1960 demolition crews explored an old abandoned London mansion formerly owned by Thomas Theodore Merlin. In the basement they found thousands of strange wooden boxes with had been sealed. Once they finally got the boxes opened they found something shocking inside. The boxes contained the bodies of some strange looking creatures that look like something out of a twisted fairy tale.

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Caterpillars Are Some Of The Coolest Creatures On Earth

Megi7 — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:54:01 +0000

If you actually take the time to stop and look at them, you’ll realize that caterpillars are pretty cool. They’re one of the most unique creatures on the planet. They come in all different sizes and colors and these are some of the best looking ones.

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Amazing Underwater Creatures

Megi7 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:09:54 +0000

Alexis Golding is an underwater photographer born in Venezuela and photography is his greatest passion. He has had the chance to dive in wonderful and different places, such as Galapagos, Bahamas, Yucatan Peninsula, Coiba, Bonaire, the Canary Islands and most recently – Indonesia. In the latter He visited the amazing underwater world.

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Creatures In A Toilet

Megi7 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:45:53 +0000

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Model Transforms Into A Tarantula

Megi7 — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:19:49 +0000

Tarantulas are some of the creepiest creatures on the planet but this is just amazing.

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The 12 Most Terrifying Things Living In The Ocean

Megi7 — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:09:52 +0000

Goblin Shark – That elongated snout isn’t just for looks, it’s used as a sensory tool that can detect electric fields produced by other animals.

So much of our world’s ocean is unexplored which means anything could be lurking in the darkness. There’s a lot we don’t know about when it comes to what’s down there but we do know that these gruesome creatures are swimming around the dark waters and they’re pretty terrifying in their own right.

Zombie Worms – Also known as boneworms, zombie worms bore into the bones of dead whales.

Dragonfish – These little guys (most only grow to about 6 inches long) have a special organ called a photophore that allows them to produce light and let their prey come to them.

Anglerfish – The fish that goes fishing. Anglerfish use the growth sprouting from their heads as a lure to draw in other fish. Take a look at those teeth and you can probably guess what happens next.

Coffinfish – You won’t want to hold this species of sea toad with your hands. Those spines will make warts the least of your worries.

Fangtooth – These have the biggest teeth of any fish in the ocean (proportionate to body size).

Basking Shark – The second-largest fish in the world, basking sharks use their might to feed on tiny plankton. Pick on something your own size!

Sloane’s Viperfish – At roughly 11 inches long, their teeth are more than half of its length.

Megamouth Shark – Though smaller than its fellow planktivore the basking shark, the megamouth shark clearly has the superior name.

Giant Isopod – These can grow to be 15x the size of regular isopods, which you’d probably also be afraid of.

Stonefish – As if anything would bother a fish with a mug like that, stonefish have poisonous spines that stick up when threatened.

Hatchetfish – Their terrifying eyes point upward so they can spot any leftover fish food that might be falling from above.

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The Fact That These 25 Creatures Used To Roam The Earth Is Mind-Boggling… And Freaky. #9 = OMG.

Megi7 — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:02:18 +0000

Microraptor: Its name means “one who seizes.” It was a very small dinosaur and paleontologists have long debated the use of its four wings.

Paleontologists, scientists and other researchers have collected enough samples over the years to form some pretty solid theories about what kinds of creatures used to roam this earth. If you’ve ever seen Jurassic Park or have been to a natural history museum, you’d know that life here used to consist of three things: huge monsters, dangerous plants and quick deaths

Nyctosaurus: This ancient genus of Pterorsaur was found in the Mid-western sections of the US. The name means “naked reptile.”

Opabinia: This is one of the strangest creatures that ever lived. It had 30 flippers, 30 legs, a trunk-like nose and one lobster claw.

Phorusrhacidae: People know this creature as the “terror bird.” It was one of the largest predatory birds that ever lived and could run at speeds up to 40mph.

Pterodaustro: Also known as the Pterosaurs, it had a wingspan of 4 feet. It’s bristle-like teeth implies it probably fed on a diet of plankton and small crustaceans.

Quetzalcoatlus: This was the largest pterosaur in the sky, as big is a common African giraffe. Its wingspan was 30 whole feet.

Sharovipteryxe: Ths gliding reptile, found in Central Asia, was about one foot long. It would feed on insects and wasn’t capable of powered flight, it would just glide.

Stethacanthus: A type of extinct prehistoric shark, they would grow up to 6 feet long with a strange looking back growth on males.

Tanystropheus: Its name means “long necked one” and the prehistoric reptile was easily over 20 feet long.

Therizinosauridae: Or “reaper lizard,” may have been found in Mongolia, China, and the United States. Because they had long necks, pot bellies, four-toed feet, and beaky mouth, scientists weren’t sure if their parts belonged to one creature or several.

Archaeopteryx: The “first bird” supposedly existed during the Jurassic period, discovered in Germany in 1861.

Deinocheirus: There are only a handful of fossil remains of this creature, including two forelimbs and some vertebrae. Its name means “terrible hands.”

Deinotherium: The “hoe tusker” resembled a modern day elephant and were discovered at major hominid extinction sites at Lake Turkana in Kenya.

Dimorphodon: This flying creature had two distinct types of teeth in its jaw. It had great eyesight and huge claws for hunting.

Dunkleosteus: Or “Dunkle’s bone,” was one of the largest armored jaw fishes that ever existed. It was one of the fiercest predators in the ocean. It could be up to 10 meters long and weighed 3.6 tons.

Elasmosaur: This creature could be up to 46 feet in length (with most of its length in its neck). Its neck was 4x larger than a giraffe’s.

Epidendrosaurus: This was the first reptile to be closer ro a bird than a dinosaur. It was about 6 inches long, with clawed hands on its arms/wings.

Epidexipteryx: These small, feathered dinosaurs were found in the Inner Mongolia region of China. Their large display feathers were the earliest known representation of ornamental feathers in the fossil record.

Hallucigenia: A relative of modern arthropods, Hallucigenia is a strange creature only 3 millimeters long. It has a bulbous round head connected to its cylindrical trunk. It was an ancestor of today’s velvet worms.

Helicoprion: Also known as “spiral saw,” this shark-like cartilaginous fish appeared in the late Carboniferous era. The only evidence of its existence was a curled-up coil of triangular teeth. Some scientists think that it was used to grind shells, while others believed it to be a weapon.

Jaekelopterus: This sea scorpion was massive, at an estimated length of 2.5 meters. It was one of the largest arthropods ever discovered. It supposedly STILL exists in present day freshwater rivers and lakes in Germany.

Josephoartigasia: This capybara-like animal was the biggest rodent on the planet, weighing up to 1000kg.

Liopleurodon: This marine predator lived on a diet of fish, squid, and other sea reptiles. It was bigger than a sperm whale and its skull was nearly 1/4 of its body, filled with many smooth teeth.

Longisquama: This creature was known as the first archosaur to have been able to glide or parachute. It is known for its elongated pair of scales along its back, with the anterior ones resembling feathers.

Megalania: Otherwise known as the giant ripper lizard, it fed on a diet of mammals, snakes, other reptiles, and birds. A modern day relative would be the Komodo dragon that inhabits the Flores Islands in Indonesia.

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Great Animal Photos

Megi7 — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:07:59 +0000

Beautiful photos of animals.

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White Sea Aliens

Megi7 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:16:10 +0000

These alien creatures give an impression of being completely from another world.

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Sea Creatures

Megi7 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:47:58 +0000

Amazing collection of weird and strange sea creatures.

Lizard Fish

Prickley Shark

Chimaera Pup Fish

Chimaera Fish

Blob Fish

Umbrella Mouth Ggulper Eel

Aphyonus

Basketwork Eel

Coffin Fish

Crab

Fangtooth

Hatchet Fish

Shovel Nosed Lobster

Stargazer

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Amazing Sea Creatures

Megi7 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:05:49 +0000

An amazing compilation of different sea creatures.

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Transparent and Beautiful Creatures

Megi7 — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:58:17 +0000

Enjoy this interesting collection of rransparent creatures.

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