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Didymo:  courtesy Biosecurity New Zealand

Don't Slip on the Rock Snot

This freshwater alga might ruin your appetite if you happen to stroll by some running water. Didymosphenia geminate likes to attach itself to streambeds by a stalk that feels like wet wool and mimics strands of toilet paper, unlike its slimier algae cousins. Eventually the stalks can form networks of extensive mats that threaten to smother streambeds and ecosystems. It's kind of scary for an alga with the nickname "didymo."

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Except for the algae it isn't that disgusting.

SO COOL!!
I loved the "blobfish"

Oh dear god!......the only thing that scares me is the bot fly, wouldn;t want to find THAT in you!

:D

-THE KID

Ophiguris

from Upsala, Ontario

Hmm, Only the Bot fly really seems disgusting X_X. Especially because, from the looks of it, that thing tears right through flesh and burrows /IN/ your body. That's what creeps me out most Oo. As for the rest, they're not so bad. The Blob Fish DOES look a little creepy though, I suppose underwater, they might have some mass and may be able to support themselves, as whales do until they are on land.

And seriously, why is there no Port Jackson Shark?

Okay, I'm a trekkie geek. That blobfish reminds me of the Videans from Star Trek: Voyager!

the blob fish is hysterical! none of them were too bad. except the bot fly.... jesus, thats creepy. i would NOT want that thing in my back.

I think the Tongue Louse is cute it needs to be renamed the lamb bug.

marct22

from Golden, CO

That blobfish looks like a drooling Ziggy! Not David Bowie Ziggy, but that short comic Ziggy

ok, the blob fish is disgusting

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I think the Tongue Louse is cute it needs to be renamed the lamb bug.
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