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Jan
13

File under “pics or it didn’t happen”

I’ll summarize:
South Africa, people say a guy was eaten by a shark the size of a bus. Fuck the ocean.

by Grimster on January 13th, 2010 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Jan
06

New fish discovered in the antarctic

Pretty icky looking. Wonder what dangers it holds to man? I’m sure once they investigate it further they’ll find all sorts of ways this fish can kill humans. source

by Grimster on January 6th, 2010 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Jan
05

Damn you ocean, STRAWBERRIES?

Now anytime I eat strawberries there will be that part of me that says “make sure it’s REALLY a strawberry” because the ocean loves to sneak up on you when you’re not suspecting it. TAIPEI, Taiwan – A marine biologist says he has discovered a new crab species off the coast of southern Taiwan that [...]

by Grimster on January 5th, 2010 in Stuff from the Ocean1 Comment »
Dec
29

Take THAT horrors of the DEEP!

Human ingenuity trumps oceanic horrors:

by Grimster on December 29th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
26

My what big teeth you have, viperfish

The name says it all, the viperfish. It has teeth so damn big they can’t fit in its mouth, seriously how fucked is the ocean when there are fish running around with teeth so big they can’t fit in their own mouth? Luckily while the pacific viperfish can grow to 2 meters, we aren’t food [...]

by Grimster on December 26th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
23

Scary Fish

Nothing major, just 2 scary fish pictures.

by Grimster on December 23rd, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
19

This Week’s Final Freshwater Fuckery, the Snakehead

Today we take a look at the Snakehead.  The name alone should let you know this is fuckery at it’s finest. The Snakehead fish is  one mean bastard.  It has been reported to attack humans who go too close to its young. Widely distributed across South East Asia, parts of India and Africa, the giant [...]

by Grimster on December 19th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
18

More Freshwater Fuckery – the Tigerfish

Let’s keep the jibber jabber to a minimum and just recap a few points about this fish: Lives in African waters Grows up to 6 feet long Highly territorial Huge teeth Did I mention 6 feet long? These are actually fairly highly prized game fish and people love to catch them.  I suppose I could [...]

by Grimster on December 18th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
17

Fuck Freshwater too – Piranha

So let’s learn a little about some freshwater fuckery. The piranha, while not a big fish, the largest variety grows to maybe 18 inches, makes up for size with attitude, and numbers. Hunting in schools, and voraciously attacking and eating any animal unlucky enough to get in their way, particularly if they smell blood. Ladies, [...]

by Grimster on December 17th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »
Dec
14

So, do you like shrimp?

How about the pistol shrimp then? Kinda cute isn’t he?  Let’s recap a few things about this little guy: uses it’s big claw to shoot a jet of water this jet can be over 60 mph the jet has a bubble in its wake when it collapses, the bang it makes is louder than a [...]

by Grimster on December 14th, 2009 in Stuff from the Ocean0 Comments »