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Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Yeah that poo poo don't work once you get more than like a foot in size, it would be as effective as the gills

Obviously the lung/book holes would be bigger if it was a bigger spidershark. You're not thinking about this scientifically.

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Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

The classic "give them legs but no way to breathe on land" prank

This is actually a colony of microorganisms being powered by the decay of a dead shark.

Like Icelanders.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


ArachnoScorpionophobia warning:

https://imgur.com/gallery/CtoXrZb

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

I don't mind scorpions, but clusters of stuff like that make me squick.

xtal
Jan 9, 2011

by Fluffdaddy

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

Maybe, but if they did want to kill you, they could easily just chomp your rear end in one bite. Think of all the effort they go through to chase a fish, or beach themselves at the small chance to get seal. Humans would be like fast food for them, if they truly wanted to hunt us. Just imagine this fucker coming at you while you sunbathed in the shallows.

"Oh what, the water is 4 inches deep and I weigh 3000 pounds? gently caress YOU, DON'T CARE."



So why don't they eat us then? Do we taste bad?

Trevor Hale
Dec 8, 2008

What have I become, my Swedish friend?

xtal posted:

So why don't they eat us then? Do we taste bad?

They know we’re killing the ice caps and making it easier for them to get seals

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe
And tuckered-out polar bears

E: I'm sure the "resident" populations that eat mostly fish, or would if we hadn't destroyed the fisheries they rely on, would just loving devour us if they could

And if they hadn't been taught as calves that Fish Is What You Eat

Phy has a new favorite as of 04:57 on Feb 11, 2021

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

xtal posted:

So why don't they eat us then? Do we taste bad?

It's in everyones best interest that no one go surfing near pinniped colonies.

Bloody Hedgehog
Dec 12, 2003

💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Phy posted:

E: I'm sure the "resident" populations that eat mostly fish, or would if we hadn't destroyed the fisheries they rely on, would just loving devour us if they could

I'm sure they love us. The fish-eaters used to have to work for their food. Now they can just raid open-ocean fish farms.

I think humpbacks have been particularly keen on this. There are a few vids of humpbacks coming in through the bottom of the net, and feasting. The owners can just watch in horror, and be all "... welp, there goes a million dollars in one gulp."

dupersaurus
Aug 1, 2012

Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

xtal posted:

So why don't they eat us then? Do we taste bad?

We’re too scrawny, there’s not enough calories in us to be worth it.

facetious but maybe not?

Android Apocalypse
Apr 28, 2009

The future is
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and you are
OBSOLETE

Illegal Hen
I figured orcas tried eating people a while ago, didn't dare for the taste, then told the rest of the pods via whale songs that have been passed along the earth for generations.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Orcas are the primary predator of moose.

18 Character Limit
Apr 6, 2007

Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!
Nap Ghost

Beachcomber posted:

I don't mind scorpions, but clusters of stuff like that make me squick.

I got bad news for you about where grapes come from.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

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18 Character Limit posted:

I got bad news for you about where grapes come from.

Scorpions?

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome



Scorpions are arachnids :colbert:

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos
Why is that scorpion covered in gnocchi

Fuck You And Diebold has a new favorite as of 21:03 on Feb 11, 2021

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


The Little Death posted:

Scorpions are arachnids :colbert:

Yeah right, next thing you’ll tell me is that bats aren’t bugs.
:colbert:

xtal
Jan 9, 2011

by Fluffdaddy

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Why is that scorpion converted in gnocchi

It's Italian

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://i.imgur.com/P1r1bFU.mp4

Uhhh if they’re not bugs, maybe they’re fish.

Casnorf
Jun 14, 2002

Never drive a car when you're a fish
Realtalk like every video I've seen of bats makes them look like cheerful sky puppies.

Ornamental Dingbat
Feb 26, 2007

Bats are the source of corvid-19 ergo they are birds.

RoyKeen
Jul 24, 2007

Grimey Drawer

Casnorf posted:

Realtalk like every video I've seen of bats makes them look like cheerful sky puppies.

I think that's because they are.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

There are two distinct types of bat. Some are a type of monkey, the others are a type of rat.

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome


what type is this?

https://i.imgur.com/6HUIno8.mp4

Listen to it echolocate. So majestic

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day
firefox

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Looks like a fennec?

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome


OwlFancier posted:

Looks like a fennec?

no its a bat :colbert:

listen to it echolocate


Which i guess also means its a bug :v:

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

A fennec is a type of bat that was invented by disney as a tie in for the star wars because it looks like baby yoda.

Zopotantor
Feb 24, 2013

...und ist er drin dann lassen wir ihn niemals wieder raus...

Cartoon Man posted:

https://i.imgur.com/P1r1bFU.mp4

Uhhh if they’re not bugs, maybe they’re fish.

Mollusks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgR6yAffsZg

Upsidads
Jan 11, 2007
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates


Fox is saying time to get a new laptop

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Cartoon Man posted:

https://i.imgur.com/P1r1bFU.mp4

Uhhh if they’re not bugs, maybe they’re fish.

Aren't they mammals, so more like dolphins?

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/ovh8aH6.mp4

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
https://i.imgur.com/a1pmtNU.mp4

Antioch
Apr 18, 2003

The BAAAAtan Death March

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
That's some discipline.

MrYenko
Jun 18, 2012

#2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Antioch posted:

The BAAAAtan Death March

Jesus gently caress

:golfclap:

freeedr
Feb 21, 2005

Ewe’ve got to be kidding me

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


https://i.imgur.com/kLJQFGB.gifv

ClothHat
Mar 2, 2005

ASK ME ABOUT MY LOVE OF THE LUMPEN-GOBLITARIAT
protip: trust no links I post

xtal posted:

So why don't they eat us then? Do we taste bad?

Peter Watts had a fun short story related to this topic that you can read here:

https://rifters.com/real/shorts/WattsChanner_Bulk_Food.pdf

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Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Arachnophobia warning again:

https://imgur.com/gallery/H6DG9Ma
OH GOD KILL IT WITH FI...
oh, well never mind. Carry on then.

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