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Fisherman 'flummoxed' by 'mutant' sea creature
Odd_News ^ | Oct. 14, 2014

Posted on 10/14/2014 12:42:46 PM PDT by Brother Cracker

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To: Raycpa

Watch the video. The tentacles are wiggling around and you can clearly see suckers.


21 posted on 10/14/2014 12:54:58 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: stormer

Yep.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100707-new-species-weird-deep-sea-atlantic-ocean-science-pictures/

...Basket stars are types of brittle stars—starfish cousins that use their intricate arms to walk and snare passing prey such as plankton and shrimp...


22 posted on 10/14/2014 12:56:04 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Brother Cracker
UPI is so suck, they can't even use WikiPedia before announcing to the world how ignorant they are.

Basket Star


23 posted on 10/14/2014 12:57:06 PM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
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To: heartwood; stormer

thanks to both of you - I learn something new every day. very cool


24 posted on 10/14/2014 12:57:22 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: Brother Cracker

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/alien-sea-creature-100-arms-4434948


25 posted on 10/14/2014 12:57:43 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Brother Cracker

A more important question is: Can it be eaten?


26 posted on 10/14/2014 12:59:21 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: stormer
DING DING DING!

We have a winner!

Basket Star.

27 posted on 10/14/2014 1:00:44 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: stormer

Your taxonomy karate very good! ;-)


28 posted on 10/14/2014 1:02:29 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Lazamataz

basket star retracts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbmS27SW2VQ


29 posted on 10/14/2014 1:02:32 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Hugin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRVbv_f9oXs


30 posted on 10/14/2014 1:04:27 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Old Sarge


31 posted on 10/14/2014 1:22:59 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Brother Cracker
You heard of a Starfish?... the is rarer Galaxyfish

Really...it just looks like a piece of dry seaweed to me

32 posted on 10/14/2014 1:26:44 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: MHGinTN
I wonder if the ‘fisherman’ had the humane sense to toss that back in the drink since it could well be a ‘one of’.

Are you kidding? A Singapore fisherman? The guy was good enough to pause andtake a picture, but I'd bet he ate it that very evening

33 posted on 10/14/2014 1:28:49 PM PDT by skeptoid (the thot plickens)
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To: februus

Dip in beaten egg, then cracker crumbs, and fry crisp. Yum!


34 posted on 10/14/2014 1:29:15 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (With Ranch Dressing.)
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To: februus
...It a Kraken....So when the fishermen caught it someone should of told him to .....Release the Kraken!
35 posted on 10/14/2014 1:31:10 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: Brother Cracker

Has the fisherman consulted with the local biologist & expert, Dr. Sum Ting Wong?


36 posted on 10/14/2014 1:35:11 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Brother Cracker

Whatever it is, I believe that Long John Silvers has served it to me with hushpuppies.


37 posted on 10/14/2014 1:40:43 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Brother Cracker

Lunch?


38 posted on 10/14/2014 1:43:58 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Buckeye McFrog


39 posted on 10/14/2014 1:49:04 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Organic Panic


40 posted on 10/14/2014 1:50:37 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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