Overlord Cthulhu overthrown! See our new ruler! (1 Viewer)

[DadsDream]

The IMAX film "Deep Sea" has revealed the first image of our new planetary overlord.

All hail Overlord Mantis!

(Hi-res pic 1500 X 2321, click on it after you open it...wow!)
http://www.neaq.org/about/deepseapix/mantisshrimp.jpg

 

[geauxboy]

And here you are sucking up to them already. They're not even listed in the Presidential race. D or R? Abortion or not? Katrina relief or not? Geez!

That is one heckuva pic though. Makes me want a scrimp sammich, but a scrimp that we are already used to. This one looks like it'll kill ya when you eat it.

 

[DadsDream]

See those two bright yellow appendages? Instead of pincers, he's got those and he can snap them forward fast enough to crack a snail shell...or split your finger wide open.

Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom

"The speed of this strike exceeds most animal movements by far," said biologist Sheila Patek, a Miller Post-doctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. "It's insanely fast, but important for generating the forces necessary to crush its preferred food - snails."

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/04/21_shrimp.shtml

 

[Complex Kid]

I for one welcome our new Mantis overlords.

 

[DavidM]

See those two bright yellow appendages? Instead of pincers, he's got those and he can snap them forward fast enough to crack a snail shell...or split your finger wide open.

Yeah, yeah, that's all well and good but how do they taste?

 

[DadsDream]

They're not really a shrimp either. Bigger. In Southeast Asia, they're served deep fried.

 

[Thorin]

Y'all are a bunch of brown nosers, I'm gonna be the leader of the resistance.

 

[DadsDream]

When you specifically want to order mantis shrimp, you ask for "squillas."

The sushi version is called "shako."

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Y'all are a bunch of brown nosers, I'm gonna be the leader of the resistance.

If you are going to be the leader of the resistance, then I would like to be your 2nd in command. We may need to draw up first strike plans, we wouldn't want to wait for them to take over before we strike.

 

[keepoursaints]

 

[Taurus]

In His house in R'Lyeh, Great Cthulhu lies dreaming. Of scampi, with lemonzest and capers.

 

[Saint Mike]

I prefer:

 

[Complex Kid]

I prefer:

How dare you speak of our new leaders in this way! Surely you will be the first to perish between their super swift kicks!

 

[keepoursaints]

I prefer:

Never tried that.. infact I've never heard of it.

I like Lousiana fish fry products, but I wouldn't mind trying some crawfish with your recommended seasoning. You cookin?

 

[Saint Mike]

You provide the crawfish and the transportation and I'll bring the Rex.