I have newfound respect for nature. Especially for invertebrates. For molluscs. It is a respect fuelled largely by fear/revulsion. A lot of revulsion. Did I mention revulsion? So much so that the revulsion kind of overwhelms the awe at the kind of disturbing awesomeness.
Check this out. Seriously. You don't want to miss the first two images.
http://www.bogleech.com/bio-clampirism.html
Also, this.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18746_the-9-most-mind-blowing-disguises-in-animal-kingdom.html
And while we're on the topic of disturbing invertebrates... lampreys. For those of you who have had to endure me spontaneously uttering "Lamprey!" during our last school days of Year 11, now you know can see what I was talking about, if you didn't know already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey
As you can see, it's not the sort of thing that easily slips your mind. Or at least, my mind. And for some reason, the name is oddly fun to utter spontaneously and slip into conversation.
In case you were wondering, I found all this out from reading articles on Cracked.com and linkjumping. And man, I am so put off oceans now. And just marine environments in general. Aiieeesh.
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