Another Visitor. Stay awhile. Stay forever!
 

http://www.bestpicever.com/pics/pic_...1186501498.jpg


Darnedest thing I ever saw. Such a cute little mind-sucker. :shock:

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Thanks for posting that, Jim!

If the Latin name for that lil critter doesn't contain the term "illithiditae", then something's seriously dull in the hallowed halls of Scientific America.

This ofcourse means that, genetically speaking, creating your own real life mind-flayer is not only within the realms of possibility, Nature has actually provided a blueprint.

For those of us old enough to remember: You just don't mess with Mother Nature.

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Hard to believe it's a real creature.
It looks like one of Ryleh's void summons.

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It is :)

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It is the original graphic which was used for the R'lyeh hero, yes. Somebody posted this years ago, too, together with the scientific name, maybe it was on the Dom2 forum. There are a couple of other graphics that you can find online on the first result pages of Google Image Search which KO used as basis for some units.

I feel old. A lot of new threads that I see popping up, I always want to say "somebody posted that before!", the one before that was vfb's "Playing turns on a network server" tip. I already suggested this a couple of times! :p :)

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Anyone eager to mod us more Void Summons with these ones ?

http://www.hypothese.net/img/externes/void_01.jpg

http://www.hypothese.net/img/externes/void_02.png

I have a real feeling with the last. Reminds me my last pet
http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...Amour/0038.gif

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That last one is classic! What is it wearing, hiking shoes!?

Lch, "Another Visitor. Stay awhile. Stay forever!" made me feel really old.

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It's a slug that swallowed elephant head.

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lol who needs aliens when things like that are native to our planet.

*dom3000 nation idea spawns, quickly turns on paint*

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What videogame remembers me the subject? I was very young ... Please tell me!

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Some clues ? How old are you ?

Ascendency ? Obviously the greatest alien gallery I've ever seen :D
Too bad the game had never been never adapted to modern OS-es...

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Impossible Mission 1

For myself, I had a nagging feeling I have heard this in some game as well, but then I realized it was Diablo 1's "Stay awhile, and listen!"

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That sounds like Dr. Zoidberg. I'm reasonably sure that they put it into the show, too.

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Well, I felt rather clever finding this one, so I didn't know if anyone else had. :o I actually was searching "cephalopod", and found this on page 3. ;)


Awesome finds as well, Herode!


This guy is pretty cool.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/380353_028542ead3.jpg

And this is an old favorite.....
http://www.emilydavidow.com/wp/wp-co...eep3-500-1.jpg

OMG It's coming right for us!
http://www.axolotl.org/images/animals/d_leucistic1.jpg


(Oh and I'm glad people got the Impossible Mission reference. ;) Seemed appropriate, since the Glass Squid in the first post, is the Visitor. :p)

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lol jim that second 1 in you're last post looks kinda cute, i just wanna take him home.

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Ho my ! Where did the Gods found such models, that's what I don't wan't to know :re:

And what about The Singing Star ?

http://www.boingboing.net/images/_tr...achSpCOral.jpg

:D

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hmm i've seen that star pic, i'm still trying to think if it's photoshopped?

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It is actually also a cephalopod (squid/octopus), it is the only specimen of that species ever recovered (I was checking it out last night too, it's awesome).

Anyway, if you look closely, you can see the signature body form of the squid - 8 small tentacles, and 2 macro-tentacles. Great stuff!

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Just don't look too closely, it bites :D

Really, can't believe there's a sea star with teeth :shock:

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It's a squid, dangit. :p


And don't blame me for this one.....

http://www.irminschmidt.com/media/axolotl_eyes.jpg

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No, really, maybe we're near to a HUGE SCIENCE FAIL from my part, but aren't teeth... bones? Isn't the jaw a bone? Of course they are... Isn't the d*mn thing an INVERTEBRATE? :confused:

Plz pass the link bout that thing Jim...

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http://tolweb.org/Promachoteuthis_su...531/2007.05.30

As you can see from that site, it is very real. Kind of weird, as octopi have a sort of beak, I thought squids did too, but you know, the difference between a beak and teeth is kind of slim.

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No, teeth aren't bones; teeth are made of different tissue types than bone.

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THis thread actually made me view a couple of commodore 64 videos on youtube. Quite rewarding :)

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well now you must share the videos.

Oh, and my favorite personal deep-sea cephalopod:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ZQH2Uzpew

the vampire squid from hell

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http://imgboot.com/images/Leo/87359340569734ab278_1.jpg


:D

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Okay Bwaha, I will see your deep sea Sleestak, and raise you a..... Mister Melty!

http://oceans.greenpeace.org/raw/ima...s/blobfish.jpg

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Ah, I see you beat me to Mister Grumpy. I tried to down load it but the site I was using stopped working. :D

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Ha!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...0602211612.jpg

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This is great material for some of my wierder mods :) Especially the Aboleths one...truth is, as always, stranger than fiction.

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Ok, ok guys, don't take all the fun, I wanna play with the lil' cuteys too :happy:

http://imgboot.com/images/Tifone/weirddeepseafish1.jpg http://imgboot.com/images/Tifone/weird2.jpg http://imgboot.com/images/Tifone/weirdgrenadierfish.jpg http://imgboot.com/images/Tifone/weirdgiantisopod2.jpg http://imgboot.com/images/Tifone/weirddeepsea1.jpg

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Man! The last one looks like some LA Ermor freespawn!

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http://imgboot.com/images/Leo/weirdh...5423750656.jpg

:D

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http://imgboot.com/images/Leo/skateraja.jpg


The Lol cats are invading, let all beware. :D

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Here's a different view of the Traveler.


http://imgboot.com/images/Leo/deepseaglasssquid.jpg

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Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "vampire squid from hell"


http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/t...0301141656.jpg

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The stills really don't do justice to that beauty.

When you see it turn inside out, and display to you that instead of suckers on its main tentacles, it has rows of crazy claw-like hooks..... then you know terror.

It also can blow chaff - rather than squirting ink at enemies, it discharges phosphorescent particles, that temporarily blind other deep sea critters.