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oh hay
A piece of information has been kicking around in my head for the past couple of years and my attempts at verifying if it's a weird bit of cryptomnesia or false memory.
There was an article at CNN's website about a fungus that infects crabs and turns them into zombies that continue to scuttle around and feed on things for the sake of the fungus. I'm pretty certain it was CNN not some crank website.
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oh never mind, i look again and this time i DONT get links about half-life
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=53
lockdown plox
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Thats crazy.
First thing I thought about was Half-Life
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Funny, first thing I thought was it was about zombies who don't take certain precautions re toilets, etc.Originally Posted by Stregone
Thats crazy.
First thing I thought about was Half-Life
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Mmmm, zombie crab...
Instead of "BRAIIINS", this crab says "EEEEGGS!"
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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Note to self, don't tell the wife. She's got a phobia about zombies. Just me walking slow in the dark is enough to wig her out bad. It's fun to watch her play Zelda when she has to deal with the ... whatever the Zelda zombies are called.
She'll never go to the beach again if she reads about this.
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Just imagine how different the Deadilest Catch would be.
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This phenomenon has been known to happen in humans, too. Just look at the little old lady with 36 cats that she calls her "babies"... (There's one in every neighborhood.)
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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I thought this thread was about those Japanese "Ghost Crabs" with the samarai faces on their shells.
"Ewww! Creepy thing! Throw it back!"
Ah, evolution.
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Is now a good time to mention the parasite that eats a fish's tongue and replaces it with its own body so there is a tongue creature with eyes in the fish's mouth eating the fish's food as the fish eats?
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On a "somewhat" related note, I do a "crab dance" to entertain the wife, but the less spoken about that the better.
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Too late, you spoke it.On a "somewhat" related note, I do a "crab dance" to entertain the wife, but the less spoken about that the better.
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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I, for one, welcome our new Zombie masters.
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Toxoplasmosis isn't THAT bad. I find it very comforting that my cat loves me so much that she wants to ensure that we love each other for a very, very long time. Pardon me, I have to feed her.
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Actually, its not a fungus, its a parasitic barnicle, Sacculina granifera.
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which are also crabs, oddly enough.
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Oh, no! The zombies are back!
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(singing) And you're gonna be in trouble...
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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