Comments on: Walk without rhythm http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CountZero http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164291 CountZero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164291 Showed the photo to a mate over a couple of beers tonight down the pub, we've decided it's actually a Mongolian Death Worm. Well, I frankly can't think of a better name for the fugly little critter. Showed the photo to a mate over a couple of beers tonight down the pub, we’ve decided it’s actually a Mongolian Death Worm. Well, I frankly can’t think of a better name for the fugly little critter.

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164296 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164296 The company that took that has a Flickr account with lots of amazing and horrific microscopic images. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/4580591171/sizes/o/in/photostream/">This one</a> is an even scarier angle of a worm. Also, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/5852429104/">this image</a> reveals the terrible secret that ladybugs start life on the opposite end of the cuteness spectrum. The company that took that has a Flickr account with lots of amazing and horrific microscopic images. This one is an even scarier angle of a worm. Also, this image reveals the terrible secret that ladybugs start life on the opposite end of the cuteness spectrum.

]]> By: IronyElemental http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164297 IronyElemental Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164297 Hail, adventurer. I am making a batch of my grandmother's spicy wormtusk stew, but it looks like I'm fresh out of wormtusks! would reward you handsomely if you'd collect 12 of them from the Hydrothermal Worms that lurk in the waters north of town... Hail, adventurer. I am making a batch of my grandmother’s spicy wormtusk stew, but it looks like I’m fresh out of wormtusks! would reward you handsomely if you’d collect 12 of them from the Hydrothermal Worms that lurk in the waters north of town…

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164299 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164299 Yeah, it needs a tiny Falcon flying out if it. Yeah, it needs a tiny Falcon flying out if it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164300 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164300 Now how many people remember the Shai-Halud? Unless they have been consuming spice, o' course... Now how many people remember the Shai-Halud? Unless they have been consuming spice, o’ course…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164312 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164312 If you're like me, you crave details on the real critter when you see cool pictures like this. I'm no expert, but a little sleuthing leads me to believe this is a scale-worm of species <em>Lepidonotopodium piscesae</em>, first documented by <a href="http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/3397/1/Pettibone-1988-192.pdf">Marian Pettibone, 1988</a> (PDF). See another scanning electronic microscope image of those nasty chompers <a href="http://chess.lifedesks.org/node/726">here</a>; more details <a href="http://www.eol.org/pages/3091912">at EOL</a>. If you’re like me, you crave details on the real critter when you see cool pictures like this. I’m no expert, but a little sleuthing leads me to believe this is a scale-worm of species Lepidonotopodium piscesae, first documented by Marian Pettibone, 1988 (PDF). See another scanning electronic microscope image of those nasty chompers here; more details at EOL.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164827 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164827 If you scale down your fear of predatory fangs (and such) and look at it from a braver point of view...such as how the heck do we NATURALLY clean up a planet-worth of scavenged carrion (or some other form of decomposition or wastage), there is a tenuous, respectful but sound kind of beauty to be found in those awful chompers. Each one is slightly rotated...what up with that?! Such a leap of appreciation however is really about your tolerance/ fear level though. I found the following quote a helpful thought for arm chair adventurer... I bumbled across it on the National Geographic Channel the other night: "There is a meal for everything on this interconnected planet" Does that quote not help a little bring those awful vicious looking teeth down to a manageable size for you? If you scale down your fear of predatory fangs (and such) and look at it from a braver point of view…such as how the heck do we NATURALLY clean up a planet-worth of scavenged carrion (or some other form of decomposition or wastage), there is a tenuous, respectful but sound kind of beauty to be found in those awful chompers.

Each one is slightly rotated…what up with that?!

Such a leap of appreciation however is really about your tolerance/ fear level though.

I found the following quote a helpful thought for arm chair adventurer… I bumbled across it on the National Geographic Channel the other night:

“There is a meal for everything on this interconnected planet”

Does that quote not help a little bring those awful vicious looking teeth down to a manageable size for you?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164323 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164323 I had to do this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/77734531@N00/5943825892/in/photostream/lightbox/ I had to do this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77734531@N00/5943825892/in/photostream/lightbox/

]]> By: CountZero http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164324 CountZero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164324 Just a thought, perhaps it's really the Stuxnet Worm. Just a thought, perhaps it’s really the Stuxnet Worm.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164338 Gulliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164338 Kill it before it metamorphosizes into a shrieker, you fools! Kill it before it metamorphosizes into a shrieker, you fools!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164083 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164083 The sleeper awakens! The sleeper awakens!

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164339 Palomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164339 As mentioned above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/ As mentioned above:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164342 Palomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164342 And the FEI SEM photo contest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/collections/72157626310530903/ In 2010, FEI invited owners and users of our microscopes to submit their best nano-scale images for a chance to win great prizes. Dr. Harald Plank of the Institute of Electron Microscopy, and Dr. Clifford Barnes of University of Ulster won the grand prizes for their amazing entries. This year, FEI invites owners and users to submit their best SEM, TEM, DualBeam, and FIB images for a chance to win Apple.com gift cards, and this year’s grand prize – a Nikon D7000 DSLR Camera with 18-200mm VR II lens and carrying case. Winners will be announced on fei.com August 1, 2011. And the FEI SEM photo contest:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fei_company/collections/72157626310530903/

In 2010, FEI invited owners and users of our microscopes to submit their best nano-scale images for a chance to win great prizes. Dr. Harald Plank of the Institute of Electron Microscopy, and Dr. Clifford Barnes of University of Ulster won the grand prizes for their amazing entries.

This year, FEI invites owners and users to submit their best SEM, TEM, DualBeam, and FIB images for a chance to win Apple.com gift cards, and this year’s grand prize – a Nikon D7000 DSLR Camera with 18-200mm VR II lens and carrying case.

Winners will be announced on fei.com August 1, 2011.

]]> By: julianafanana http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164087 julianafanana Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164087 hydrothermal? or hydrotheremin, perhaps? hydrothermal? or hydrotheremin, perhaps?

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164090 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164090 Please tell me this is a nice worm and not some kind of horrid parasite. Nightmares! Do Not Want! Please tell me this is a nice worm and not some kind of horrid parasite. Nightmares! Do Not Want!

]]> By: PJG http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164091 PJG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164091 Yeah, I'm not sleeping after seeing that. Sweet googly moogly. Yeah, I’m not sleeping after seeing that. Sweet googly moogly.

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164093 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164093 Gaga's next look? Gaga’s next look?

]]> By: BenMS http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164095 BenMS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164095 And just like that, I am compelled to watch the film clip for Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim. Whenever anyone mentions it, or mentions the line from it that was originally in Dune, I have to watch it. It's a sickness. A fever, if you will. And the only precription - is more Walken. And just like that, I am compelled to watch the film clip for Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim. Whenever anyone mentions it, or mentions the line from it that was originally in Dune, I have to watch it.

It’s a sickness. A fever, if you will. And the only precription – is more Walken.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164098 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164098 THE SPICE MUST FLOW THE SPICE MUST FLOW

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164099 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164099 If it's any consolation, your ultrastructure likely looks just as fearsome to parasites. If it’s any consolation, your ultrastructure likely looks just as fearsome to parasites.

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164101 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164101 it needs a needle tip to highlight the relative size. how many can fit on the head of a pin? it needs a needle tip to highlight the relative size.
how many can fit on the head of a pin?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164102 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164102 Looks like something that belongs in Dune. The worm 10,000 years before! Looks like something that belongs in Dune. The worm 10,000 years before!

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164103 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164103 Great Shai-halud man, that's going to give me nightmares. Great Shai-halud man, that’s going to give me nightmares.

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164105 Nicky G Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164105 These bastards should have been in Honey, I shrunk the Kids! Would have been a MUCH more entertaining movie. These bastards should have been in Honey, I shrunk the Kids! Would have been a MUCH more entertaining movie.

]]> By: Kosmoid http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164106 Kosmoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164106 All God’s children got to eat All God’s children got to eat

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164107 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164107 That'd make an awesome velour plushtoy. Or Halloween costume. No, don't put the candy in the bag, just drop it right here in the mouth. Or else! Om nom nom. That’d make an awesome velour plushtoy.

Or Halloween costume. No, don’t put the candy in the bag, just drop it right here in the mouth. Or else! Om nom nom.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164109 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164109 Who can I petition to get a Rule 34 exemption for this? Who can I petition to get a Rule 34 exemption for this?

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164110 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164110 <i>That'd make an awesome velour plushtoy.</i> I was thinking the same thing. Someone should make a series of microorganism plushtoys, if it hasn't already been done. That’d make an awesome velour plushtoy.

I was thinking the same thing. Someone should make a series of microorganism plushtoys, if it hasn’t already been done.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164111 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164111 Google ThinkGeek Plush Microbes. They're adorable! Google ThinkGeek Plush Microbes. They’re adorable!

]]> By: futnuh http://boingboing.net/2011/07/16/walk-without-rhythm.html#comment-1164367 futnuh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164367 Definitely pitching this to the 4 year-old as 2011 Halloween costume. (The older kid would want to emasculate it by losing the teeth and adding a unicorn horn.) Definitely pitching this to the 4 year-old as 2011 Halloween costume. (The older kid would want to emasculate it by losing the teeth and adding a unicorn horn.)

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