Comments on: Pyura Chilensis, the living rock http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kelli Halliburton http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1464741 Kelli Halliburton Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1464741 I are not happy with is language to be translates badly. I are not happy with is language to be translates badly.

]]> By: headcode http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1464271 headcode Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1464271 "An apparently delicious animals with clear blood, whose body is accumulates surprisingly large amounts of a rare metal used to strengthen steel." I think this sentence needs just a little fixing up. “An apparently delicious animals with clear blood, whose body is accumulates surprisingly large amounts of a rare metal used to strengthen steel.”

I think this sentence needs just a little fixing up.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1463198 Paul Renault Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1463198  Dulse and beer, my son!  It's too salty for rum.  Dulse and beer, my son!  It’s too salty for rum.

]]> By: wiz99 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1463065 wiz99 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1463065 What about all those rocks on Mars?  What about all those rocks on Mars? 

]]> By: Matt Saling http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462758 Matt Saling Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462758 CYLON CYLON

]]> By: sfnate http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462694 sfnate Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462694 Boing Boing, the snuff exotic creatures blog. Boing Boing, the snuff exotic creatures blog.

]]> By: Guillaume Dargaud http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462388 Guillaume Dargaud Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462388  Yeah, I remember eating some years ago. The shell had a consistence like a soft plastic covered in sand and the taste was so strong in iodine it required a lot of white wine to swallow.  Yeah, I remember eating some years ago. The shell had a consistence like a soft plastic covered in sand and the taste was so strong in iodine it required a lot of white wine to swallow.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462316 CognitiveDissident Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462316 Strawberry or cherry? It would make a good topping for a Fear Factor Sundae. Strawberry or cherry?
It would make a good topping for a Fear Factor Sundae.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462315 CognitiveDissident Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462315 You're third. (And Ryan Lenethen beat me to it, the darned tribble!)(That insult sounded better before I typed it.) You’re third.
(And Ryan Lenethen beat me to it, the darned tribble!)(That insult sounded better before I typed it.)

]]> By: Neuron http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462281 Neuron Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462281 Kinda surprised that this is a chordate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascidiacea Kinda surprised that this is a chordate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascidiacea

]]> By: PeterCantropus http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462149 PeterCantropus Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462149 People generally eat them mixed with onions, parsil and lots of lemon juice. Crazy people (and the divers that harvest the stuff) just open them and eat them directly. People generally eat them mixed with onions, parsil and lots of lemon juice. Crazy people (and the divers that harvest the stuff) just open them and eat them directly.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462034 timquinn Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462034 Ooh, look, it was alive . . .  Ooh, look, it was alive . . . 

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1462010 BombBlastLightingWaltz Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1462010 Just a flesh wound. It'll grow a new, err, side. Just a flesh wound. It’ll grow a new, err, side.

]]> By: oscar http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461989 oscar Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461989 Andrew Zimmern ate this on Bizarre Foods. And yes, he likened it to the Horta from Star Trek. Andrew Zimmern ate this on Bizarre Foods. And yes, he likened it to the Horta from Star Trek.

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461936 salsaman Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461936 That's what you look like if you got teleported into a rock by accident I think. That’s what you look like if you got teleported into a rock by accident I think.

]]> By: Peter Yard http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461932 Peter Yard Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461932 Gees this takes me back to my school days. We had a science (biology) excursion and so our terrible adolescent bunch descended on a local (Sydney, Australia) tidal rock shelf and explored, doing untold damage. We were instructed to leave things where we found them but you know, 16 year old boys. The most fascinating were the turnicates (sea squirts) that had attached themselves onto the rocks in a carpet that was 10 - 20 centimetres thick. Aptly named "sea squirts" too. I didn't realise they were edible but they are amazing critters. These days I live further north and although the water is warm and inviting the rock pool life is much poorer. Not many sea squirts. The lesson I took away from that day was that sometimes the most surprising things require you to look more carefully. Gees this takes me back to my school days. We had a science (biology) excursion and so our terrible adolescent bunch descended on a local (Sydney, Australia) tidal rock shelf and explored, doing untold damage. We were instructed to leave things where we found them but you know, 16 year old boys. The most fascinating were the turnicates (sea squirts) that had attached themselves onto the rocks in a carpet that was 10 – 20 centimetres thick. Aptly named “sea squirts” too. I didn’t realise they were edible but they are amazing critters. These days I live further north and although the water is warm and inviting the rock pool life is much poorer. Not many sea squirts. The lesson I took away from that day was that sometimes the most surprising things require you to look more carefully.

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461923 Shibi_SF Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461923 I thought that it looked much more like the inside of a tomato than say... beef or meat.  Still, I think:  urk urk, DO NOT WANT.  (Plus, I don't like tomatoes). I thought that it looked much more like the inside of a tomato than say… beef or meat.  Still, I think:  urk urk, DO NOT WANT.  (Plus, I don’t like tomatoes).

]]> By: Hardley http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461925 Hardley Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461925 bloody ouch! what did you do that for? bloody ouch! what did you do that for?

]]> By: keithfulkerson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461922 keithfulkerson Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461922 The story right above this one is about a woman getting her head cut off, then you scroll down and see that pic.  Oofah! The story right above this one is about a woman getting her head cut off, then you scroll down and see that pic.  Oofah!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461904 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461904 Nachos and margaritas? No, we're having dulse and screech. Nachos and margaritas? No, we’re having dulse and screech.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461898 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461898 And keep nassssty chips? And keep nassssty chips?

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461897 Robert Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461897 Oh god it's a rock with meat in it must stab eyes out Oh god it’s a rock with meat in it must stab eyes out

]]> By: Cristian Gutierrez Ibanez http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461890 Cristian Gutierrez Ibanez Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461890 yeah, that one always surprises  people (me included when I took  zoology many years a go). the telling thigns is the meat. if you eat barnacles you'll see the meat is very much like crab meat. very tasty too. unlike piures which I hate. yeah, that one always surprises  people (me included when I took  zoology many years a go). the telling thigns is the meat. if you eat barnacles you’ll see the meat is very much like crab meat. very tasty too. unlike piures which I hate.

]]> By: Theh4x0r http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461879 Theh4x0r Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461879 Awesome and gross. Awesome and gross.

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461877 malindrome Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461877 The Silicoids have the traits Lithovore, Repulsive, and Tolerant.  Unfortunately, we are unable to sign treaties with them. The Silicoids have the traits Lithovore, Repulsive, and Tolerant.  Unfortunately, we are unable to sign treaties with them.

]]> By: Adam S. http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461862 Adam S. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461862 I don't want to eat it. You eat it. I don’t want to eat it. You eat it.

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461853 malindrome Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461853 We need to get Leonard Nimoy over there stat if we want to communicate with this thing. We need to get Leonard Nimoy over there stat if we want to communicate with this thing.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461812 CognitiveDissident Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461812 You stole my comment! I want it back! (The early word gets the yearn.) You stole my comment!
I want it back!
(The early word gets the yearn.)

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461802 blueelm Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461802 That is an awesome animal, but that image is so... disturbing. That is an awesome animal, but that image is so… disturbing.

]]> By: beemoh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/28/pyura-chilensis-the-living-ro.html#comment-1461798 beemoh Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168156#comment-1461798 Living rocks... we're one step closer to finally having real Pokémon. Geodude, I choose you! Living rocks… we’re one step closer to finally having real Pokémon.
Geodude, I choose you!

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