Under the Antarctic Ice

Dec 10, 2016 8:26 PM

BetterNotSaid

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Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of food under the ice.

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Finding a dead seal, the sea stars and nemertean worms go to work on dinner.

Sea Star Sauce: https://youtu.be/HG17TsgV_qI
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/life

That. Is. Terrifying. TOTHEFRONTPAGE!!!

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Ha ha fuck that shit

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mouth, eyes and assholes yay! Dinner for everyone!

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Not a good use for this gif. But that's why I like it. +1

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

memeatodes

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Related audio of sea star: chicken parm you taste soooo good!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

...and people really want to discover life on other planets. If we've got this here on Earth, I don't want to imagine extra-terrestrial life

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Nomnomnom - creepy crawlies probably

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So pretty much the ants and roaches of the sea floor.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I dont wanna visits Antarctica anymore 0.0

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Read that in Attenborough's voice, thanks

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

More, more, I want more, always more of these posts.

9 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 0

From the new planet earth series. They're awesome!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Whats really cool is when the brinecicles come down from the ice : 'finger of death'

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mmmm that protein

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I was trying to pee when I looked at this post. My body refused.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why are there so many of them? Is it always like that? Surely that can't be sustainable? I mean, nutrition-wise.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I believe they're attracted by the carcass.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is mature content.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Under the sea Darling it's better Down where it's wetter Take it from me

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Up on the shore they work all day...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Holy cuck

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

oh you should show that part where the ice comes down from the surface and starts killing everything...good stuff..

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

/a/eljwp Just did!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Crazy how nature do dat

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Why don't they just eat achother

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Taste like shit?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

One could make an argument that a community of such a population suggests that food sources aren't hard to come by so cannibalism isn't need

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

ed

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

so when you fall the ice kills you and then these things REALLY KILL YOU after

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

gotta go fast

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is exactly what it looks like at the back of my fridge.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This just looks like a big game of slither.io.

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9 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Power Rangers?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Maybe. I was gonna go with porn.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Time lapses of things eating other things are creepy af.

9 years ago | Likes 186 Dislikes 1

Then you gonna love is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Mt2E1M6dU

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

AH! So cool. But so fucking creepy. Haha

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

For a second I thought they were going to eat the bones too

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh shit, thank God! I was worried this was real time.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

That would be terrifying.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Indeed, it was. I've called off the nuke strike, so we good now.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Me too, since it's cold af there. Looked like they were freezing their parts off

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

It is the way with life Ed'boy.

9 years ago | Likes 48 Dislikes 1

Life isn't normally sped up several times.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Ed boy.

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