May 22 2007Deep Sea Creatures
The New York Times has a pretty nice (but short) slideshow featuring some deep sea creatures taken by French journalist Claire Nouvian for her film “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss.” The thing above is called the Dumbo Octopus, and it's probably the cutest thing living in the deep. Which isn't a hard title to get, considering everything else down there basically glows in the dark and has about a 1 billion fangs coming out of its mouth.
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Reader Comments
1. Kendrick - May 22, 2007 10:56 AM
It has been a long time but does anyone remember what this site use to be called? It has been buggin me for the last week.
Also it is strange that I just came across this site just when I started thinking about it again. Yea for me!
2. Amy - May 22, 2007 10:56 AM
I call him "The Construction Worker of the Sea", either that or the "Lumberjack Lesbian of the Sea". Hey, it's a work in progress.
3. CAPITALLETTERS - May 22, 2007 11:13 AM
It looks like he's a pair of scrotes dangling from his jaw.
Unlucky, son.
4. BobTheMul - May 22, 2007 12:04 PM
Its a flump!
http://www.thechestnut.com/flumps.htm
albeit an aquatic one!
Finally I can claim that bet I made when I was 7 that they exist!
5. GeneralFstck - May 22, 2007 4:13 PM
It looks like a Picasso duck with a charming set of beef curtains.
Now, are we allowed to at least make fun of the fauna or PETA is going to go after my a$$ for this as well.
6. Tiffany - May 22, 2007 7:49 PM
It looks like it's wearing shoes. How funny!
7. Will - May 23, 2007 12:08 AM
Are you thinking of Hedonistica?
8. John - May 23, 2007 3:45 AM
http://cache.consumerist.com/assets/resources/2006/10/scrubbingbubbles.jpg
9. Dean - January 12, 2009 9:00 AM
A larger gallery of photos is on the website forThe Deep, a book of undersea photographs edited by Claire Nouvian.
10. Arvind Leo Pereira - March 13, 2009 1:09 PM
very interesting creatures
11. mckenzie - April 1, 2009 2:53 PM
these pictures are out of this world it is so cool being able to look at deep sea creatures it is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. Cloroxbb - May 5, 2009 7:51 AM
The Dumbo Octobus looks like the head of a GLUKKON from the universe of Oddworld Inhabitants.
13. kassandra - May 7, 2009 4:38 PM
hey hey hey
14. ek - May 21, 2009 7:34 PM
that's a pretty sweet pic 8)
15. erica - November 23, 2009 2:53 PM
cool
16. Incognito - November 24, 2009 9:00 AM
That thing looks like the head of a Selkath from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.