I want one! What kinda food do I get? 🥰
It looks like a Muppet.
i was gonna say this is a rejected muppet idea
I keep reading it as woebegone.
I kept reading “tessellated”
What is everyone on about puppets? This looks like something out of neverending story. Turn around, look at what you see.
You mean one of the puppets from the Neverending story?
No, the horse.
Best play set ever.
I loved these things as an ocean obsessed kid. Fun to see it mentioned; i haven’t thought about these for a long time!
Is it wearing a gilly suit?
Basically. They’re ambush hunters that pop up and snatch/vacuum prey into their maws. I recall the tassels are also attractive to fish that look for food in the sand, but don’t quote me on that.
https://youtu.be/mbv2DhcKAh4?si=HbeUT1T-3haR9DOX
Least annoying video I could find in a few seconds.
It is native to Australia, which doesn’t surprise me at all given that it looks more like a trap designed by a deranged dungeon keeper than a creature
If only I could give you two upvotes. One for Australia being the most dangerous place in the known universe, and two for the messed up looking D&D beastie. Well played, my friend.
IRL Shambling Mound was my first thought when I saw the picture.
Unless it sings a happy song teaching me letters or numbers, I’m out.
“Damn, is this acid bunk? It’s been like an hour.”
The carpet:
My son had a book called “You’re Called What?!” which featured a tasseled wobbegong, alongside other animals such as the Shovelnose Guitarfish, Bone Eating Snot Flower Worm, and the Aha Ha.
The tasselled wobbegong has been reported to bite and kill humans unprovoked
hol’ up
UNPROMPTED
With several records of apparently unprovoked attacks on people, the tasselled wobbegong has a reputation beyond other wobbegongs for aggressive behavior.
Is such a fucking funny sentence to me.
That reads like some Rick and Morty interdimensional cable shit
“The vicious… tongles of the tasselled wobbegong turn into… teeth, and they, chomp, on the wobbegong’s prey.”
Normally when I think of wobbegongs I think about cute, maybe a little strange-looking but otherwise harmless creatures. But then I remember that the tasselled wobbegong exists.
I’ve seen more convincing muppets.
there’s a whole order of carpet sharks. orectolobiformes
My partner and I have this thing where we ask each other if we are the other person’s
x, wherexis something ridiculous, cute, grotesque, or profane. For example, I once asked my partner if I was her gutter-bloated corpse, to which she, of course, answered in the affirmative.I’ll soon find out if I am actually a tasselled wobbegong carpet shark in the eyes of my partner.
As an aside, I asked the corpse thing after reading this delightful line from one of my very favorite books:
“Body found floating by the docks,” Glokta breathed, “bloated by seawater and horribly mutilated… far… far beyond recognition.”
Love Joe Abercrombie!
I’ve just finished the Book of Law trilogy. Again.
Unexpected first Law by Joe Abercrombie! Loved it, Glokta is such an interesting character.
Man I love those books. Only time I’ve finished a series and gone straight back to the beginning again.
I just read that part of the book a couple nights ago.
Very cute, best of luck in your quest!
