Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: busy

Meet the Velvet Worm

I am so going to introduce some of my characters to a giant version of this. Nature inspires a lot of my science fiction. Video es en Español.
Tags: linguistics, nature, science fiction
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  • 5 comments
msminlr

msminlr

July 17 2008, 10:31:03 UTC 12 years ago

Even in Spanish, I think I'll pass on that before breakfast...
morningdove3202

morningdove3202

July 17 2008, 13:42:29 UTC 12 years ago

I thought they only lived in Australia. And I didn't know about the goo shooting bit... ya, I'll pass on meeting one, bigger than a cat.

Dove
browngirl

browngirl

July 17 2008, 13:59:24 UTC 12 years ago

Isn't it awesomely weird? Ah, universe!

If you're looking for fantastical creatures, have you read about the Burgess Shale? Lots of fossilized soft-bodied animals with body plans way different than any modern creatures.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

July 17 2008, 16:32:00 UTC 12 years ago

Cooooooool. I was particularly intrigued by the thing with 5 eyes! Random dice rolls make for interesting fauna.
christinaathena

christinaathena

July 18 2008, 02:40:46 UTC 12 years ago

Ophabinia!

Yeah, there were some really bizarre creatures in the Cambrian. :-) Stephen J Gould's Wonderful Life is a good discussion of the fauna, and an argument that chance played a significant role in determining which groups survived and which didn't. That, were you to "replay" history, you might end up with the chordates disappearing and, say, Ophabinia surviving.