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The Wonder and Horror of Mother Nature

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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2014
    We needed a special thread for this, and I couldn't find any older ones.

    Anyways, I came across this series of pics. I've always wanted to visit Australia, but stuff like this scares the beejeezes outta me:

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/pic … ziest?bffb
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2014
    I spent two months in Australia.

    I didn't see snakes, crocodiles, spiders, sharks, giant centipedes or nearly everything on that list except a dingo and a stonefish slant

    Flying foxes ( or fruit bats ) are beautiful, saw flocks of them in Nepal.

    Saw giant centipedes in Thailand......I must admit I am not keen on them and that's putting it lightly.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2014
    Timmer wrote
    I spent two months in Australia.

    I didn't see snakes, crocodiles, spiders, sharks, giant centipedes or nearly everything on that list except a dingo and a stonefish slant


    You didn't step on one, I hope.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2014
    Gods no!!! freezing

    Someone spotted it in the sea and we snorkelled above it having a good look, no more than that.

    Pointless fact: The blue ringed octopus has a minor role in the Bond film Octopussy. wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 7th 2014
    The wonders and horrors of mother nature? This thread cannot be allowed to sink.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  6. Yeah, yeah, the horrors of mother nature - like - for example - the flue. wink

    Get well soon!
    Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
  7. I just finished a digital photobook (which has now been printed out) on my trip through South-West Australia now six years ago. But the pictures were so gorgeous I wanted them on paper, so I could look at them whenever I want to.

    I basically relived my trip by making the album.

    And I can tell you, I didn't see any creepy crawlers, although I was warned not to drove from dusk till dawn, because most deadly car accidents happen with kangaroos or emus crossing the roads (at night) and they did warn me about the deadly octopus (just don't go swimming on your own).

    I didn't run into anything creepy, so don't let that hold you back, Thor.
    Recognizing somebody else's strength doesn't diminish your own (Joss Whedon)
  8. Skating_Lientje wrote
    I just finished a digital photobook (which has now been printed out) on my trip through South-West Australia now six years ago. But the pictures were so gorgeous I wanted them on paper, so I could look at them whenever I want to.


    Wasn't that the idea of having pictures on smartphones? wink

    But I love compiling and looking at photobooks too. And old photo albums.

    Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
  9. Captain Future wrote

    Wasn't that the idea of having pictures on smartphones? wink

    But I love copiling and lookng at photobooks too. And old photo albums.

    Volker


    The problem is that my smart phone is way too small to truly appreciate the grandness of some of these views. So the photobook is quite sizable, so I can at least enjoy the pictures in large...

    Maybe I'll upload some of the pictures to my FB, so at least I can share them with (some of ) my friends
    Recognizing somebody else's strength doesn't diminish your own (Joss Whedon)
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 6th 2014
    I love my country:

    https://vimeo.com/107469289

    ....it's just a shame that I don't use the nature as much as I should have.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2014
    Amazing. Harry Gregson-Williams' Prometheus theme is well suited for the beginning of the video.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2014
    Thor wrote
    I love my country:

    https://vimeo.com/107469289

    ....it's just a shame that I don't use the nature as much as I should have.


    You certainly have a lot to be proud of with such glorious landscapes. I liked the original music too.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    AAAAARGH! Coconut crabs! Hard to believe these are real (they look like the creeps from STARSHIP TROOPERS), but there you go:

    http://skumlesaker.no/kokosnottkrabbe/
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    The Nope Crab.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    we have none of that in Minnesota
    Tom
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    sdtom wrote
    we have none of that in Minnesota
    Tom


    He, he...no, then I would have been surprised.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    Steven wrote
    The Nope Crab.


    The Yes Crab when served with a side salad.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  18. Yikes. I find those thoroughly terrifying.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    christopher wrote
    Yikes. I find those thoroughly terrifying.


    ....and they friggin' CLIMB TREES!!!

    shocked
    I am extremely serious.
  20. Well, crabs are related to spiders anyway. wink
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    freezing
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2015
    Timmer wrote
    Steven wrote
    The Nope Crab.


    The Yes Crab when served with a side salad.


    Ha! Agreed. I would be intrigued to try some, just to see what mythical fucking creatures from the fucking hellish universe from that Stephen King film The Mist taste like.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2015
    Steven wrote
    Timmer wrote
    Steven wrote
    The Nope Crab.


    The Yes Crab when served with a side salad.


    Ha! Agreed. I would be intrigued to try some, just to see what mythical fucking creatures from the fucking hellish universe from that Stephen King film The Mist taste like.


    biggrin lick

    I suspect those "eat me! EAT ME NOW!!" crabs are probably tasty.

    I have read that those true otherworldly frightmares of the deep, giant and colossal squid do not make tasty 'giant calamari' due to the amount of ammonia contained.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2015
    I've never found squid particularly scary, whatever the size.
    I am extremely serious.
  25. sdtom wrote
    we have none of that in Minnesota
    Tom

    If we did I'd probably never see my family ever again.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 29th 2015
    Thor wrote
    I've never found squid particularly scary, whatever the size.


    Likewise I don't find those crabs scary. Considering my love of arachnids I would even say these things are kind of cute really.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt

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