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The most terrifying species of EVERYTHING on the planet

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    such a human would probably be no stronger (and in fact, likely weaker) than, say, an olympic-level triathlete
    sure, the "wild" human would be all rugged and noble, but working within the benefits of technology gives access to more advanced understanding of nutrition and exercise equipment and such

    and the chimp would still beat the shit out of either of them, chimps are on average five to seven times stronger than humans
    with denser bone and thicker skin too! th_emot-eng101.gif

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  • MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    also fangs

    don't forget the fangs

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    The story from a year or so ago about a pet chimp that went berserk is terrifying. It destroyed a woman's face and ate part of her hand before the cops shot it.

    I still can't believe that poor woman survived. The sheer level of destruction she suffered is truly horrifying. She literally has no face. No eyes, no nose, no lips - nothing.

    In an interview she says that she hasn't touched her head since the attack as she just doesn't want to know how badly damaged she is and how awful she looks now :(

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_(chimpanzee)

    Is this the one you are talking about?
    Travis suddenly and viciously attacked Charla Nash,[3] a friend of his keeper, causing loss of her eyes, nose, face, and hands

    That's the one.

    She's been in the Boston area for a couple weeks. Doctors are determining the extent of reconstruction they can do or if they can do a full face transplant. It's been reported she's been in good spirits.

    Also, the cop that shot the chimp did not handle it very well. He's been in a lot of therapy.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Orangutans would beat the shit out of chimps

    The obvious answer is to hire one as a bodyguard

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    orangutans are fucking awesome

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    orangutans are not very terrifying, however

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Xyyz wrote: »

    At that speed, it's sounds like a comedy sound effect.

    ...But if you raise it to an audible pitch while maintaining the proper speed...

    http://www.bloopwatch.org/bloop_realtime.wav

    I really didn't need any more fuel for my not inconsiderable Thalassophobia, but there it is.

    http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/sounds/noise97139.wav

    and it's sister sound, the "slow down"

    Reminds me of this

    http://www.stormsounds.com/home/index.html
    The landspout one - starts off slow but keep listening, pretty creepy with headphones on

    and just about any sound that we record from space, no idea how that works but pretty cool
    http://www.spacesounds.com/home/index.html

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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    Cogliostro wrote: »
    Rinder wrote: »
    Franko wrote: »
    also because of this thread I had this dream last night where a spider grew out of my face and I woke up screaming
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    God I remember those! Scary Stories.

    I used to have the boxed set. SO awesome :D
    Room for one more!

    There is a 4th book coming out June 16 2010 along with a collector's set and movie about all the chapters.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    orangutans are not very terrifying, however

    An adult male can be a 300lb killing machine

    However they're too cool to do shit to you unless you muscle in on their female

    In one documentary an orangutan in a tree handed a leaf to a nearby cameraman standing on their branch, it was incredible

    It was like "hey there neighbour, have a leaf"

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Edcrab wrote: »
    In one documentary an orangutan in a tree handed a leaf to a nearby cameraman standing on their branch, it was incredible

    It was like "hey there neighbour, have a leaf"
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    hey buddy
    take a load off for a little while
    let's just have a chat

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    orangutans are not very terrifying, however

    An adult male can be a 300lb killing machine

    However they're too cool to do shit to you unless you muscle in on their female

    In one documentary an orangutan in a tree handed a leaf to a nearby cameraman standing on their branch, it was incredible

    It was like "hey there neighbour, have a leaf"

    also do not smile with teeth

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    also i just spent like an hour and a half wasting time on this fuckin thing

    I spent weeks reading every single fucking one of those listings, and a bunch of other shit on that site.

    Some of them were Meh, but many were pretty good.

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    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Mysst wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    orangutans are not very terrifying, however

    An adult male can be a 300lb killing machine

    However they're too cool to do shit to you unless you muscle in on their female

    In one documentary an orangutan in a tree handed a leaf to a nearby cameraman standing on their branch, it was incredible

    It was like "hey there neighbour, have a leaf"

    also do not smile with teeth

    was it raining when he handed the camera man a leaf?

    Orangutans use leafs to keep the rain off them.

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I always thought
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    were kind of cute. I wouldn't go anywhere near one though, alpha predators.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I don't recall but they are such awesome animals

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Forar wrote: »
    also i just spent like an hour and a half wasting time on this fuckin thing

    I spent weeks reading every single fucking one of those listings, and a bunch of other shit on that site.

    Some of them were Meh, but many were pretty good.

    There is a lot of good stuff in there, it reminds me of that one cave blog

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  • KastanjKastanj __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2010
    If it's terrifying you want, I have a contender for most terrifying in terms of most terrifying beasts compared to total fauna - Australia.

    Everything in that fucking place is like the end of evolution, if evolution was a process intended to create beings capable of killing everything else.

    Even koalas are affected by the miasma of bestial hate. Just listen. This is how you scream when you are aware that your main trait is being "Cute as a button!" and you live in the ecological equivalent of the Eye of Terror.

    WHY CAN THIS NOISE EXIST

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    i was about to say that those koalas sounded only a little less cute than they looked and that you were a pussy

    then i got to 1:10 and :[

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  • Desktop HippieDesktop Hippie Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    pfft, the best earth-hole is
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    Wait, that's that thing from Lost, isn't it? The heart of the island?

    Man, I miss Lost already.

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    its a gas leak set on fire

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    i was about to say that those koalas sounded only a little less cute than they looked and that you were a pussy

    then i got to 1:10 and :[

    It goes from D'awww to HOLY FUCKING JESUS GET THE HOLY WATER AND A CROSS

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  • MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Kastanj wrote: »
    If it's terrifying you want, I have a contender for most terrifying in terms of most terrifying beasts compared to total fauna - Australia.

    Everything in that fucking place is like the end of evolution, if evolution was a process intended to create beings capable of killing everything else.

    Even koalas are affected by the miasma of bestial hate. Just listen. This is how you scream when you are aware that your main trait is being "Cute as a button!" and you live in the ecological equivalent of the Eye of Terror.

    WHY CAN THIS NOISE EXIST[URL][/url]
    That's the worst UFC fight commentary ever.

    see317 on
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