Toxopneustes pileolus (flower urchin, a highly venomous reef-dwelling echinoderm)
Toxopneustes pileolus (flower urchin, a highly venomous reef-dwelling echinoderm)
One of the only marine organisms I find truly terrifying
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This is painful to look at. Gives me the trypophobia heebie-jeebies .
5 0 ReplyAre those suction cups?
3 0 ReplyYes, they're altered tube feet, which normally have suction cups at the end. Some have suction, some have little poison trap jaws!
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Apparently you can eat their gonads.
2 0 ReplyThe first guy to try must have been really hungry
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