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		If you think penguins are the only animals in Antarctica, then you've never seen the tiny elephants, bear-yam hybrids, or the nematode worms. "They're a lot cuter than earwigs" (mnn.com)		51
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PacManDreaming

2011-12-22 02:07:14 PM

Check the back of your necks, everyone.

i44.tinypic.com

Because People in power are Stupid

2011-12-22 04:21:32 PM

downstairs

2011-12-22 05:38:34 PM

Useless without pics.

Perducci

2011-12-22 05:50:51 PM

"Penguins aren't really residents on land. All the species except for one - emperor penguins - spend most of their lives at sea," Barnes told OurAmazingPlanet.

Nobody likes a smartass know-it-all, Dave.

moops

2011-12-22 05:52:00 PM

There are more than just penguins.

images.wikia.com

Links

2011-12-22 05:54:57 PM

and shoggoths.

LordOfThePings

2011-12-22 05:58:23 PM

Oh my, what a big furcula you have.

Tillmaster

2011-12-22 05:58:28 PM

Links: and shoggoths.

And the other Ones, who employed the shoggoths.....

Te-ke-li-li

WhackingDay

2011-12-22 06:04:27 PM

I really liked how they had images for all the cool things they were talking about.

BalugaJoe

2011-12-22 06:05:32 PM

Ozymandius has a place down there.

ZAZ

2011-12-22 06:08:41 PM

How can this list fail to include Belgica antarctica, the largest land animal on the continent?

My Bologna Has A Maiden Name

2011-12-22 06:09:59 PM

There's an Anti-Claus at the south pole too, isn't there?

Rufus Lee King

2011-12-22 06:10:06 PM

Nematodes? Hungry, hungry.

www.sbmania.net

Sarah Palin's Conscience

2011-12-22 06:10:21 PM

WhackingDay: I really liked how they had images for all the cool things they were talking about.

That's cause they don't exist.

gunga galunga

2011-12-22 06:13:54 PM

And Things. Don't forget Things.

/or should that be singular, like Borg

LordJiro

2011-12-22 06:15:55 PM

Tillmaster: Links: and shoggoths.

And the other Ones, who employed the shoggoths.....

Te-ke-li-li

They don't live there anymore. The shoggoths did 'em in, as I recall.

fusillade762

2011-12-22 06:19:48 PM

downstairs: Useless without pics.

This. "Hey, there all sorts of cool looking animals in Antarctica, but we're only going to show you one of them. Nyeah!"

cthulhu

2011-12-22 06:21:34 PM

LordJiro: Tillmaster: Links: and shoggoths.

And the other Ones, who employed the shoggoths.....

Te-ke-li-li

They don't live there anymore. The shoggoths did 'em in, as I recall.

They're also Elf crazy. Can't for the life of me convince them Elves live at the NORTH pole. Stupid shoggoths.

lemurtx

2011-12-22 06:22:05 PM

Sarah Palin's Conscience: WhackingDay: I really liked how they had images for all the cool things they were talking about.

That's cause they don't exist.

farm3.static.flickr.com

He... he doesn't exist?

oldebayer

2011-12-22 06:29:15 PM

I've seen the tiny elephants many times. They are pink.

Ain`Soph

2011-12-22 06:37:51 PM

Here's the aforementioned tardigrade a.k.a. the water bear. The cutest and cuddliest little microscopic organism ever.

Gordon Bennett

2011-12-22 06:38:10 PM

WhackingDay: I really liked how they had images for all the cool things they were talking about.

If only someone could invent a means by which images could be transmitted over the Internet, it would help so much.

Rufus Lee King

2011-12-22 06:44:54 PM

oldebayer: I've seen the tiny elephants many times. They are pink.

Unusual. I only see the big ones down where I am.

www.misterkitty.org

Sarah Palin's Conscience

2011-12-22 06:49:11 PM

lemurtx: Sarah Palin's Conscience: WhackingDay: I really liked how they had images for all the cool things they were talking about.

That's cause they don't exist.

He... he doesn't exist?

Yup. Just like the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and the Queen of England.

Smarshmallow

2011-12-22 06:57:03 PM

I still haven't seen them. Thanks for all of the wonderful pictures, assholes.

slimfast

2011-12-22 07:01:19 PM

When the article inferred "elephants of Antarctica" I was really picturing an elephant like this...

media.tumblr.com

I'm very disappointed.

slimfast

2011-12-22 07:02:12 PM

I like the hat though.

slimfast

2011-12-22 07:04:31 PM

Or perhaps a tiny mammoth.

www.iceagenow.com

LordOfThePings

2011-12-22 07:05:58 PM

slimfast: When the article inferred "elephants of Antarctica" I was really picturing an elephant like this...

But there's no infur on that elephant.

T.M.S.

2011-12-22 07:40:30 PM

Sort of NSFW but easy on the eyes

doglover

2011-12-22 07:42:24 PM

T.M.S.: Sort of NSFW but easy on the eyes

You sick fark!

Bennie Crabtree

2011-12-22 07:59:12 PM

downstairs: Useless without pics.

No farking kidding. That link sucked the bag.

SwiftFox

2011-12-22 08:23:06 PM

FTA: "It was quite surprising to me that exposure to the vacuum of space, with its extreme desiccating effect, did not affect survival at all," said Ingemar Jönsson, a professor at Sweden's Kristianstad University, in an email. Jönsson orchestrated the tardigrade space trip aboard a European Space Agency craft in 2007.

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just have put the tardigrades in a container of hard vacuum pumped out here on earth?

Keizer_Ghidorah

2011-12-22 08:25:10 PM

There were dinosaurs in Antarctica. Back then it wasn't at the bottom of the world.

Somaticasual

2011-12-22 08:27:41 PM

Well, according to ancient aliens, the only animals left are the ones that didn't fall in the gaping entrance to the center of the earth.

//it does seem 300% more insane when you actually put it in text.

NuclearPenguins

2011-12-22 08:37:17 PM

I have a friend down in Antarctica at the moment doing his doctorate studies on nematodes. It's his second tour down there.

/csb

LargeCanine

2011-12-22 08:39:44 PM

cthulhu: LordJiro: Tillmaster: Links: and shoggoths.

And the other Ones, who employed the shoggoths.....

Te-ke-li-li

They don't live there anymore. The shoggoths did 'em in, as I recall.

They're also Elf crazy. Can't for the life of me convince them Elves live at the NORTH pole. Stupid shoggoths.

Madness.

Need Help Soonish

2011-12-22 09:04:59 PM

slimfast: Or perhaps a tiny mammoth.

[www.iceagenow.com image 450x325]

If it's tiny, it can't be a very good mammoth!

Now I Is!

2011-12-22 09:22:50 PM

My Bologna Has A Maiden Name: [www.clownlink.com image 468x369]

There's an Anti-Claus at the south pole too, isn't there?

That there is!

(new window)

ZAZ

2011-12-22 09:24:42 PM

Somaticasual

Are you telling me Earth's HOLLOW Interior Is INHABITED!?

Oznog

2011-12-22 09:29:35 PM

I MUST have a miniature elephant!!

Clockwork Kumquat

2011-12-22 09:47:22 PM

The largest of the continent's land animals, the so-called "elephants of Antarctica," are the collembola, or, as they are more commonly known, springtails. Unlike the majority of their neighbors, they are visible to the naked eye.

"They look like insects - a little bit like an earwig," said Ian Hogg, a freshwater ecologist and associate professor at New Zealand's University of Waikato. "But they're a lot cuter than earwigs," Hogg added.

Typically under a millimeter long, the tiny, six-legged arthropods are similar to insects, but more primitive, and likely resemble the ancient ancestors of modern-day insects, Hogg said.

Here I was all set to heap righteous scorn upon Mr. Hogg for not knowing what the fark he was talking about, but now I learn that springtails have been reclassified and actually are no longer considered insects. Learn something new every day, I guess.

StoPPeRmobile

2011-12-22 09:55:55 PM

Clockwork Kumquat: The largest of the continent's land animals, the so-called "elephants of Antarctica," are the collembola, or, as they are more commonly known, springtails. Unlike the majority of their neighbors, they are visible to the naked eye.

"They look like insects - a little bit like an earwig," said Ian Hogg, a freshwater ecologist and associate professor at New Zealand's University of Waikato. "But they're a lot cuter than earwigs," Hogg added.

Typically under a millimeter long, the tiny, six-legged arthropods are similar to insects, but more primitive, and likely resemble the ancient ancestors of modern-day insects, Hogg said.

Here I was all set to heap righteous scorn upon Mr. Hogg for not knowing what the fark he was talking about, but now I learn that springtails have been reclassified and actually are no longer considered insects. Learn something new every day, I guess.

More like re-learning.

/still not over the dinosaurs

IAMONE

2011-12-22 10:12:54 PM

I dunno about you guys but those were the coolest pics I have ever seen.

/DNRTFA

Why Yes I Am A Wizard

2011-12-22 10:26:35 PM

Tardigrades look a bit like a bear crossed with a sweet potato. In fact, they look huggable - a rare quality among microscopic animals. They have chubby bodies and eight legs, from which curved, bear-like claws protrude.

i.dailymail.co.uk

"They're really cute," Adams said.

Dented Ford

2011-12-22 10:50:12 PM

oldebayer: I've seen the tiny elephants many times. They are pink.

Do they effervesce?

Somaticasual

2011-12-22 11:33:45 PM

Oznog: [www.thedesignfile.net image 444x323]

I MUST have a miniature elephant!!

You know, I just realized that may actually be the arrested development mom's apartment set as well..

MBooda

2011-12-22 11:38:54 PM

PacManDreaming: Check the back of your necks, everyone.

[i44.tinypic.com image 640x485]

THIS IS CETI ALPHA FIVE!

SirEattonHogg

2011-12-23 02:35:58 AM

ftfa: >"They look like insects - a little bit like an earwig," said Ian Hogg, a freshwater ecologist and associate professor at New Zealand's University of Waikato. "But they're a lot cuter than earwigs," Hogg added.

I'm not aware of "cute" being a scientific standard of measure. [rolls eyes]

washington-babylon

2011-12-23 09:50:05 AM

Because People in power are Stupid: [www.otherlandtoys.co.uk image 268x374]

Thanks. I totally didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.

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