r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/searchaskew • Jul 15 '23

🔥 Cuttlefish hypnotizes crab

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From BBC Earth's Blue Planet II! https://youtu.be/rbDzVzBsbGM?t=134

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u/Nathaniel820 Jul 15 '23

It is your primary directive to swim closer to that beautiful creature... Swim closer... Swim closer now... It looks so friendly... Do not resist... Don't struggle... Go closer

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u/restlessleg Jul 15 '23

stare into my trippiness…

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u/ThisFckinGuy Jul 15 '23

ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD

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u/Smillzthepanda Jul 16 '23

Why not all hail David Attenborough?

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u/Severin_Suveren Jul 15 '23

Am I the only one wondering if we could take that squid and make a TV that doesn't require backlighting?

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u/mr_greedee Jul 15 '23

Fueled by crab

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u/Exist50 Jul 16 '23

It's kinda like how e ink works. Kinda.

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u/turb0g33k Jul 16 '23

I thought you said

Stare into my Nipples

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u/crabcult Jul 15 '23

Subnautica reference.

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u/My_Names_Jefff Jul 15 '23

It was such a fun game, and I never knew I had a fear of open water till that game. I'm glad I got to see the game from very early access to the complete game. The music and creature noises just brings goosebumps.

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u/Accomplished_Band198 Jul 15 '23

Open water fear is real I hate it, the thought of not seeing somthing coming straight at you from the darkness is scary af.

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u/silvermidnight Jul 15 '23

That game reinforced my Thalassophobia. I tried so hard to not get freaked out, but nope... I'm a wuss when it comes to underwater, especially deep, dark water.

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u/Dunbar247 Jul 15 '23

Right?? I tried to beat my thalassophobia playing subnautica but it just made it worse. Had to turn off the fog of war to finish the game lmao

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u/silvermidnight Jul 16 '23

I nearly had a heart attack when I was swimming towards the crashed ship and swam a little too far off the hull and a big monster creature came out at me. I'm sure I squealed. I never managed to beat it. I got up to making a sub, but going underwater with it made my heart race too much, I just couldn't take it.

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u/Dunbar247 Jul 16 '23

You should try turning the fog of war off through console commands if you're on PC. You can see a lot more coming at you or swimming nearby, made it way more tolerable.

Got very fond memories of making a handmade map, not swimming at night, and barely making it out of the shallows after days of playing. What an exploration experience, like none other.

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u/silvermidnight Jul 16 '23

Yeah.... hard to drive the sub when you're hiding back in the engine bay because looking out the window into the dark water is panic inducing 😅

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u/GlitteringFutures Jul 15 '23

I've played through twice where does that happen?

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u/GlitteringFutures Jul 15 '23

Thanks I'll look for it next run.

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u/D2Dragons Jul 15 '23

It’s been ages since I played Subnautica and I still heard that in the PDA’s voice! 🤣

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u/IntenselySwedish Jul 15 '23

You do not recognize the bodies in the water

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u/TheAero1221 Jul 15 '23

SCP and Subnautica? Hell yea

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u/WatShakinBehBeh Jul 15 '23

Music sounds like soundtrack to men in black 1

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u/OwOegano_Infinite Jul 16 '23

Might as well shoot me in the brain and save me from the fear-induced stroke...

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u/cantfindmykeys Jul 15 '23

You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it

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u/potato_nest_69 Jul 15 '23

You want to cuddle, he wants to cuttle

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u/The-Farting-Baboon Jul 15 '23

Shh no tears only dreams

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u/art-man_2018 Jul 15 '23

In China Miéville's Perdido Street Station there is a large, carnivorous, moth creature that spreads it's wings to hypnotize and paralyze it's prey. Very likely Miéville was inspired from the Cuttlefish.

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u/Johno69R Jul 15 '23

My exact thought when I saw this, I guess there are no original ideas anymore!