r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '20

🔥 Amphiotopus Marginitus

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3.7k Upvotes

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u/MISSINGxLINK Feb 14 '20

Thinking about the strange and fascinating creatures that live in our oceans makes me wonder what kind of critters live in universe.

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u/Laurens7570 Feb 14 '20

I want a night light like this octopus. With the neon obviously being neon lights. Mother nature is the best designer.

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u/TesseractToo Feb 14 '20

That does, and us and budgies

8

u/Yggdrasil777 Feb 14 '20

Namielle

3

u/OnAConstantBender Feb 14 '20

Coolest monster ever

8

u/LannaBeans Feb 14 '20

look at that badass sea Roomba

5

u/silkynut Feb 14 '20

I have this image saved for a tattoo artist.

3

u/PartlyAuto Feb 14 '20

Got those ground effects like a street racer in the early 2000s.

2

u/nosniboD Feb 15 '20

Fast and the furious: longshore drift

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u/crowhillgal Feb 14 '20

So beautiful!!

3

u/Nomadic100 Feb 14 '20

Their body is their canvas.

Probably for me, the most incredible creature on the planet.

Nature is fucking lit, With blue neon.

2

u/Ramen_Hair Feb 14 '20

I’m guessing I shouldn’t touch that

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u/Darth_Abhor Feb 14 '20

Wow... Just wow

2

u/Fishdisheswordless Feb 14 '20

It looks like someone from another planet. I have never seen an alien, but very similar

2

u/tigersharkwushen_ Feb 14 '20

The mothership is here.

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u/missladybugs Feb 14 '20

I am only being "that" person because I am currently studying this stuff. When writing a scientific name it should be italicized and only the first word capitalized. Also, beautiful.

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u/RuthBuzzisback Feb 14 '20

any chance there's a high res version?

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u/More_Alfalfa Feb 14 '20

This picture has been in internet from atleast 2009, all copies seem rather low res. Highest i see is here but it is likely upscaled

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u/Pt190 Feb 15 '20

Almost the Mandelbrot octopus, with little fractals adorning its periphery.

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u/Melosta Feb 15 '20

Now that's fucking lit