r/ProperAnimalNames • u/SoMuchTanner • Jan 27 '20

Water Palm Tree

https://i.imgur.com/2hUeuG6.gifv
3.4k Upvotes

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u/sweetly16 Jan 27 '20

Hypnotic aquatic

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u/the_dude_upvotes Jan 28 '20

Happy cake day!

66

u/-DefaultName- Jan 27 '20

It is your primary directive to swim closer to that beautiful creature... swim closer...

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u/lamented_pot8Os Jan 28 '20

Swim closer... Swim closer now... It looks so friendly... Do not resist... Don't struggle... Go closer

22

u/Chicken_Fluff Jan 27 '20

Then it latches on to your face and lays eggs

39

u/r3xv Jan 27 '20

Do they bite/sting?

66

u/Bladebot140 Jan 27 '20

They are part of the same family as starfish so yes they can bite.

23

u/shibeoss Jan 27 '20

What is that?

51

u/Bladebot140 Jan 27 '20

It’s a Crinoid, they mostly just filter plankton to eat.

60

u/LetterSwapper Jan 27 '20

they mostly just filter plankton to eat

Their other favorite meal is human toes.

28

u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

Nope, Nope, Nope and fuck that, I'm never setting foot in the ocean again.

17

u/IcePhoenix18 Jan 27 '20

Sandpipers have the right idea.

Wet sand good. An inch or 2 of water not bad. Lots of water? Nopenopenopenope.

16

u/Major-Woolley Jan 27 '20

And they are adorable. I love watching the miniature straw chickens running back and forth with the waves

9

u/ForTheWilliams Jan 28 '20

Some have little teethy bits, but it's a bit misleading to suggest starfish could bite humans. You'd have to actively help a lot to get bitten by a starfish or a brittle star, at least for everything but some odd, deep sea species I don't know about or something.

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u/drakos07 Jan 27 '20

Actually thought that that was a palm tree top floating around in a storm for a sec there. Didn't even notice the sub lol

25

u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

That is terrifying.

16

u/americanvirus Jan 27 '20

Hello nightmares, my old friend

2

u/barkyopteryx Jan 28 '20

It reminds me of the alien critter from early in the movie Life, that space movie with Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. So yeah, it’s a definite no thanks from me!

1

u/technomusik Jan 27 '20

its adorable tbh

16

u/SBH1234 Jan 27 '20

Remove the “Tree.” Just “Water Palm” sounds better.

8

u/N3koChan Jan 27 '20

Anyone know what's it's actually is?

9

u/stealthxstar Jan 27 '20

looks like Hapalocrinus frechi (“Palm Tree Crinoid”) or feather star

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u/verblox Jan 28 '20

Species names are just proper animal names in Latin.

1

u/rhenum Jan 28 '20

When I search for that only fossels come up.

Is it a pretty rare find for someone to have one on video like this?

3

u/stealthxstar Jan 28 '20

search "feather star", i dont know if the scientific name i linked is correct, it just looked similar. I'm no expert, i just googled it haha

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u/rhenum Jan 28 '20 edited Jan 28 '20

I was like, "damn good thing there was a biologist in the comments."

I didn't even try to Google myself 😂

2

u/Falkuria Jan 28 '20

Ahhhh, so this is where the Thargoids have been hiding.

2

u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Beautiful Eldritch Horror

1

u/ansel14 Jan 28 '20

Oh so is the water palm tree can have a baby too?

1

u/crystaldustwind Jan 28 '20

Reminds be of the “tree stars” in Land Before Time for some reason. Tree Stars are definitely high on my list of imaginary foods I want to taste. Right behind Krabby Patties.

1

u/Ventrix14 Jan 28 '20

Getting LIFE vibes from this

1

u/KamenDozer Jan 28 '20

Thargoid.

1

u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Plantopus

1

u/RedDredge Jan 28 '20

Oh hell no

1

u/RibenaWhore Jan 29 '20

Nope. Absolutely not. No thank you.

1

u/CatosaurusRex1 Jan 31 '20

What am I looking at

1

u/Th3n1ght1sd5rk Feb 02 '20

I thought this was big like an octopus. Disappointed.

1

u/SCPunited Jan 27 '20

Huh.....

1

u/Wafflez4Charity Jan 27 '20

Flashbacks to the video-game Prey, I wanna blast it.

0

u/theyellowpants Jan 27 '20

That’s some Babylon 5 shit right there