UM-Bot Posted October 15, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Footage of a bizarre writhing specimen fished up near the island of Sentosa has been posted online. 54-year-old Ong Han Boon had been on a fishing trip when he reeled in a creature so strange that he thought it was an alien. Read More: http://www.unexplain...-alien-creature 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted October 15, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 15, 2014 That thing is what happens when The Milk of Human Kindness curdles. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Four Winds Posted October 15, 2014 Popular Post #3 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It is a basket star http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_star 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted October 15, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It is a basket star, an enhinoderm. It belongs in the class Ophiuroidea, one of the two classes of Asterozoa. They are normally live in the deeper ocean. Nothing new or 'alien', though not commonly seen perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_star 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted October 15, 2014 #5 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Definitely a basket star. As far as I know they are found worldwide and not considered endangered. I find it interesting that the fisherman didn't know what it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted October 15, 2014 #6 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I hope he didn't kill it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikenator Posted October 15, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It was raising all its tentacles in the air and waving them like it just dont care! (°¿°) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBelieveWhatIWant Posted October 15, 2014 #8 Share Posted October 15, 2014 After watching the video, I really can't blame him for thinking it was some sort of alien. The thing looks freaks as ****. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talion78 Posted October 15, 2014 #9 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Someone needs too put an App together so when someone finds an "Alien" they can scan it with their phone and get the answer to what it is........bleep "Basket Star".........bleep "Dead shaven monkey"..........bleep "Mcchicken burger" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted October 15, 2014 #10 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It is weird looking. It's possible he'd never seen one before. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimmOne Posted October 15, 2014 #11 Share Posted October 15, 2014 another reason I fear the ocean hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted October 16, 2014 #12 Share Posted October 16, 2014 A completely harmless, plankton filter-feeding echinoderm, the arms unfurl in the current to catch micro organisms. It never ceases to amaze me how little people know of the natural world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereologist Posted October 16, 2014 #13 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The more I look the more I learn. This is a rather beautiful creature. I'm sure I'd have touched it due to its beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohands Posted October 16, 2014 #14 Share Posted October 16, 2014 its a starfish ....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted October 16, 2014 #15 Share Posted October 16, 2014 That was cool , I hope he throw it back and did not eat it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted October 16, 2014 #16 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think the 'alien' feel has been created seeing this creature out of its natural habitat. Going by the pictures on Wiki (rather than my vast knowledge of all sea creatures) it looks perfectly terrestrial flowing and spread out in the sea, once its on land though it becomes a heaving, slimy mess of tendrils that looks very alien indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted October 16, 2014 #17 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Back where I used to do my marine biologicking.. , a very close relative of these, called 'brittlestars' were quite common in some places, and I would pick them up and hand them to unsuspecting folk to looks of utter amazement - note that they can move quite quickly and their waving undulating tentacles can whip around at quite a rate.. Image from NOAA Ocean Explorer They really are gorgeously weird creatures, absolutely harmless, often quite colorful too, but they sure do tickle as they crawl/scuttle over you... Note that they should not be taken out of the water for very long... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted October 16, 2014 #18 Share Posted October 16, 2014 All hail the king of starfish !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted October 16, 2014 #19 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) Oh my, humble yourselves! It is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Bow down to his noodly appendage. Edited October 16, 2014 by GreenmansGod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBelieveWhatIWant Posted October 16, 2014 #20 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Back where I used to do my marine biologicking.. , a very close relative of these, called 'brittlestars' were quite common in some places, and I would pick them up and hand them to unsuspecting folk to looks of utter amazement - note that they can move quite quickly and their waving undulating tentacles can whip around at quite a rate.. Image from NOAA Ocean Explorer They really are gorgeously weird creatures, absolutely harmless, often quite colorful too, but they sure do tickle as they crawl/scuttle over you... Note that they should not be taken out of the water for very long... There is no way you could pay me to touch one of these cousins of facehugger b******* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyBear Posted October 16, 2014 #21 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Wow,what a cool looking creature I've never seen anything like it..an alien?Um no..it's a terrestrial sea creature,albeit a weird one..I'd love to see it swim around in the ocean,I bet it's a beautiful sight I hope they threw it back.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightLady Posted October 16, 2014 #22 Share Posted October 16, 2014 This is cool? If I was in the water is it came by to say hello, wings ... I would develop wings. Gone in 60 seconds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatflowerhorn Posted October 17, 2014 #23 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Its a gorgon head star fish discovered and named in 2010. Tendrils grow over two foot long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snop1x Posted October 17, 2014 #24 Share Posted October 17, 2014 spirit traveler , do you find actopus a strange food? i find it strange that you find it strange. if you haven't eaten one grilled you don't know what you are missing!!! "drooling" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted October 17, 2014 #25 Share Posted October 17, 2014 spirit traveler , do you find actopus a strange food? i find it strange that you find it strange. if you haven't eaten one grilled you don't know what you are missing!!! "drooling" I just cannot bring myself to eat octopus. Back when I used to work at a marine research centre, we sometimes had them in tanks for study. They ranged from little (deadly) ones like the hauntingly beautiful blue-ringed octopus, up to much larger and more common varieties. They were fascinating creatures - despite not having huge brains their problem solving skills and dexterity (and strength) set them apart. From squeezing through tiny openings, to escaping from tanks by pushing the lids up, even to unscrewing the lids of screw top jars - they were riveting to watch (although we had to set up cameras and watch remotely sometimes as they seemed a little shy to show off their abilities when large potential predators like us were obviously nearby..). They, along with seahorses/seadragons and the brittlestars above, were my favorite visitors. I just can't see them as food.. FTR, we looked after our 'subjects' very carefully and humanely and always released them back into the wild as close as possible to where they were captured. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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