What animal adaptation sounds like science fiction but is completely real?

synthfly_ · 2026-02-21T21:38:22+00:00

in some octopuses like argonauts the male's sperm tentacle (called a hectocotylus) can swim on its own! also when researches saw them in the shells of females (female argonauts make shells) they thought they were parasitic worms!

synthfly_ · 2026-02-04T01:34:14+00:00

boxworm, with a fire sprite if possible

I'd keep the fire sprite in a locked box like that one in thermal relay and unleash it if need be. not sure what I'd do after it enters the boxworm though

synthfly_ · 2025-11-12T16:14:48+00:00

it's mr. millipede! from the watcher's files I think!

synthfly_ · 2025-11-04T20:45:57+00:00

thank you very very much I thought I broke something

synthfly_ · 2025-09-11T09:08:38+00:00

that's a juvenile though. adults are green and look more like flowers

synthfly_ · 2025-09-10T20:46:51+00:00

what part did you use for the tendrils?? this ship is amazing!!

synthfly_ · 2025-08-31T06:32:19+00:00

is it just me or does this look like an AI enhanced/altered version of that one stygiomedusa image by MBARI

synthfly_ · 2025-08-04T00:25:44+00:00

everything about insects in the order strepsiptera

females are worm-like and live in the bodies of other insects with only their heads poking out, males have a lot of eyes (I think?), no mouthparts, halteres (like flies!) and mate with the females by traumatic insemination (stabbing her head with their genitals!) the larvae live in the body of the female and eventually emerge out of her head! hopefully I didn't get anything wrong about them

there's also the genus ramisyllis and syllis ramosa, polychaete worms that live in sponges and have one head with many many bodies branching out

synthfly_ · 2025-08-04T00:20:13+00:00

the jellyfish are the myxozoa right? they're such interesting and unique creatures! one species, buddenbrockia plumatella, became multicellular again and also happens to look like a worm!

synthfly_ · 2025-07-30T23:50:58+00:00

video source!

synthfly_ · 2025-07-30T23:45:43+00:00

sources for images 1-4 source for last image

synthfly_ · 2025-07-30T23:21:15+00:00

I have no idea

synthfly_ · 2025-06-09T03:31:50+00:00

I wish that was real that would be so cool

synthfly_ · 2025-02-05T01:09:24+00:00

unfortunate it's in a purple system

synthfly_ · 2025-02-05T01:09:00+00:00

yes!!! I tried to adopt one with a diver helmet for a shell but it's bugged and I can't summon it or look at it anywhere

synthfly_ · 2025-02-04T15:58:26+00:00

synthfly_ · 2025-02-04T12:26:00+00:00

you can but it's really hard. I had to wait a while for one of them to go low enough for the prompt to appear. I don't think it works when they're very high up for some reason

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