Animals

Few people know that Wikipedia is one of my favorite websites. Now less few. Sometimes I just pick something to read about, and follow the interesting links in that article. I could do that for hours. Well, not really. But the point is this: I went to the Museum of Natural History a couple weeks ago with my mom. And in the ocean animals section, they had this huge crab-type thing on display, along with all the other crustaceans. I couldn't believe the species was around today, so I turned to the best encyclopedia ever. Check this thing out - the Japanese spider crab. It looks like it should have existed in dinosaur times. Tell me you wouldn't freak out if you were scuba diving and saw one of those guys. Scary animal. I mean crabs and lobsters are creepy, but this guy is freakin huge. Leg span can reach 13 feet.

Speaking of creepy animals, here's my list, in no order, and perhaps incomplete: Spiders, turanchulas, scorpions, snakes, crabs, lobsters, octopi, squids, jelly fish, let me know if I missed any.

I think out of any animal, I would choose to get eaten by a giant squid last. That would suck. On the bright side, out of any animal, I am probably least likely to get eaten by a giant squid.

Anyway, I decided to learn about some more animals, and it didn't take me long to get to the platypus. Pretty cool animal. Venom, electrolocation. There's more to it than just being "proof that god has a sense of humor."