Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Gah!!!! Lampreys!!!! OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG!!!!

This would ick me out so much more if the narrator's wholesome Midwestern tones weren't also making me laugh so much.

From National Geographic:




Highlights and quotable quotes:

:31     "As young, lamprey are blind and toothless."  [ooh!  babies!  nursery music plays in background]
:56     SEVEN YEARS
1:28   AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
1:34   "They even have teeth on their tongues, so they can rasp into the flesh of their prey and suck blood."
1:45   Change in music indicates sweet innocent lamprey is all grown up
2:04   AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
2:21   IT'S SUCKED ON TO THE LENS
2:26   "These beady-eyed bloodsuckers attach to bodies...  Snouts... Even up in the gills."