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  • File :1234972724.jpg-(198 KB, 576x384, mantis shrimp.jpg)
    198 KB ITT: Seahammer 40k GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)10:58 No.3749453  
    For ten thousand years, the Immortal Shrimperor has floated immobile in the Golden Throne, master of Mantiskind by the will of the gods and ruler of a millions seas by the might of his inexhaustible armies. Worshipped by untold billions, the sorrow and sacrifices made to sustain His divine corpse ensure the continued survival of the mantis shrimp race in the face of a hostile ocean. From the blasted ruins of Mare, teeming with innumerable pilgrims and functionaries, the rule of the Shrimperium is maintained, but it is a dark time for the Shrimperium of Mantis. Beset on all sides by foes of such malice that it would sear a shrimp’s soul to know but a fraction of their blasphemies, only the strongest and most ruthless survive. Foes from within and without seek to overthrow the undying Shrimperor’s rule, destroying in a moment that which took ten millennia to forge with the blood of heroes. The Piranhnids - the Great Devourer comes from beyond the salt oceans, driven to consume all before it and Orktopi savages surge from their barbaric empires to pillage and slaughter. The vengeful Eeldar cite prophetic visions as they raid and destroy, and an ancient evil arises from lakebeds drowned at the dawn of creation.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)10:59 No.3749462
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    The denizens of the depths, the nightmare realm that exists beyond the fragile reach of the sun, constantly seek to enslave or destroy Mantiskind. Fallen warriors of legendary times return from the Eye of Terra to tear at their former master’s realm, seeking vengeance for their long-ago defeat. Isopods of unimaginable power work through their willing servants amongst Shrimpanity to achieve their terrible goals, and only those willing to risk their souls can stand before them. Against these multitudinous threats, the supershrimpian might of the Sub Marines, the mighty fleets of the Shrimperial Navy, the agents of the Mantisquisition and the incalculable power of the Shrimperial Guard stand as a bulwark against the darkness, but each year more seas are lost. The Shrimperor’s Bell grows quiet, the encroaching enemies of Mantiskind gather like carrion and a time of endless silence presses in…

    In the grim darkness of the deep oceans, there is only war.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:01 No.3749470
    what is this i don't even
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:01 No.3749472
    So if the Imperial Guard are all made of Mantis Shrimps, who the hell represents the Space Marines?

    I mean there's nothing more badass in all the ocean than a Mantis Shrimp.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:02 No.3749479
    >>3749472
    pistol shrimps for Guard, then?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:02 No.3749481
    Sub Marines? I lol'd.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:03 No.3749483
    >>3749472

    Those would be the Hawaiian mantis shrimps that mutated from people dumping shit in the water. They're over a foot long, now.
    >> Amazing 02/18/09(Wed)11:03 No.3749484
    >>3749472

    The Space Marines are mantis shrimps. IG are pistol shrimps.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:05 No.3749495
    >>3749472

    super enchanced mantis shrimp

    durr
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)11:05 No.3749501
    >>3749479
    >>3749484
    I like this.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:14 No.3749559
    This is... brilliant
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)11:15 No.3749567
    Personally, I wish I had some drawing ability, I've love to try and draw an Orktopus that doesn't look shit. And also to stop this being two paragraphs of content.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:20 No.3749606
    I suddenly wish we had a voting system because I want to give this thread five stars.

    Those fucking isopod bastards...
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:22 No.3749618
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    so...Carnifex?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:24 No.3749622
    >>3749618

    What the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:26 No.3749636
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    I liek.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:26 No.3749637
    >>3749622
    Coconut crab. Edible, but only if raised in captivity (which is hard to do for some reason, a lot of them starve) unless you want to risk ingesting any of the toxins they've ingested over the course of their lives.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:27 No.3749642
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    >>3749618
    no, this is
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)11:27 No.3749645
    >>3749618
    Oh god, the Piranhnids are piranha/crab hybrids. I am petrified.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)11:28 No.3749647
    >>3749642
    That's a Bio-Titan if I ever saw one.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:28 No.3749648
    >>3749622
    That is a coconut crab. They like to eat coconuts. Human heads are fuzzy and about the same size as coconuts, you do the math.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:29 No.3749653
    >>3749642
    that's a titan
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:29 No.3749654
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    >>3749637
    They can also climb trees.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:29 No.3749656
    >>3749642
    Imperator Titan
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:30 No.3749659
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    >>3749636
    Picture related.

    >>3749642
    No, that's a Heirophant.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:32 No.3749671
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    >>3749648

    >TThey like to eat coconuts. Human heads are fuzzy and about the same size as coconuts.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:32 No.3749673
    >>3749483
    Foot long mantis shrimp?

    FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:34 No.3749683
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    The Black Whales of the Mantisquisition go from sea to sea, collecting those would serve in the ranks of Adeptus Aqua Telepathica.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:35 No.3749693
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    Native to the rain forest regions of northern South America, these spiders have up to a 30 centimeters (12 inches) long leg span when fully extended and can weigh over 120 grams (4.2 ounces).
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:35 No.3749695
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    Is this a thread for weird shit of the deep ocean?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:36 No.3749698
    >>3749673
    Most mary sue animal in the ocean.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:36 No.3749700
    >>3749683
    Now I'm imagining of psionics trained dolphins.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:37 No.3749703
    >>3749693

    Which is why we should destroy the rain forests, so these fuckers will die out.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:39 No.3749706
    >>3749693

    D'awww, those things are cute.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:39 No.3749707
    >>3749693
    WHO WOULD HOLD THAT? GOD DAMN NIGHTMARE FUEL
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:39 No.3749708
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    >>3749695
    It is now.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)11:40 No.3749713
    >>3749700
    Navigating by the sonic reach of the Oceanomicon, the great soundhouse formed by the vast chorus of pistol shrimps snapping in unison in Holy Mare.

    I can't think of a suitably terrible pun mixing Navigators and dolphins though.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:41 No.3749722
    >>3749642
    >>3749618

    Holy crab.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:42 No.3749728
    >>3749708
    ...

    ...

    :V
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:43 No.3749733
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    I LOVE IT!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:43 No.3749734
    >>3749618
    they are so cute as babies

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc7O3XhlZYk&feature=channel_page
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:44 No.3749739
    >>3749707
    They actually aren't very aggressive. The hairs will give you one hell of a rash, though.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:45 No.3749743
    FRY THE HERETIC! COOK THE MUTANT! BOIL THE UNCLEAN!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:45 No.3749745
    >>3749734
    D'AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:45 No.3749747
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    counts as khornate daemon
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:47 No.3749754
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    HAI GUYS WHATS GOING ON ITT
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:49 No.3749765
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    The bigger the spider, the less aggressive. Dunno why. Huntsmans down here are basically harmless.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:50 No.3749775
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    Lesser Daemon of Nurgle.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:52 No.3749787
    Eeldar. I lol'd. What are their craftworlds?
    >> Rektum 02/18/09(Wed)11:55 No.3749803
    >>3749775
    )C:
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:55 No.3749804
    >>3749765
    They can afford to be non-aggressive. If you're a little spider, then lots more things are going to try to eat you, so you develop aggressive tendencies to make sure they stay away.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)11:58 No.3749813
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    Lanternfish = multilasers?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:00 No.3749833
    >>3749813
    fund it
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:01 No.3749835
    >Shrimperial Guard
    :3
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)12:02 No.3749838
    >>3749787
    Moray Eeldar = Dark Eldar?
    >> Dr. Genome 02/18/09(Wed)12:04 No.3749849
    >>3749804
    I have a similar theory about why little dogs are always so yappy.

    Also, where do cuttlefish fit in?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:05 No.3749853
    Forty thousand leagues under the sea.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:06 No.3749862
    Call me nuts, but I'd rather see an undersea Redwall.

    Unfortunately, it probably wouldn't work unless you had a fuckton of crabs.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:07 No.3749872
    >>3749849
    demonette?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:08 No.3749888
    >>3749862
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o2J2fI59so
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:10 No.3749897
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    >>3749888
    HOLY FUCK! OH GOD WE'RE ALL DOOMED
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:10 No.3749902
    >>3749849
    That wouldn't apply to dogs anyway. Little dogs never got that way via natural selection, they were breed by humans for size. Little breeds have shitty personalities because that's not really a problem as long as they fit down rabbit and fox holes.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:12 No.3749916
    >>3749849
    Cuttlefish and other cephalopods are Eldar.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:12 No.3749917
    ANTHAMMER 40K.
    IG are worker ants. Emperor (rather, Empress) is the dried-out exoskeleton of the former queen ant, still stinking of pheremones that direct her ants long-range but also makes them think their queen is still alive. If you commit heresy you are turned into a honeypot ant or a self-destructing suicide bomber like Camponotus saundersi ant (those contract their abdominal muscles to literally explode their venom on the enemy. ) Space Marines are soldier ants of especially large and dangeous species, like bullet ants. Psyker abilities are based pheremones, but Chaos powers can sense this so they're extremely susceptible to possession (see below. )

    Tyranids are army ants, they're a mobile force of OM NOM NOM consuming anything and everything in their path. Orks are invasive tramp ants, they're extremely hardy and nigh-impossible to root out but differ from Tyranids in that they aren't very organized (or organized at all)
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:13 No.3749919
    >>3749917
    Chaos is various creatures that parasitize ants, from the fungus Cordyceps to nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum to parasitic wasps. Aspiring champions of chaos are granted bizarre changes caused by their hosts (cordyceps caused a giant spike to spring up from the champion's abdomen for example) but are all prone to exploding into a fully grown Chaos demon.

    Necrons are created by a race that despises ants, considers them a threat to their well-being and does everything possible to exterminate them. That is to say, humans. They're robotic mockeries of ants, hell-bent to destroy all of Family Formicidae. Read that for an idea of what they are: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/15/robotic_cockroach/

    That's it so far. Need to do Eldar, Dark Eldar and Tau later (incidentally Tau will be ironic in that while they may be using pheremones in canon, they will have little to none of that in Anthammer and that'll be why they have little "warp presence". ) as well as detailing chaos (KHORNETS)

    IN THE GRIM, DARK FUTURE OF HYMENOPTERANS, THERE ARE ONLY ANTS.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:13 No.3749920
    You had me at "Shrimperor".

    I approve of this.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:17 No.3749937
    >>3749902
    Little dogs can be a more nippy and aggressive then bigger dogs because no one is going to freak out if a chihuahua nips someone on the hand. If a 100 pound Rottweiler whose body is pure muscle attacked someone like that, then people would be understandably more worried.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:18 No.3749944
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    dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:22 No.3749961
    >>3749917
    >>3749919
    not bad, but mantis shrimp are far more badass then ants
    >> Awful Good 02/18/09(Wed)12:23 No.3749964
    Maybe it's because I'm tired like fuck, but "Shrimperor" is the cutest word I ever heard. Ever.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:24 No.3749972
    >>3749888
    fucking tourneycrabs
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:28 No.3749995
    >>3749888
    ok how do they not control the world?

    thank god they arent the slightest bit intelegent or we'd be screwed
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:30 No.3750004
    >>3749961
    Mantis shrimps are badass, I'll give you that. Let's just screw the limitations of time and environment and do it with all arthropods. Necrons would be ancient horrors of spine and claw; their largest living fortresses, Eurypterids, would only be matched in sheer ferocity by Imperial Titans (Japanese Spider Crabs, ironically a rather gentle animal) while a Sub Marine would stand clear over Imperial Guard ants.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:31 No.3750008
    >>3749995
    >ok how do they not control the world
    ...What makes you think they DONT?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:35 No.3750029
    You know, cephalopods do work well as Eldar. They're super-smart (relatively), but fragile if you can get in close.

    Except for their retarded cousins the Nautilus. They're all a bit embarassed about them.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)12:42 No.3750081
    >>3750029
    I know, but the words Orktopus and Eeldar just demanded to be used. I'm easily pleased.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:44 No.3750092
    >>3750081
    But orkz aren't anything like octopus! Octopus don't WAAAAAGH, they use camoflague, and they try to run away instead of gettin' stuck in good and propa!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:44 No.3750094
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    But what if it was bees.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:46 No.3750109
    >>3750094
    Now bees are straight Orky!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:46 No.3750111
    >>3750092

    Orks are starfish.

    (1) Aggressive? Check.

    (2) Regenerates? Check.

    (3) Breaks up into pieces that become more of its kind? Check.

    You just can't see how aggressive they are because they move slower than shit molasses, but some of them are actually voracious predators.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:48 No.3750126
    >>3750111

    Urchins may also count, as they're covered in spiny death and move in waves that EAT FUCKING EVERYTHING but then starfish come along in a big wave and eat them.

    So urchins are squigs.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:50 No.3750134
    This brings something else to mind, who is corals? Sponges?

    Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:50 No.3750135
    >>3750111
    Don't forget that they are also smarter then people think. Orkz I mean.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:52 No.3750146
    >>3750111
    And while once thought extinct - eaten by their more agressive kin as they weren't sufficiently ech...echi...echono.... spiky-bitty -, rumors say that in the furthest depths of the sea live a subset of them, immobile but with a vast intellectual capacity. Crinoids.

    And brittle stars are grots I take it?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:52 No.3750147
    >>3750092
    I guess you've never seen that video of one of those fuckers repeatedly killing sharks he came into contact with.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:52 No.3750148
    >>3750134
    XENOS! *blam*
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:54 No.3750154
    >>3750147

    Fucking truth.

    Those tentacles are strong, and surround an extremely sharp, vicious, bone-crushingly powerful beak. Some octopi prey on smaller sharks and other predator fish because they're just that hardcore.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:55 No.3750163
    >>3750154
    I know they're really strong. It's just that octopi tend to be shy and prefer to run instead of getting into a confrontation. They attack their prey from ambush.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:57 No.3750172
    Archive this shit.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:57 No.3750175
    >>3750146

    Orks could also be hermit crabs.

    Looting things all the time, red, pinchy bits (instead of choppas), etc.

    Maybe they ride their squigstarfish around.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)12:57 No.3750178
    >>3750163
    They're not shy, they're just much better at camouflage than anyone thought, In fact, there's one behind you right now.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:04 No.3750221
    >>3750147
    It wasn't "those he came in contact with". He was pissed off with having to share his tank with sharks and HUNTED THEY ASS DOWN.

    I think that's the same one that went "TURN OUT THAT FUCKING LIGHT!" and kept destroying the bulb that illuminated where he was sleeping.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:05 No.3750231
    >>3750221

    Oh god.

    Octopus Landlord.

    MAGNIFICENT
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:05 No.3750232
    >>3750221
    Holy shit, Otto?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:07 No.3750243
    >>3750147
    Link or something NAO
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:09 No.3750255
    >>3750221
    There was another octopus that would get pissed if you walked by his tank without saying hi to him. He'd squirt you if you didn't.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:12 No.3750270
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    >>3750255
    >55
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)13:12 No.3750272
    >>3750163
    That's not being shy. That's being a Blood Axe.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:12 No.3750278
    >>3750270
    wat?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:12 No.3750280
    >>3750243
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOEZh1Lbbg

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGH!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:13 No.3750284
    >>3750255
    And Otto, the octopus who repeatedly squirted water at his lamp and destroyed it, also juggled live hermit crabs for sport.

    There's another, very old (like 80s old I think, most likely dead by now, cephalopods rarely live long save the fuckhuge ones) one who played with a closed bottle. I'm now imagining a poor octopus (or octopusgirl) repeatedly opening and closing her bottle, her only toy.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:13 No.3750286
    SKREEEEE *click click*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRKYU_JJwjQ&feature=related
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:15 No.3750294
    >>3750286

    Stats for looted conch shell.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:20 No.3750315
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    Counts as deffdread.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:21 No.3750322
    Frankly, I see Necrons as some kind of surviving trilobyte

    Also, do C'tan = deep sea cephapod from the dawn of prehistory?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:31 No.3750370
    mantis shrimp's trinocular vision and extreme speed suit the Eldar better
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:31 No.3750371
    >>3750322
    C'tan: Cambrian creatures? Anomalocaris as Nightbringer (fucking hugest thing in its era, eats everything), Hallucigenia as Deceiver (it could deceive scientists at least!), Opabinia as the Dragon of Burgess the Shrimperor fought and trapped under the Burgess shale so that he may later on spawn the Adeptus Isopoda?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:35 No.3750398
    >>3750370

    Very intelligent, long lived, colorful, can change colors and fluoresce in some species, extraspectral/polarized/hexanocular vision (trinocular with just one eye), ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA

    But I don't want them associated with spelfs. :C
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)13:38 No.3750409
    >>3750371
    That sounds awesome. Maybe isopods should be the Necrons instead.
    >>3750370
    SHRIMPERIUM OF MANTIS
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:38 No.3750410
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    >>3750029

    So what do colossal squid count as?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:38 No.3750415
    >>3750410
    Hivefleets
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:39 No.3750418
    >>3750398But I don't want them associated with spelfs. :C

    imagine a DARK MANTIS

    PRAY THEY DO NOT TAKE YOU ALIVE
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:39 No.3750420
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    >>3750410
    Depends. Are they as awesome as Blue?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:40 No.3750429
    >>3750410
    Squiggoths. Fits with the Orktopus idea.
    Shawing!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:41 No.3750431
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    <-squats

    you thought they were extinct, didn't you?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:41 No.3750433
    >>3750420
    Their tentacles have hooks, man. Ten hooked tentacles. I'd rather take on Pennywise and the Thing simultaneously.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:42 No.3750438
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    Y'know, how has a thread involving cephalopods, space and awesome gone so far already without Blue being mentioned?

    BEST. SPACESHIP. EVER.
    NO EXCEPTIONS
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:42 No.3750440
    Imperium=coral (immovable defense)

    orks= starfish (they are wearing away at coral reef)

    Tau and kroot= that fish and shrimp combo who live together.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:43 No.3750445
    >>3750410
    Oi! That sum Squidgoth!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:44 No.3750454
    >>3750410
    Those legendary Ork Warbosses that got so dominant that they just kept getting bigger.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)13:51 No.3750498
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    Question: Should Warp powers be amphibious animals that can't stay in the depths for long except when "summoned" there somehow? If so, whomever Eldar will be should be responsible for raising a giant piece of land in the middle of the ocean (galaxy) called simply the Continent (Warp. )

    Picture related, it's a Khornate daemon.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:03 No.3750567
    >>3750498
    Then are Humans Tzeentch?
    >> Salamanders Fanboi !!5UlGlkaxBkH 02/18/09(Wed)14:09 No.3750614
    FUCK.
    YES.
    YOU
    ARE
    THE
    GREATEST
    THREAD,
    EVER.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)14:13 No.3750650
    >>3750498
    >a giant piece of land
    >>3749462
    >the Eye of Terra
    You know it, baby.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:15 No.3750673
    >>3750498
    It should be used as a dump for nuclear waste so that going close/coming in contact with things from the Eye of Terra can mutate stuff....
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:22 No.3750718
    >>3750567
    Actually, I think that humans are more like the C'tan. We can only go underwater in special suits, special skin. We eat and take things all the time just because we want to, and we've got super-advanced technology
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:23 No.3750720
    Where do the Tau fit in?

    Would... Would they be just fish? Or some specific type of fish so they don't control EVERYTHING? Like, Anglerfish and Flying Fish for superior technology?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:24 No.3750724
    >>3749453
    FUCK YOU JOE!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:24 No.3750725
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    my god

    it's beautiful
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:25 No.3750732
    >>3750720
    Tau are coral. They're insignificant, no one cares about them, they have no idea what's going on, but they do form symbiosis with a fuckload of shit and every single coral cell does his duty to the Greater Good.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:26 No.3750737
    >>3750732
    >coral
    >insignificant

    CONGRATS BRO, you have no fucking idea how marine ecology works
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:28 No.3750752
    >>3750737
    They're still useless and insignificant. I don't see grass mobilizing and attacking shit either.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:30 No.3750762
    >>3750752
    >coral
    >useless
    >a substance vital to the survival of a sickening amount of marine life
    >useless
    >by extension, a substance vital to the survival of *land* life
    >useless
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:32 No.3750781
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    >>3750752
    You know what. . . just, just stop. Your retarded Tau hate and complete lack of knowledge at how ecosystems work is making my brain hurt.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:35 No.3750799
    >>3750732
    The Old Ones are Coral. They shaped the landscape of the universe, and now they are dead or sleeping.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:36 No.3750804
    >>3750762
    They're useless in the same way plants are useless. Is that so hard to understand?

    Mantis shrimps have crazy vision, punches so fast that their cavitation bubbles can reach temperatures rivaling the sun, ability to do backflips, armored exoskeleton and amazing intelligence for an invertebrate.

    In comparision coral is mindless, you have a lot of them and...uh, they can sting. Amazing.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:36 No.3750806
    >>3750799
    This is much better
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:38 No.3750819
    >>3750804
    And the mantis shrimp dies without the coral.
    I'm still not following your analogy.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:42 No.3750849
    >>3750819
    I am aware of their marine significance. They however aren't interesting, especially when you have jellyfish, box jellyfish and portuguese manowar right next to them.

    I'll give you that sea anemones are alright though. That and the reef forming.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)14:59 No.3750974
    great thread or greatest thread?
    >> RAWK LAWBSTAR 02/18/09(Wed)15:03 No.3751005
    this thread is beautiful
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:10 No.3751053
    I like how mantis shrimp rob the other denizens of the ocean world. They don't kill and eat starfish, they shear off one of their legs and eat that and let him go on his way.

    They follow the hobo code.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:11 No.3751067
    >>3750804
    Except that plants SHIFTED THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERIC MAKEUP OF EARTH!
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:11 No.3751068
    >>3751005
    >>3750974
    My apologies for shitting on it with the CORALS ARE MARINE PLANTS WHO CARES ABOUT THEM HURRRRR debate.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:27 No.3751206
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    GIANT ISOPOD UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)15:34 No.3751255
    /tg/ actually gave me the initial idea for this, incidentally.

    My thought process went:

    Three kobolds in a suit of armour as a character
    Three mantis shrimp in a suit of armour as a character
    Three mantis shrimp in a suit of power armour
    FOR THE SHRIMPERIUM OF MANTIS

    I'll never have an idea as good again, so thank you for making the thread awesome.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:37 No.3751285
    >>3751255
    no, thank you for the origonal post that started this epic thread
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:48 No.3751400
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    Your life is forfeit.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)15:57 No.3751480
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    I have awoken
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)16:06 No.3751560
    As important as crops for us people. Still a single polyp or grass plant is very insignificant and useless. They need to be lots.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)16:11 No.3751614
    >>3751400
    >>3751480
    For image labeling purposes, are these more Coconut Crabs?
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)16:15 No.3751653
    >>3749618
    Every time I see this I can only imagine myself going to take out the garbage and meeting one of these fucks and it turning into a Benny Hill chase scene with me screaming bloody murder the whole timing.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)16:15 No.3751659
    >>3751614
    Highly doubt it's anything else. No other land arthropod is that big and coconut crab, being a hermit crab without a shell, is quite distinctive.
    >>3751560
    As the guy against the polyps, I propose we move this discussion elsewhere since this is a good thread and I do not wish to detract from its value.
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)16:44 No.3751998
    One last bump, for the Shrimperor.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)17:10 No.3752302
    Hey, why are mantis shrimp so intelligent when their relatives are mindless? I mean, I'm not sure if they're on the same level as cephalopods, but still.
    >> Anonymous 02/18/09(Wed)17:11 No.3752312
    human would be something pretty hardcore, what entity in WH40k can capture and eat space marines, but on rare instances be harmed by them?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ALOJlE5xkQ
    >> GTVA Colossus !moot/UIi/o 02/18/09(Wed)18:04 No.3752853
    >>3752312
    FUCKING HERESY
    >> That Damn Mouse 02/18/09(Wed)20:54 No.3754372
    Fucking Mantis Shrimp, killing muh father.



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