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Brown Sandfish

Bohadschia vitiensis

Description:

So here is a creature that has a real life, childhood dream, superpower. A creature that shoots a weapon out of its anus. It literally points its bottom at its attacker and squeezes so hard that it ruptures its internal body wall (you should all be imagining going to the toilet) and out extend super long and super sticky tubes that fill with water and completely entangle its attacker so that they fumble off trying to remove it and the sea cucumber can continue eating sand. Guardian: Nixie Loukas

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david14
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david14

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 26, 2015
Submitted on Feb 26, 2015

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