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God's Favourite (mander.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

According to Wikipedia it's actually a slime attack, so let's not get too excited. God's favorite beast is still probably the Platypus.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen the number of beetle species?

God's favorite critters are beetles for sure

Platypus seems more like, "Let's see how many features I can cram in something before it breaks people's immersion."

[–] RamblingPanda 15 points 11 months ago

Hey Jesus, wanna build something with the spares box? It's full with all the weird stuff I couldn't fit into the other animals.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Velvet worm used Slime Gun

It's super effective!

Honestly though those action shots are cool AF

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah but they don't show how random it is.

In these still shots they look like focused beams but in reality they just spray that shit all over the place.

Edit: Found a video.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

"I swear this never happens," lies the velvet worm assessing the slime that's everywhere

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

This is clearly Caterpie using string shot.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

It’s cool…but it’s not shark with lasers on its head cool

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Imagine if those little fuckers were like 20 feet long.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Uh, I have bad news for you...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah wise ass. I meant like 6.096 metres.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The joke was thet they are but you didn't know. Hidden horror kinda joke.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I’d kinda Iove it if they were. If there was remote island in South Asia where the BIG ones lived.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We could summon it by having tiny twins sing its name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

“Ooooooooh BETTY!?!?!”