This planet is so beautiful and wonderful. And underneath its waters is an entirely different world, full of wild and majestic creatures just like the Tasselled Wobbegong here. I pray that we act quick enough on our climate initiatives to save these things for the future.
It looks like a Muppet.
i was gonna say this is a rejected muppet idea
I keep reading it as woebegone.
I kept reading “tessellated”
I want one! What kinda food do I get? 🥰
It is native to Australia, which doesn’t surprise me at all given that it looks more like a trap designed by a deranged dungeon keeper than a creature
If only I could give you two upvotes. One for Australia being the most dangerous place in the known universe, and two for the messed up looking D&D beastie. Well played, my friend.
IRL Shambling Mound was my first thought when I saw the picture.
What is everyone on about puppets? This looks like something out of neverending story. Turn around, look at what you see.
You mean one of the puppets from the Neverending story?
No, the horse.
Best play set ever.
I loved these things as an ocean obsessed kid. Fun to see it mentioned; i haven’t thought about these for a long time!
“Damn, is this acid bunk? It’s been like an hour.”
The carpet:
My son had a book called “You’re Called What?!” which featured a tasseled wobbegong, alongside other animals such as the Shovelnose Guitarfish, Bone Eating Snot Flower Worm, and the Aha Ha.
Unless it sings a happy song teaching me letters or numbers, I’m out.
Is it wearing a gilly suit?
Basically. They’re ambush hunters that pop up and snatch/vacuum prey into their maws. I recall the tassels are also attractive to fish that look for food in the sand, but don’t quote me on that.
https://youtu.be/mbv2DhcKAh4?si=HbeUT1T-3haR9DOX
Least annoying video I could find in a few seconds.
The tasselled wobbegong has been reported to bite and kill humans unprovoked
hol’ up
UNPROMPTED
With several records of apparently unprovoked attacks on people, the tasselled wobbegong has a reputation beyond other wobbegongs for aggressive behavior.
Is such a fucking funny sentence to me.
That reads like some Rick and Morty interdimensional cable shit
“The vicious… tongles of the tasselled wobbegong turn into… teeth, and they, chomp, on the wobbegong’s prey.”
Normally when I think of wobbegongs I think about cute, maybe a little strange-looking but otherwise harmless creatures. But then I remember that the tasselled wobbegong exists.
I’ve seen more convincing muppets.
there’s a whole order of carpet sharks. orectolobiformes