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»Fisherman catches terrifying creature off the coast of Singapore.

The creature in question is actually a basket star, a deep-sea echinoderm related to star fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shub-Niggurath

I LITERALLY SCREAMED AND IT WASN’T A GOOD SCREAM IT WAS A SCREAM OF STARTLED HORROR I THINK I WOKE THE NEIGHBORS UP

PUT IT BACK PUT IT BACK PUT IT BACK 

P̢̮̬͔̩͈̩̉̃̚̕h̵̢̠͎̘̖̤͇̋ͩ͒̃̏͌̑̈́͝’͉̭̿ͯͭͭ͆̕ͅn̴͇̪̰̩̐̋̒ͩ̎̆̆̅̌́͡g̵̠͚̫͇͎̙̑̎̐ͪ̍l̗̥͕̹̫̖̦̳̱͋͡͞ű̸̡̙͇̌̄̃̓ͫͪͣị̷̗̮̳̥̗̯̝̘̓̐̐̈ ͈̩̟̭̀ͣ͌ͦ̿͛̃̋M͉̞ͫ͗ͦ̽̌ͯ͡g͖̜̩̭͔̫̝̹̠̽͑l͕͉̰ͯ͑͠w̡͍̘̲̦ͧ’̴̖̪̤̑ͭ͜ņ̷̢̝̄̈́ͣ̈͊̇ͮ̌ȁ̰̥̘̼̼͆͛͊͡f̹͉͇̗̱ͯͦ̍̓ͭ̎̂͑ͨḫ͖̫̬̞͍͙̍ͨ̑̈͑̓ͮ̐ ̨͎̅̈́̅C͕̠̳͓̼ͥͪ́͢͠t̗̤̭̲͓̙̥̋͑̇͊͑̒́h̸̪͈̘ͨ͌͌͒u̡̱͑͆̆̊̉̍͠l͔̫̯̮̤̒ͯ̇̆̃ͤ̋͟͞ḩ̣̫͓̥̎͋ͤ̑ͣṷ̵̵͔͉͇̩͙͖ͭͥ̀͋ͥ̽ ̴̘͕̻ͯ̐̎Ȑ̹̍̀̔̄͡’̞̹̰͙̯̼ͥ̎́͜͞ḷ̵̟̩̦̏̾̃̅ͦͮ̅̚y̺̺̐̈́̏̾ͦͩͪ̉̎ẻͫͧ͐ͪ͏̷̫̯̝̰̣̳̳h̺͈̳ͬ͒̇̈́ͫͦͫ̉̍̕͞ ̢̛̺̭̠͉͙̤̤̹͉̔̌ͬ͡w̡͙̬͓͎͉̣̤ͯͤ̚̕g͍̹ͣ̄̇a̟̪͊̎̑͑͆̃̕h̶̢̖̳͉͓̟͌ͅ’̶͖̾̇̐ͩͩͥ͐̚͟n͎̭͚̤͖͈̈́͒̄̀͘a̢͖̎̆̉͢g̩͙͓̜̊́́͢ĺ̵͉̈́̊̕ ̟̓͒̔̾ͦ̄̓ͪͫf̩̩̗͖͖̪̬ͮ́ͯ̈́h͇̼ͥ̊ͣ̆ͤͬ̍̒̈́͡t̝̗͎̏ͤ̒ͫͩ͗̇͘a̡̬̲̝̯̯̞̩̳̗͛̀ͤ́g͂ͫ̏̽͊̉̀͏̻̲̣̞͎̯̦͔̼n̸̳̺͉̟ͪͪͧ͊̏̽

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PUT THAT FUCKING THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME

A basket star may have several hundred branches

they are lined with tiny barbs that evolved to catch crustaceans like velcro

the basket star curls into a ball during the day but climbs somewhere high at night, like a stalk of coral, and spreads itself out in the current

it literally functions the same as a spiderweb except it’s a spiderweb that eats