Eddie McBlobbles, at your sthervice
People, we don't normally have feeshes on this site, so when we do, you KNOW it's a doozy. And that's where Eddie McBlobbules comes in. He's totally the inside-out-seahorse-in-a-ball-nerd of the deep. You can tell, he's all adjusting his glasses and writing your French Lit IV paper for you and stuff.
National Geographic has other deep-sea dwellers, but none who know as many theorems as Mr.M here. Thanks, Matthew C.!
Hey, anyone have time to animate those peepers? Come on!!!
// UPDATE -- check out this RCF-style ANIMATED VERSION by GoranG, from the comments! //
Email
to a Friend 
Add
to del.icio.us
Digg
this
the polka dots are so bleenin' kewl!
Those honking huge eyes are wild! Going off in different directions like something from an old Warner Brothers cartoon.
I'll never cease to be amazed at these wack-o deep sea creatures.
What the devil IS that adorable creature? (Hey, could you pass it my algebra homework?)
*gasps* I want one!!!
Ohmygosh. My brain can't even sort that into a squid. (The NG site says it's a "glass squid.") Man. The ocean is COOL.
What!!?! Polka-dots?!
*thunk*
ANIMATED CUTIE HERE:
http://gudinge.com/images/deepsea3-animated.gif
It kiiinda looks like he got trapped inside a beach ball... Poor thing
P.S. I'm new =)
Good work, Cute Agent GoranG! That was called for.
Yeah- he is cute alright, but what I wanna know, is what are the peepers for reals? Generally yer average deep sea types have orifices that are seriously uncute, but more cool. Do they shoot out nerve toxins? Or ink? Any marine biologists in the house? Yo?
Hey! that was a great animation! And quick too.
I love pictures like this
Strong work, GoranG.
Thees leetle guy looks like a cartoon....
GoranG, that is AWESOME!!! You rock!
I've always loved sea creatures -- from afar. The really deep ones are stheriousthly outrageous.
Excellent!
this is so funny! what a cute little squishy. i shall call him squishy and he shall be mine.
great captioning meg. "french lit paper" lol.
I always wondered where they got balloons from...
Upon closer inspection, this little guy's "hairdo" reminds me of Astro-Boy...
What with the pointy bits pointing out as they do.
"Astro-Boy" the glass squid.
No... No... That won't work.
that is an excellent picture.
and he is Very cool.
WOW!
Why an Art Director has never based a CGI Creature on a Diatom or some such (well not to my Knowledge) I have know idea.
How does it eat, move, do anything?
That's REAL! At first I guessed it was just a piece of Cute Merchandise from somewhere. Didn't register til I saw the words "National Geographic."
OMG - natural googly-eyes??
Genesis missed a bit.
Around 3 AM on the night after the sixth day, God had had eight Red Bull martinis and was like 'Dude, I forgot the deeper parts of the sea. Oh, whatever, no one's ever gonna look there. GOOGLEY-EYES ON A POLKA-DOTTED PUFFBALL!!! Because I CAN!!!'
This is an awesome photo! Love it!
Okay that lil fella is down right funny looking ... Reminds me or myself when I was lil kid and first got my glasses ... It's the googley eye effect!
wow kara
never thought about it THAT way.
God has a great imagination.
The glass squid is usually elongated, but it pulls itself into a perfect ball when it's not eating, so as to reduce it's size like a "hedgehog of the sea."
What we see as googly eyes is actually the *back* of his eyes, as he's pulled himself inside-out here.
Here's another view of a glass squid (maybe a slightly different kind):
http://www.deepseaphotography.com/data.php?id=29428
"GOOGLEY-EYES ON A POLKA-DOTTED PUFFBALL!!! Because I CAN!!!"
LOL, Kara. I don't know what's funnier. This bit, or God saying "Dude."
LOL KARA! Yeah. this is real cool.
Kara!
I have the same sentiment as AntieMame! Good one..
As for this creature.. OMG.. It simply does not matter if that's him looking at us or if that's the 'back of his eyes'.. they are still GOOGLY!!!
lurve him. Want to hug him and squish him.. oh wait.. he already squished.
Of course God is a surfer. God invented TIDES.
he's got dots! he's totally styling. I love him.
The last beach ball of summer. I'm with you Jemmy, If it hadn't said NG I would'a bought one. KEWT!!
OK, I was trying to eat a sandwich when I saw this, and I actually had to put it down or I would choke.
That creature is a really cute space alien.
See, this sort of thing is why I can't be an atheist and I think there's a place for a "higher power" in science, one that has a really good sense of humor and likes cartoons.
OK, I was trying to eat a sandwich when I saw this, and I actually had to put it down or I would choke.
That creature is a really cute space alien.
See, this sort of thing is why I can't be an atheist and I think there's a place for a "higher power" in science, one that has a really good sense of humor and likes cartoons.
Um.... Is it wrong to hear polka music in your head when looking at the cute lil poof?
Cuz I think its awesome-tastic lil polkaspots broke my brain.
(Bops along to the music in her brains)
Those googly eyes don't even look real! I love this pic!
I don't need help with the Fronshe Leet. Eleventh-grade math, maybe. But I'm not in the eleventh grade anymore!
That is the most utterly redonk squid I have ever seen. I'd keep one as a pet if it didn't explode from the lack of pressure up here. :O
eric blows me away with his smart-a-tude.
but i hate to think of this little guy as anything but an adorable floaty bouncey ball of fun.
Awwwww! I love him! Why didn't Nemo introduce us all to the dorks of the deep? He's too too precious. I want one too....where do we order? Do we just buy God some extra Redbull maritnis and have him throw a few our way?
Barbara: You're probably thinking of Gary Larson ;)
As far as the squid...I'm still on the fence. I'm not much of a fan of squishy things like this. (But I'm not a 'nuff! Meg can post fishes all day if she likes!)
He's like totally retro cool...looks like he'd go well with the line of sheets from Target!
reg
I know what this reminds me of. Remember those little furry balls with feets, they had little antennas on their head and big eyes that flickered.
WEEPULS!
http://www.justmar.net/weepul.html
Check out Debi's link, above--you see him turned right side out. It seems everything in the ocean finds him deelish, too, alas.
GoranG, awesome animation!
And if you look at the link that Debi posted, you can totally tell that this guy is inside-out!!! (Actually more like outside-in.)
Weepuls!! NO WAI
That's a flashback for sure... I had forgotten all about them, but we used to get them as prizes for... er, something or other ... in junior high. Probably for selling candy or reaching some reading goals or something.
And I didn't even notice the polka-dots on the lil dewd up there till everyone kept saying so... that's so awesome!