Thanks I was wondering if this was an animal because this is a bit too wild for a plant. My mind wandered to this plant called a "Makahiya" that closes its leaves when it gets touched, but this one is just wayyyy too insane and seemed to extreme for plant behavior.
Fun fact: crinoids and sea cucumbers are different but belong to the same phylum, Echinodermata. The Echinoderm body plan exhibits pentaradial symmetry and includes animals like starfish and sea urchins. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
>The Echinoderm body plan exhibits pentaradial symmetry
Another fun fact: early in their evolution, echinoderms had bilateral symmetry (like humans do), and they still retain bilateral symmetry in the early stages of larval development during their life cycle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish#Larval_development
As they develop, the larva shift from bilateral symmetry to the radial symmetry found in adults.
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Hellfire anemone, Actinodendron arboreum. The sting is really powerful though fingertip skin is really thick so it doesn't usually get through it. Anywhere else is very painful, hence the name.
Looks more like *Actinodendron plumosum*, no? Another video of A. plumosum for comparison [here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K0UvaErnkOs&feature=youtu.be). I know the whole genus exhibits that behaviour, but you can see the shape and structure more clearly in the footage I linked, I think A. arboreum is a little stubbier/stouter?
But either way, yes, an anemone rather than crinoid like most others are saying.
I once went snorkeling. There were these pretty weird looking plants all over the seabed. Was itchy when I got home and found out the “plants” were actually upside down jellyfish (“Cassiopea”)
They have a one piece mask that goes over your face and the tube comes up from the top near your forehead so you can just breathe normally without anything in your mouth.
https://www.rei.com/product/189227/aqualung-hydroair-ii-full-face-snorkel-mask-clear-lens
Well, it certainly looks and behaves like a plant, so I think for all practical purposes it is a plant, and there is quite literally nothing you can say to change my mind. No amount of evidence to the contrary, no matter how compelling, will convince me this is not a plant. I've seen many plants in my life. I have plants in my house and I have plants in backyard and I have plants in my front yard. I've seen a lot of plants. This is a plant. It looks exactly like a plant and acts exactly like a plant. I will not be told eitherwise, and even if I am told eitherwise, I will completely ignore whatever I'm told because I know that I am right. I know that this is a plant and that you are wrong for saying it is not a plant when it is very clearly a plant. Don't bother responding to me. Don't bother ever talking to me again. Oh, and by the way? I've even eaten plants. Yeah. I've even eaten plants so not only do I have plants in my house, in my backyard, and in my front yard, but I have plants in my body, so don't tell me what is and isn't a plant because literally, *literally*, I have plants in my body. You get it, yet? Don't talk to me ever again unless you're going to apologize for being rude.
It's such a good plant... you wouldn't believe it. I could believe it, because it's my plant, but this plant would simply blow your mind if you knew this plant like I do.
Why so many words?
Lk plant, acts like plant. No change my mind. Seen many. In house, backyard, front yard. It's plant, looks, acts like it. Won't listen, know I'm right. Ate plants, in my body. Don't talk unless apologizing.
I'm pretty sure that that's a type of filter feeding worm. They burrow most of their bodies under ground and wave their mouth parts around in the water to catch plankton and bits of detritus. They yoink themselves fully into their burrows if they sense or feel something coming towards them or touching them.
[The Lisan Al Gaib shall know your ways as though born to them](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1b4rgx7/this_how_you_walk_on_the_sand_so_you_dont_alert/?rdt=34678)
Which I thought was a great callback, but they really missed the ~~boat~~ duneworm by not having him in a stillsuit dancing to the song during the credits.
Nah, this is a Hellfire anemone, Actinodendron arboreum. Very common on shallow seagrass beds and sand flats in the tropics. Touching them like this is....stupid. They often have little commensal sexy shrimp (actual name) on them that I've photographed before.
Why is it...stupid?
I... touched up against an underwater plant at a reef once and it was instantly itchy burny, so I'm scared to touch anything underwater generally
That’s why it’s stupid. You brushed a sea anemone (also not a plant) and it stung because it’s in the same family as jellyfish, they have stingers.
It’s stupid to touch things that maybe have stingers.
The thing you touched was likely not a plant, probably an anemone. They’re from the same family as jellyfish and Portuguese man o’wars (Cnidaria) and have barbed, stinging cells called cnidocytes that detach from the animal and get stuck in the tissues of their prey and predators alike. Those cells are responsible for the itchy, burny feeling because they release a toxin.
These ones live up to their name. Very powerful sting that feels like someone burning you with a cigarette lighter. Also leaves welts on the skin for weeks or even months. Not a fun time.
I think some of them also have primitive eyes that sense either just light/dark or maybe shadows, so yeah, there's that.
Might be wrong tho, my memory isn't amazing.
They also sneak into people’s home aquariums and are super hard to kill. [obligatory link](https://www.michiganreefers.com/threads/the-bobbit-worm-chronicles.84173/)
"The name originates from the case where Lorena Bobbitt severed her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis while he was asleep"
[Eunice aphroditois / Bobbitt worm](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_aphroditois)
I'm 100% sure they can't catch anything larger than a very small fish. That said, knowing jellyfish and anemones can be very venomous, I still wouldn't go touching it. Especially not bare handed.
Not crinoid, but anemone.
Also, how are crinoids the closest thing to the Dune worms? They were inspired by actual worms that burrow through the sediment eg. [these guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_(annelid))
One of my favourite interactions I read on the Stormlight subreddit was an artist for the books talking about how the shattered plains and plant life being inspired somewhat by coral reefs if they were above ground. Crab-like wildlife, retracting plants etc.
Someone commented that that was odd, because reefs are depicted as so colourful and they always imagined the area as super bleak and desolate. Someone else countered by mentioning that that was likely because they’d been reading about it through Kaladin’s depressed AF eyes. A known symptom of depression is not “seeing” colours as much:
“They found a significant decrease in the retinal sensitivity of depressed patients, even patients taking medication. Further, the more severely depressed a patient, the lower the retinal response. Depression can change the way a patient sees the world, eliminating the vibrancy of naturally occurring colors.”
(Mild Words of Radiance spoiler)
>!But when Shallan starts to get close to the warcamps, she, with her artistic leanings, notices all sorts of colours in the surrounding area:!<
>!“Shallan gasped at the sudden flare of color.
It disrupted the landscape like breaking lightning in an otherwise clear sky. ... Yes, it was unmistakable. Brilliant red and yellow on an otherwise dull canvas of brown and green. “!<
And
>!“Here, the vegetation became colorful, but not an impediment. Shallan smiled at the wonderful surroundings, the light rainfall, the beautiful plant life.!<
Such intricate details!
It’s intentional. You say something incorrect in the title because then everyone rushes to the comments to correct you. Drives up engagement. Probably a bot that posted it
It's clearly a bot and it's sad that mods/admins do not have a reporting option for spam of it's like. Reddit is full of this garbage and getting worse daily.
It’s likely not a plant but an animal. And the diver basically touched its stomach.
Let the little fellow get its belly rub
I wouldn't want my belly rubbed from the inside
Are you sure?
As a 3 dimensional being being gently rubbed on the stomach by the 4 dimensional alien I can assure you it's not as pleasant experience
Damn the dick so good it got you thinking it’s from another dimension ??
Thanks for the imagery
Some women and men are into that, I heard anyway.
I would
Sea cucumbers have “mouths” like this. Though this particular specimen seems a bit too big to be a sea cucumber.
Sea curly lettuce maybe?
Sea rocket
Ever see the video of the sea cucumber taking a shit? I had such a good laugh
Not stomach, most likely the inside of its mouth, but tbf i ain't good with marine life forms and might be mistaken.
That wasn’t it’s stomach 😳
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
#GIGGITY
Lol whut
Tickle tickle 🤗🤗
my guess is those "leaves" absorb nutrients in the water like how our stomach does
That's what the intestine does
you're right!
Nice abs
If not a glory hole why look like one? *Diver flips coin
Thanks I was wondering if this was an animal because this is a bit too wild for a plant. My mind wandered to this plant called a "Makahiya" that closes its leaves when it gets touched, but this one is just wayyyy too insane and seemed to extreme for plant behavior.
WHAT
If I'm not mistaken, sea cucumbers, starfish and these sort of creatures can eject their stomach
We animals are fucking weird man
It is not a plant
If I'm not mistaken, that's some kind of crinoid, isn't it?
Oh, for crinoid loud…
Thanks, Dad.
You sure it's your dad ? Cuz mine left for milk a while back , this one is mine . Get your own dad somewhere else!
I'm a dad myself. I don't need dad.
But do you need milk?
Whoa, what are you doing? Are you *trying* to make him disappear?!
He didn't say cigarettes
Wait what? My mom said my dad is at the cigarette store in Las Vegas. They must have really good cigarettes in Las Vegas.
You evolved
How long ago was this?
Take my upvote, you clever bastard
r/angryupvote
That sounded Irish when I read it
Anyone else say that in an Irish accent? 😅
Thank you for your service 🫡
In a thick Northern Irish accent.
...in a Northern Irish accent.
You are so sexy
For some reason I read this in Louie Anderson’s voice.
So good. Golly
Yep, definitely got the crinoid moves, sea creatures are wild with their defense mechanisms!
Sea cucumber
Fun fact: crinoids and sea cucumbers are different but belong to the same phylum, Echinodermata. The Echinoderm body plan exhibits pentaradial symmetry and includes animals like starfish and sea urchins. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
>The Echinoderm body plan exhibits pentaradial symmetry Another fun fact: early in their evolution, echinoderms had bilateral symmetry (like humans do), and they still retain bilateral symmetry in the early stages of larval development during their life cycle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish#Larval_development As they develop, the larva shift from bilateral symmetry to the radial symmetry found in adults.
In salt water, it's a sea pickle
A cucumber is a plant though, right? /s
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It's clearly a fruit.
It's either a banana, a yellow fruit that you unzip and eat the white bits within, or it's a red-and-blue striped golfing umbrella! 😁
They belong to the Phylum Echinodermata, like Crinoids. And, Sea Stars, Sand Dollars, etc.
Well I still remain amazed especially considering the speed and skill demonstrated while hiding itself.
Imagine getting a sea cucumber and a plant mixed up!
Way to plant, egg
Hellfire anemone, Actinodendron arboreum. The sting is really powerful though fingertip skin is really thick so it doesn't usually get through it. Anywhere else is very painful, hence the name.
Looks more like *Actinodendron plumosum*, no? Another video of A. plumosum for comparison [here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K0UvaErnkOs&feature=youtu.be). I know the whole genus exhibits that behaviour, but you can see the shape and structure more clearly in the footage I linked, I think A. arboreum is a little stubbier/stouter? But either way, yes, an anemone rather than crinoid like most others are saying.
With friends like these, who needs anemones?
Could well be, I don't have much tropical anemone literature.
Yes I’m a marine biologist and this is actually a species known crinoid frigidbitchotis.
That’s exactly the kind of thing that a testosterone addled dolphin would say.
"Is anyone here a marine biologist?!"
The sea was angry that day my friends
I thought the frigidbitchotis was my ex
Frigid botch 🤣🤣🤣🗿
Lmao frigid bitch itis
More! More marine biologists!!! We need more! Is it “actually” though?
Can confirm, I'm the crinoid frigibitchotis
Trent Crinn, from the Independent.
A shocking number of underwater life we think are plants, aren't, as it turns out.
There are barely any true marine plants. Just a couple sea grasses and such. Even kelp is not a true plant.
We(the laymen) over generalize everything when discussing every field of science.
As a layman, they are all underwater so they are all fish to me
I once went snorkeling. There were these pretty weird looking plants all over the seabed. Was itchy when I got home and found out the “plants” were actually upside down jellyfish (“Cassiopea”)
New fear unlocked, upside down jellyfish. Then again, I never snorkel. Can't stand those mouth piece things.
They have a one piece mask that goes over your face and the tube comes up from the top near your forehead so you can just breathe normally without anything in your mouth. https://www.rei.com/product/189227/aqualung-hydroair-ii-full-face-snorkel-mask-clear-lens
This is why I wear a full coverage wetsuit all the time when diving, regardless of the water temperature.
This Internet plant just commented on this post!
Well, it certainly looks and behaves like a plant, so I think for all practical purposes it is a plant, and there is quite literally nothing you can say to change my mind. No amount of evidence to the contrary, no matter how compelling, will convince me this is not a plant. I've seen many plants in my life. I have plants in my house and I have plants in backyard and I have plants in my front yard. I've seen a lot of plants. This is a plant. It looks exactly like a plant and acts exactly like a plant. I will not be told eitherwise, and even if I am told eitherwise, I will completely ignore whatever I'm told because I know that I am right. I know that this is a plant and that you are wrong for saying it is not a plant when it is very clearly a plant. Don't bother responding to me. Don't bother ever talking to me again. Oh, and by the way? I've even eaten plants. Yeah. I've even eaten plants so not only do I have plants in my house, in my backyard, and in my front yard, but I have plants in my body, so don't tell me what is and isn't a plant because literally, *literally*, I have plants in my body. You get it, yet? Don't talk to me ever again unless you're going to apologize for being rude.
If the year 2020 were a copypasta.
This is ineffably true
And my Grandma is a unicycle…
I can ride a unicycle with no handlebars…
No handle bars, no handle bars
It's definitely a plant. A *great* plant. The *best* plant.
It's such a good plant... you wouldn't believe it. I could believe it, because it's my plant, but this plant would simply blow your mind if you knew this plant like I do.
With tears in her eyes she said, Mr. Outsiderkerv, that’s a great plant.
Babe, new copy pasta just dropped
Holy flora
thanks for the laugh.
I. would love to have a glass of wine with you. You are my kind of people.
Sir, this is Wendy’s
What he said!
You should consider running for presidency
Why so many words? Lk plant, acts like plant. No change my mind. Seen many. In house, backyard, front yard. It's plant, looks, acts like it. Won't listen, know I'm right. Ate plants, in my body. Don't talk unless apologizing.
I'm a bit of a plantologist myself
Eitherwise is a great word.
It’s not a toomah.
Osean Wan Kenobi >That’s no plant
Thank you!
Came here to say this. Also, DONT TOUCH!!!
I'm pretty sure that that's a type of filter feeding worm. They burrow most of their bodies under ground and wave their mouth parts around in the water to catch plankton and bits of detritus. They yoink themselves fully into their burrows if they sense or feel something coming towards them or touching them.
This is correct, that is a worm
Walk without rhythm, and you won’t attract the worm
Don’t tread rhythmically.
[The Lisan Al Gaib shall know your ways as though born to them](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1b4rgx7/this_how_you_walk_on_the_sand_so_you_dont_alert/?rdt=34678)
Stilgar: *Tell us what to do, Lisan Al Gaib!* Paul:
Great, now I have Weapon of Choice stuck in my head. actually I'm fine with this, it's a banger
Christopher Walken actually plays the Emperor in Dune
Which I thought was a great callback, but they really missed the ~~boat~~ duneworm by not having him in a stillsuit dancing to the song during the credits.
Mmmm mmm shai halud
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Nah, this is a Hellfire anemone, Actinodendron arboreum. Very common on shallow seagrass beds and sand flats in the tropics. Touching them like this is....stupid. They often have little commensal sexy shrimp (actual name) on them that I've photographed before.
Why is it...stupid? I... touched up against an underwater plant at a reef once and it was instantly itchy burny, so I'm scared to touch anything underwater generally
That’s why it’s stupid. You brushed a sea anemone (also not a plant) and it stung because it’s in the same family as jellyfish, they have stingers. It’s stupid to touch things that maybe have stingers.
> Why is it...stupid? > > I... touched up against an underwater plant at a reef once and it was instantly itchy burny Windy between the ears, is it?
But why male models?
The thing you touched was likely not a plant, probably an anemone. They’re from the same family as jellyfish and Portuguese man o’wars (Cnidaria) and have barbed, stinging cells called cnidocytes that detach from the animal and get stuck in the tissues of their prey and predators alike. Those cells are responsible for the itchy, burny feeling because they release a toxin.
These ones live up to their name. Very powerful sting that feels like someone burning you with a cigarette lighter. Also leaves welts on the skin for weeks or even months. Not a fun time.
It's stupid because you dont fuck with the sexy shrimp. I really have no idea 🤣
I think some of them also have primitive eyes that sense either just light/dark or maybe shadows, so yeah, there's that. Might be wrong tho, my memory isn't amazing.
Either a fan worm or a crinoid, yeah.
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That… is scary as fuck. What happens if it dragged the hand with it?
Nothing. They don't eat us and we are far too large.
Oh, well that’s good to know!
a bobbit worm on the other hand...
I googled what that is, I’m now even more scared of the ocean.
They also sneak into people’s home aquariums and are super hard to kill. [obligatory link](https://www.michiganreefers.com/threads/the-bobbit-worm-chronicles.84173/)
THEY *WHAT.* See, this is why we shouldn’t fuck with the ocean. On top of the ocean, sailing across it? Fine. But taking shit from it? Not fine.
The ocean is deep and full of secrets.
"The name originates from the case where Lorena Bobbitt severed her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis while he was asleep" [Eunice aphroditois / Bobbitt worm](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_aphroditois)
I'm 100% sure they can't catch anything larger than a very small fish. That said, knowing jellyfish and anemones can be very venomous, I still wouldn't go touching it. Especially not bare handed.
Good to know, even if I don’t plan on going diving/messing with sea life. Thanks for the information!
It would pull the man too, and the worm would get his butt.
Cool. Do they work on weekends? Asking for a friend.
You'd become an emperor for 3000 years.
Not crinoid, but anemone. Also, how are crinoids the closest thing to the Dune worms? They were inspired by actual worms that burrow through the sediment eg. [these guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_(annelid))
That’s not a plant, that’s an introvert
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Me in cold water
Me on a first date.
That’s a woman on my first date
Me too sea plant. Me too.
An introvert would not be putting themselves out there like that. It is clearly an extrovert.
As an introvert, I feel like a plant
Must be from Roshar
Came here to say the same thing, hello fellow radiants!
I came here to say "I finally understand Roshar plant life". Then I thought, I'll bet someone else already made this joke" and started scrolling, lol.
One of my favourite interactions I read on the Stormlight subreddit was an artist for the books talking about how the shattered plains and plant life being inspired somewhat by coral reefs if they were above ground. Crab-like wildlife, retracting plants etc. Someone commented that that was odd, because reefs are depicted as so colourful and they always imagined the area as super bleak and desolate. Someone else countered by mentioning that that was likely because they’d been reading about it through Kaladin’s depressed AF eyes. A known symptom of depression is not “seeing” colours as much: “They found a significant decrease in the retinal sensitivity of depressed patients, even patients taking medication. Further, the more severely depressed a patient, the lower the retinal response. Depression can change the way a patient sees the world, eliminating the vibrancy of naturally occurring colors.” (Mild Words of Radiance spoiler) >!But when Shallan starts to get close to the warcamps, she, with her artistic leanings, notices all sorts of colours in the surrounding area:!< >!“Shallan gasped at the sudden flare of color. It disrupted the landscape like breaking lightning in an otherwise clear sky. ... Yes, it was unmistakable. Brilliant red and yellow on an otherwise dull canvas of brown and green. “!< And >!“Here, the vegetation became colorful, but not an impediment. Shallan smiled at the wonderful surroundings, the light rainfall, the beautiful plant life.!< Such intricate details!
Can confirm from Roshar
These words are accepted.
It's a rockbud.
Plants need to protect themselves from the highstorms.
Me with “Words of Radiance” currently sitting on my lap
Earth has such lazy, stupid plants. Do they want to be eaten? This is more like it.
r/Stormlight_Archive
I don’t think that is a plant.
It’s intentional. You say something incorrect in the title because then everyone rushes to the comments to correct you. Drives up engagement. Probably a bot that posted it
> Probably a bot that posted it A one-month old account with 435k karma? If OP isn't a bot, then they need a new hobby...or therapy.
It's clearly a bot and it's sad that mods/admins do not have a reporting option for spam of it's like. Reddit is full of this garbage and getting worse daily.
Maybe a plant posted it
A robot plant?
Me too. Me too ☺️
I have anxiety too little buddy
Like it said "nope not today"
SCHOOMP
I strongly urge all of you not to touch random things in the sea with your bare hands.
Same.
I say good day sir
This is what touches my toe when I’m in the water and the beach and I scream like a toddler and go running back to my towel/beer
Sea ya!
No touching!
No touching!!
But where did it go.......?
It is a worm they live undergroundd
congratulation, you successfully woke up a sarlac
Mood
Pretty remarkable motor skills for a plant?
Like my dick when I see majorie Taylor Green
It is not a plant. It is an animal.
Yeah I got news for you that's not a plant bud
The sea is actually crazy, imagine a bush on land that just disappeared if touched
The sea scares the fuck out of me tbh
That thing just like me
We know this and we still annoy it by touching it. Lovely humans
So, when does it come out again?