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Ancient Krakens Making Self-Portraits?
First time accepted submitter Sanoj writes "Strange patterns of ichthyosaur bones have been found on an ancient deep-water seabed. One paleontologist has put forward the theory that these could have been the work of giant cephalopods who were eating the swimming dinosaurs and then arranging the vertebrae to resemble their own tentacles. Sound far-fetched? Apparently, the modern octopus also does this."
The researchers are totally off base here. These aren't self-portraits; they're writing. When transliterated into the Roman alphabet, they read "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
> Apparently, the modern octopus also does this."
What, eat ichthyosaurs? No wonder you don't see too many of them around anymore.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
A normal-sized octopus arranged these vertebrae into a giant tentacle pattern just to freak out everyone
The Kraken of Keg End sounds like a long-lost Discworld novel.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
We have a big man-eating lizard on the planet called a "Dragon" already, and nobody who has seen one up close is bitching about it. They are too busy either running, shooting, or dying.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"