A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds on Twitter

Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by rsiqueira on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:11AM (#13244193)

The top scariest are:

1. The Chimera: https://twitter.com/rfedortsov/status/808018055905349637

and

2. The Cyclops: https://twitter.com/rfedortsov/status/811778971075547136

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by theparanoid on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:43AM (#13244280)

They make the alien in Alien look practically warm and fuzzy.

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by jghn on Friday December 23, 2016 @08:24AM (#13244574)

Some are close enough that they're believed to have inspired the xenomorphs directly

http://www.livescience.com/43076-meet-phronima-the-barrel-ri...

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by cgh on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:20PM (#13245882)

I think this is a myth that gets propogated online without any citations. Giger's "Necronom IV" painting from 1976[0] was the inspiration of the xenomorph in "Alien". Is there any evidence this painting was in turn inspired by deep undersea creatures?

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/H.R._Giger_-_...

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by jghn on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:29PM (#13246736)

I believe the article I linked mentioned the thought being that it was the queen from Aliens, not the original xenomorph. I also wouldn't be surprised to find it to be untrue altogether, thus the "believed to be" phrasing.

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