The spice must flow
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
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3rd day of 2024 and we're already finding out we're on Dune
*were on dune
The magic is dead
Least we still got the psychedelics Β―_(γ)_/Β―
They donβt make my eyes look cool. I just get raccoon goggles and red eye :(
Always test the supply, be safe all!
Nah, those are just Goa'uld from one of the many time travel episodes.
At 30cm in length, I think you're right.
Ah bud, please. I already get nightmares.
Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?
30cm in length
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Yeah. The quotes around 'giant' in the title aren't rated for carrying this much euphemism. They're going to collapse under the strain of our disappointment. I was promsied giant arctic worms, darn it. That's a CR13 monster in D&D!
Compounded by the lack of pictures in this article.
Tremors got it right, huh?
At 30cm in length, maybe on ant scale (ngl, I'd probably watch that movie lol)
We have metre long earth worms near me, could throw some of them in.
Fossils.
Fossils of a half-billion year old predator worm.
Not. Y'know. C'thulhu's Viking cousins.
Lovecraft was right
Greenland Bull Worm!
It's big... scary... And pink!
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
Brutally blatant clickbait.
"However, Timorebestia is a distant, but close, relative of living arrow worms, or chaetognaths.
Just say closest lmao
It's called a tim'rous beastie? Damn it's a few weeks early for Burns' night
The spice must flow!
And those bitches are probably going to wake up when the tundra thaws!