Bioblimp
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65K ViewsIts an older pic, but its kinda cool.
This larvae of this parasitic species floats high in the atmosphere. When it spots a potential host lower below, the balloon on its back rapidly deflates and it plummets claws-first downwards, like a javelin.
Just as it is about to strike its victim, the claws open out and tear into the hide, anchoring the creature. There it lives as a parasite on the larger animal and prepares to launch more floating larvae for the next generation.
This larvae of this parasitic species floats high in the atmosphere. When it spots a potential host lower below, the balloon on its back rapidly deflates and it plummets claws-first downwards, like a javelin.
Just as it is about to strike its victim, the claws open out and tear into the hide, anchoring the creature. There it lives as a parasite on the larger animal and prepares to launch more floating larvae for the next generation.
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Bio blimp? LETS RIDE IT
nice! how big are these things? I'm just curious
(I thought they were huge at first, but then I thought it would be scary if the larvae were huge)
(I thought they were huge at first, but then I thought it would be scary if the larvae were huge)
Actually I always imagined this one not much bigger than a football
Makes sense, thanks
Very cool!
Thank ya
This piece is so relaxing. An abnormal form of nature that still brings brings peace and wonder. Did you work on any sci-fi films? If you did, I would love to check them out.
I wish! See if I can get into one 
interesting concpet,birrin world?
Nah this fella was just a one off
Ist a awesome Picture of a awesome Creature...how Long he could be? size?
I think he is about half a foot long? Little fella.
I always tought he is a giant like 100 meters. ^^
Nah little fella
Reminds me of this short sci-fi story Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about weird gas filled creature in the high atmosphere sort of like an aerial gas-filled Portuguese Man-of-War.
Yeah its a classic idea. I remember seeing it in Carl Sagan's Cosmos
reminds me Endymion by Dan Simmons, where was an oxygen gas giant with such things)
it's nice to see one more picture of Hyperion world) I consider there are too few illustrations for such rich universe
I can't find many either... And the shrike often only has two arms
think the best I saw - cover of The rise of Endymion by Gary Ruddell
Yeah thats a good one. Shrike is a little small though!
What the hell i thoughti faved this years ago!?
AWESOME!
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