Annalee: This posting reminds me of a similar type of disputed carved stone in my former home state of Oklahoma. This is known as the Heavner Runestone, and it reportedly bears carvings in Norse Runes. It is now part of the Heavner Runestone State Park. There are reportedly several other similar but smaller…

@Enorym: Wow, now that is some epic headgear!

@katgirl476: Birthed or germinated? Isn't he sort of a giant form of humanoid plant? His sidekick was called "Sprout" after all.

@DRaGZ: One must remember that birds evolved hollow, light, but very strong bones for flight. Even though these birds were flightless, the light internally buttressed bone structure would remain much lighter than a comparable mammalian bone. I also noted in the animation that the beak is very thin in its vertical…

@GiltProto: It probably would have wondered if you taste like hominid.

@Charlie Jane Anders: How they mined smelted and forged the metal might also be a problem even for such wise old birds.

@Alessar: I think you might have a point about the drag queens having extreme skills with heels. In New Orleans during Pride, there is a popular event called the "Drag Race." It literally involves drag queens running in a foot-race while wearing high-heels (I think I read the minimum was 3").

@thekeith82: Maybe they ought to go all out on cheesy explanations? I'm thinking it could be explained as a alien prehistoric mutated whale that had been spliced by mad geneticist who were trying to make a super bioweapon for the US Navy?

@jdmcd: Well, at this point either Rule 34 or Rule 34B will apply to this highly disturbing concept.

@Kri: What an interesting shark. In this case truth is definitely more interesting than fiction.

@blaaps: OK, maybe a little. Given that the title is "Moby Dick" and the idea that this is a supposed to be a Sperm Whale could add some to this phallic interpretation.

@ProfessorSara: I must been in the wrong field of research. Waterfowl Biology was an uncertain field, underfunded, and totally lacked babes. We did have lots of highly educated bubbas running around in the marsh in air-boats at night, that's gotta count for something.

@VoltCruelerz: The condition of cats having extra toes is called polydactyly, and isn't too uncommon. Ernest Hemingway took and interest in these when he lived in Key West, and got others interested too. To this day, polydactyly is more common in the cats of Key West, since it became a selected-for trait. Such cats…

@El Kabong: Although, technically would it be a spawning scene?!?

@El Kabong: Eeewwww!

@DocTaotsu: True, "Shadow Over Innsmouth" was the seminal work in the genre.

@GusF: Actually, there used to be far more before the US & then USSR began the START Treaties.

@Annamatopoetry: Agreed, Darleks are not true robots, but could be considered cyborgs. They are the devolved mutated descendants of bipedal humanoids called Kaleds. They retain one functional eye, a rudimentary face, a brain, and some manipulatory tentacles.

@Rasselas: I was amazed to learn that Stanley Kubric and Arthur C. Clarke tried to buy insurance from Lloyds of London in case first contact actually happened before "2001" premiered, which of course could made the movie irrelevant. Lloyds declined, as they could not make a actuarial decision on the probability of…

@EnsignKickass: I love what The 9th Doctor says about 51st century sexuality in refrence to Captain Jack in "The Doctor Dances." He explains that the human race expands into space, encounters many alien species, and "dances" with them.