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Comment author: polymathwannabe 05 January 2015 02:22:42PM 0 points [-]

Somebody has thought of selling plush basilisks already.

Comment author: g_pepper 05 January 2015 03:23:58PM 6 points [-]

I don't think that the basilisk you linked to is the specific basilisk of LW notoriety; basalisks were creatures of legend all the way back to Pliny the Elder's time; they were mentioned in Pliny's Natural History written around 79 AD.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 January 2015 06:09:34PM 26 points [-]

Who knew acausality could reach that far back?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 January 2015 10:37:11PM 1 point [-]

In case anyone is wondering what needle felting is....

I didn't have a visualization, but when I saw that, I knew the basilisk can't possibly be that cute. I've settled on shifting shapes in unpleasant colors which sometimes coalesce into something that vaguely resembles Tchernobog from Night on Bald Mountain.

Comment author: MathiasZaman 05 January 2015 08:00:26PM 0 points [-]

As pointed out: Not the same basilisk. I wonder how people visualize Rocko's variant.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 05 January 2015 09:33:40PM 5 points [-]

Klein bottle uroboros.

Comment author: DanielLC 06 January 2015 08:33:29PM 0 points [-]

So, a snake that eats its own tail from the inside?

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