Sugar Spooks v7 - Anglerfish Gets a Snack - 10/25/19
BOO! Yet another wonderful year in Sugar Spooks Cake collaboration deserves another slice of Terror from the Real World!
The Ocean Deep holds many toothy terrors, the vastness of which is a terror all its own. Deep, deep down, where sunlight never reaches, the Twilight Zone is a real place, one that easily conceals any number of legitimate nightmares. Creatures like the hideously toothy Anglerfish are somewhat familiar, and are known to get to 3-4 feet in length. Other specialists have speculated that far, far larger specimens could very likely exist, in the murk, beyond the borders of our frail vision. Add that to the the borderline horror of being in a diving bell, where a diver is already at risk from murderous pressures, freezing water, and the slightest equipment failure. That's in addition to whatever horror may inhabit the surrounding waters, just out of sight....
until it it too late!
Want more creep from Reality? If you look closely you will see an 'extra fin' near the tail. That is a male Anglerfish. When a male Anglerfish hatches, he is unable to feed on his own, and has to seek out a (much larger) female. He then attaches to her, and burrows into her bloodstream. Effectively a parasite, unable to survive on his own, he slowly degrades into little more than a set of gonads, available when needed. In his 1964 book “Abyss" Dr. C. Idyll wrote, ”When an anglerfish suddenly opens its giant mouth, the resulting suction pulls in the luckless victim. After the jaw slams shut, small teeth on the floor of the mouth and throat deliver the meal to the fish’s belly..." Creeped out yet?? XOXO
For the fact-checkers among you, I acknowledge that showing a diver with a anglerfish does push some boundaries of the possible, if not the plausible. But honestly, do we REALLY know everything that's out there? I think the Oceans hold many unknowns, and that speculation on such real life terrors belongs here, in Sugar Spooks, a celebration of the Scary! Inspired by the Australian Museum's "Deep Oceans" exhibition of 2012, and huge thanks to Avalon & Corinna for their YEARS of efforts towards this collab!!
This Cake ended Life in my hi-skooler's Biology Class, where they inspired curiosity, made excitement, generated interest, and provided a snack. Purpose Accomplished!! After last year's Tardigrade, they are already excited for next year's cake! I guess we've got to now! XOXO Heather at Art2Eat Cakes
Made with Magic Chocolate, Magic Colours,and Caljava gumpaste
Australian Museum Exhibit
https://australianmuseum.net.au/blog-archive/at-the-museum/deep-oceans-meet-mr-anglerfish/
New Footgae of Anglerfish with attached male
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDIlMVgNwk&feature=youtu.be
#SugarSpooks19 #Art2EatCakes #Anglerfish #Gross #Scary #Halloween #Reality #RealityStrangerThanFiction #Cake #SS19 #SugarSpooks #SweetHauntedMansion
BOO! Yet another wonderful year in Sugar Spooks Cake collaboration deserves another slice of Terror from the Real World!
The Ocean Deep holds many toothy terrors, the vastness of which is a terror all its own. Deep, deep down, where sunlight never reaches, the Twilight Zone is a real place, one that easily conceals any number of legitimate nightmares. Creatures like the hideously toothy Anglerfish are somewhat familiar, and are known to get to 3-4 feet in length. Other specialists have speculated that far, far larger specimens could very likely exist, in the murk, beyond the borders of our frail vision. Add that to the the borderline horror of being in a diving bell, where a diver is already at risk from murderous pressures, freezing water, and the slightest equipment failure. That's in addition to whatever horror may inhabit the surrounding waters, just out of sight....
until it it too late!
Want more creep from Reality? If you look closely you will see an 'extra fin' near the tail. That is a male Anglerfish. When a male Anglerfish hatches, he is unable to feed on his own, and has to seek out a (much larger) female. He then attaches to her, and burrows into her bloodstream. Effectively a parasite, unable to survive on his own, he slowly degrades into little more than a set of gonads, available when needed. In his 1964 book “Abyss" Dr. C. Idyll wrote, ”When an anglerfish suddenly opens its giant mouth, the resulting suction pulls in the luckless victim. After the jaw slams shut, small teeth on the floor of the mouth and throat deliver the meal to the fish’s belly..." Creeped out yet?? XOXO
For the fact-checkers among you, I acknowledge that showing a diver with a anglerfish does push some boundaries of the possible, if not the plausible. But honestly, do we REALLY know everything that's out there? I think the Oceans hold many unknowns, and that speculation on such real life terrors belongs here, in Sugar Spooks, a celebration of the Scary! Inspired by the Australian Museum's "Deep Oceans" exhibition of 2012, and huge thanks to Avalon & Corinna for their YEARS of efforts towards this collab!!
This Cake ended Life in my hi-skooler's Biology Class, where they inspired curiosity, made excitement, generated interest, and provided a snack. Purpose Accomplished!! After last year's Tardigrade, they are already excited for next year's cake! I guess we've got to now! XOXO Heather at Art2Eat Cakes
Made with Magic Chocolate, Magic Colours,and Caljava gumpaste
Australian Museum Exhibit
https://australianmuseum.net.au/blog-archive/at-the-museum/deep-oceans-meet-mr-anglerfish/
New Footgae of Anglerfish with attached male
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDIlMVgNwk&feature=youtu.be
#SugarSpooks19 #Art2EatCakes #Anglerfish #Gross #Scary #Halloween #Reality #RealityStrangerThanFiction #Cake #SS19 #SugarSpooks #SweetHauntedMansion