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NATURE OF THE BEAST: The Biological Horror of the BLOB!

(See the gif-animated article here at the OHFB)
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The Blob is a nightmare creature brought to reality via a mutant microscopic organism, being altered to grow in size after consuming prey.

Whether it truly came from outer space, our whether it was a man-made science experiment gone bad, this creature reigns wherever it goes.

Although actually vulnerable to fire, it deals with the sources emitting it quickly and thoroughly, usually omitting that threat.

Bullets and explosives are impotent to it and even electricity causes no harm to its body, but it does have one extremely sensitive caveat...the cold!

The Blob is VERY sensitive to the cold--and snow and ice, although won't outright kill it, can freeze it very easily and send it into a dormant state, until it slowly warms again.

What makes this gooey giant predator so harrowing, is its method of eating, meaning it dissolves its often-human prey with a powerful bio-enzyme acid that literally melts alive any victim ingulfed in its shape-shifting membranes and sticky tendrils.

The Blob can ooze up the sides of walls and ceilings, where it often ensnares victims, often while still digesting it's still living prey.

Although perhaps very temporarily shocking it, explosives do not harm the Blob.

The Blob can enter homes by sending thin, but incredibly strong and sticky tendrils to snare unsuspecting victims, including the nearly cartoon-like deed of dragging down people through pipes by crushing and constricting them into thin fleshy strands of pulp.

A hallmark trait of Blob predatory behavior is wrapping prey in strong, yet thin blanket folds of its skin, to which it then exudes flesh-dissolving acids, that instantly melt down its struggling victims.

Because prey items being instantly digested by the Blob have their brains and inner organs dissolved last, they are aware of what is occurring and feel the pain of being dissolved, while still alive, making their deaths among the most dreaded in the annals of biological history.

People being pursued by this super predator often see the partially digested remains of other people, sometime still alive, wriggling inside the Blob's semi-transparent body.

Electricity does little or no harm to the Blob, since it has no nervous system.

The Blob may be its worst own enemy...

The Blob get larger every time it eats, but researchers believe this hypercarnivore will shrink in size if left unfed.

In fact, the Blob seems to need to feed constantly, just as its Amoeba relatives do.

Failure to feed may result in a halted growth, or possibly death by starvation and desiccation.

Little is known of this beast's intelligence, but it does STALK and hunt prey, proving it has at least some sense of instinctual cleverness.

Often the Blob hunts victim's so stealthily, other don't even recognize their loved ones have been compromised or even eaten from the inside out.

Flesh and bone drip and melt via a special plasmoid acid that digests victims alive, and many unfortunate prey, struggle to break free of the meat-dissolving membranes, even while the Blob hunts another victim.

Sometimes, in very rare occasions, a victim escapes the Blob's demonic gluey grip, but many succumb to the vast flesh and bone damage that its plasmoid acid delivers.

Although the Blob doesn't reproduce by conventional means, like Venom or Carnage Symbiotes do in the Marvel universe, it can leave behind offspring on rare occasions.

It is thought this only occurs when a portion of it is separated from its main body, and if that separated piece senses the main body is frozen or dead, then it will reanimate with the intention of becoming a new creature or reuniting with its old body.

The Blob originally was a popular 1958 Blockbuster sci-fi classic.

However, a 1988 version with well-crafted practical special effects on par with those featured in the THING, made this grisly remake a solid cult classic, but hardly known in the mainstream.

In more recent years, talks and even full-story board and concept-art-driven film efforts have been proposed for a post-millennial remake.

Interested filmmakers bent on trying to revive a remake are Rob Zombie, Frank Dararbont, James Cameron, and David Lynch.

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NATURE OF THE BEAST: The Biological Horror of the BLOB!

(See the gif-animated article here at the OHFB)
Facebook

The Blob is a nightmare creature brought to reality via a mutant microscopic organism, being altered to grow in size after consuming prey.

Whether it truly came from outer space, our whether it was a man-made science experiment gone bad, this creature reigns wherever it goes.

Although actually vulnerable to fire, it deals with the sources emitting it quickly and thoroughly, usually omitting that threat.

Bullets and explosives are impotent to it and even electricity causes no harm to its body, but it does have one extremely sensitive caveat...the cold!

The Blob is VERY sensitive to the cold--and snow and ice, although won't outright kill it, can freeze it very easily and send it into a dormant state, until it slowly warms again.

What makes this gooey giant predator so harrowing, is its method of eating, meaning it dissolves its often-human prey with a powerful bio-enzyme acid that literally melts alive any victim ingulfed in its shape-shifting membranes and sticky tendrils.

The Blob can ooze up the sides of walls and ceilings, where it often ensnares victims, often while still digesting it's still living prey.

Although perhaps very temporarily shocking it, explosives do not harm the Blob.

The Blob can enter homes by sending thin, but incredibly strong and sticky tendrils to snare unsuspecting victims, including the nearly cartoon-like deed of dragging down people through pipes by crushing and constricting them into thin fleshy strands of pulp.

A hallmark trait of Blob predatory behavior is wrapping prey in strong, yet thin blanket folds of its skin, to which it then exudes flesh-dissolving acids, that instantly melt down its struggling victims.

Because prey items being instantly digested by the Blob have their brains and inner organs dissolved last, they are aware of what is occurring and feel the pain of being dissolved, while still alive, making their deaths among the most dreaded in the annals of biological history.

People being pursued by this super predator often see the partially digested remains of other people, sometime still alive, wriggling inside the Blob's semi-transparent body.

Electricity does little or no harm to the Blob, since it has no nervous system.

The Blob may be its worst own enemy...

The Blob get larger every time it eats, but researchers believe this hypercarnivore will shrink in size if left unfed.

In fact, the Blob seems to need to feed constantly, just as its Amoeba relatives do.

Failure to feed may result in a halted growth, or possibly death by starvation and desiccation.

Little is known of this beast's intelligence, but it does STALK and hunt prey, proving it has at least some sense of instinctual cleverness.

Often the Blob hunts victim's so stealthily, other don't even recognize their loved ones have been compromised or even eaten from the inside out.

Flesh and bone drip and melt via a special plasmoid acid that digests victims alive, and many unfortunate prey, struggle to break free of the meat-dissolving membranes, even while the Blob hunts another victim.

Sometimes, in very rare occasions, a victim escapes the Blob's demonic gluey grip, but many succumb to the vast flesh and bone damage that its plasmoid acid delivers.

Although the Blob doesn't reproduce by conventional means, like Venom or Carnage Symbiotes do in the Marvel universe, it can leave behind offspring on rare occasions.

It is thought this only occurs when a portion of it is separated from its main body, and if that separated piece senses the main body is frozen or dead, then it will reanimate with the intention of becoming a new creature or reuniting with its old body.

The Blob originally was a popular 1958 Blockbuster sci-fi classic.

However, a 1988 version with well-crafted practical special effects on par with those featured in the THING, made this grisly remake a solid cult classic, but hardly known in the mainstream.

In more recent years, talks and even full-story board and concept-art-driven film efforts have been proposed for a post-millennial remake.

Interested filmmakers bent on trying to revive a remake are Rob Zombie, Frank Dararbont, James Cameron, and David Lynch.