Jason Kottke saw a school of juvenile striped eel catfish (Plotosus Lineatus) and thought it evoked a creature from a Miyazaki film:
It was only on following the link to the source that I found that those creatures, for all that they're enchanting to watch, are also venomous. Makes me think that they'd be a better fit for the Alien franchise, really.1
[Via Kottke.org]
- But then again, thinking back to some of the boathouse customers in Spirited Away, maybe Miyazaki really does work. Some of those folks required careful handling by the staff, and I can easily imagine Yubaba telling Chihiro and her colleagues something to the effect of "The young ones can only produce a mild version of the venom, tingling the fingers of the people putting their hands in the school (which we don’t recommend you do!)" ↩