A Scientific Assessment Of Liverpool Players As Sea Creatures

Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

There are no games and little news, so what else are we going to do with our time during the coronavirus pandemic?

We can all use some levity these days. When things were darkest for Liverpool back in 2012, Ed wrote one of the most memorable posts ever for the site that helped brighten the mood for many. In that vein, I give you my entirely scientific assessment of Liverpool players as sea creatures.

Virgil van Dijk -
Massive, and extremely rare. These colossus of the deep are believed to be fearsome predators. The stuff of legends.

Wikepedia Commons

Architeuthis in National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain

Joe Gomez - Cuttlefish
A smaller squid, but known to be lightning fast. Cuttlefish move fastest when moving backwards, just like JoeGo getting back to cover an attack.

Photo credit should read YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images

Fabinho - Green Moray Eel
Not the easiest on the eyes at first, these eels are very protective of their lairs tucked in amongst the corals and rocks. When they come out, however, there is a languid grace to their movements.

Photo by Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Naby Keita - Box Jellyfish
Small, deadly in tight spaces. They are also quite fragile.

Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images

Roberto Firmino - Parrotfish
The first thing you notice are the teeth. Parrotfish are the ultimate grinders, literally grinding away at corals. Fantastic work rate. While hard workers, they are also quite colorful and flashy.

Photo by: David Fleetham/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Sadio Mane -

IUCN

Clymene Dolphin

Also known as the Senegal Dolphin, these small but robust creatures are extremely intelligent and acrobatic.

Mohamed Salah - Mako Shark
The fastest shark species, reaching speeds up to 46 mph/74 kmh. These sharks are high volume eaters.

Photo by: Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Image

Dejan Lovren - Remora
Best brates with sharks, these fish attach themselves to sharks and eat parasites and dead skin.

Photo by: Steve De Neef/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

James Milner - Coelacanth
Known as a living fossil, these fish are the ultimate survivors. Nothing flashy about them, they just get the job done.

Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Andrew Robertson - Sea Otter
These social and gregarious creatures are always fan favorites. A warning to Lionel Messi - sea otters are tough and known to be shithousers.

Photo by: Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Jordan Henderson - Emperor Penguin
These hardy penguins cover a massive amount of both land and sea. Scientists were amazed at how well they moved on land despite their weird gait. These hard-working creatures are all about teamwork within their family unit and their colony.

Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Trent Alexander-Arnold - Pistol Shrimp
These little guys are known as the “gunslingers of the ocean”. The shrimp hunt by accurately shooting bubbles at high velocity at their prey.

Earth Unplugged

Pistol Shrimp

Gini Wijnaldum - Puffer Fish
Great smile. When the pufferfish decides, it’s impossible to get around them

Fine Art America

pufferfish

Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com