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02-11-2008, 02:22 PM
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02-11-2008, 02:29 PM
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waaaaaaa :)
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05-02-2008, 10:13 AM
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waaaaaaa :)
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02-28-2009, 02:03 PM
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 "A brightly-coloured fish which bounces along the seabed has been hailed as a new species by scientists - who have dubbed it "psychedelica". Research published in the US scientific journal Copeia says the fish was spotted by scuba divers off the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia. It belongs to the frogfish family, but its looks are unique even among its peers, the journal reported. The question with this new discovery is how it went unnoticed for so long. The new psychedelica frogfish is completely covered in swirling concentric stripes - white and blue on a peach background - radiating out from its aqua-coloured eyes. It has a broad flat face, thick fleshy cheeks and chin, and eyes that look forward like a human's. The fish was spotted by divers off the coast of Ambon island last year. The divers described it moving away from them in a series of short hops, its pelvic fins pushing it off the sea bed with each bounce. "The overall impression" says the Copeia research paper, was of "an inflated rubber ball bouncing along the bottom". The species was first discovered almost 20 years ago, but sat on a shelf - wrongly labelled and gathering dust - until this most recent find. It came to light when the divers were unable to identify the fish from photographs circulated among their colleagues, and sent pictures to a frogfish expert at the University of Washington. " http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7914121.stm video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9Ar3iKNMs Last edited by Frieda : 02-28-2009 at 02:06 PM. |
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02-28-2009, 03:49 PM
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Hello, frogfish!
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02-28-2009, 10:07 PM
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hope dope
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03-24-2009, 01:03 PM
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waaaaaaa :)
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03-29-2009, 04:58 PM
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waaaaaaa :)
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The Kraken by Tennyson
Below the thunders of the upper deep; Far far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides; above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away into the sickly light, From many a wondrous grot and secret cell Unnumber'd and enormous polypi Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. There hath he lain for ages, and will lie Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, Until the latter fire shall heat the deep; Then once by man and angels to be seen, In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die. |
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04-02-2009, 12:09 PM
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05-04-2011, 02:45 PM
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Charles Q. Choi
for National Geographic News Published May 2, 2011 Sea urchins may use the entire surfaces of their bodies—from the ends of their "feet" to the tips of their spines—as huge eyes. read on: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ience-animals/ |
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04-02-2012, 08:20 PM
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hope dope
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Hoooooley moley it's like something from a cartoon
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04-02-2012, 10:10 PM
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