A ‘gummy squirrel’, the nickname given to Psychropotes longicauda, one of the thousands of newly discovered creatures in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
A seastar.
The gummy squirrel at 5,100 metres depth in the western CCZ (Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a mineral-rich area of the ocean floor that spans 1.7m sq miles between Hawaii and Mexico in the Pacific).
Why not? We've raped, caused mass extinctions and ruined everywhere else.
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
Ooh, is that one of those where you dropped a seltzer tablet in it to make it surface?
Could be. I had a sub that did that, but it wasn't Seaview. Mine used partially enclosed baking soda and would surface when a bubble was formed then dive when the bubble was released. It didn't steer, have "elastic motor propulsion" or fire torpedoes. Deprived childhood, I guess.
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
Could be. I had a sub that did that, but it wasn't Seaview. Mine used partially enclosed baking soda and would surface when a bubble was formed then dive when the bubble was released. It didn't steer, have "elastic motor propulsion" or fire torpedoes. Deprived childhood, I guess.
You and me both.
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
A very bad idea for a lot of reasons, starting with "a fed bear is a (walking) dead bear" Not to mention that not all bears have the best table manners when getting some food is involved.
From the article, it seems they were on private property, not a public park or forest, and the owner said the bear was "around all the time" and "never bothers anybody." Ummm, yet. The bear is probably tamer than most in the wild and may live a good life until for whatever reason he swats somebody and takes off half their face. Then he's a dead bear. Everybody involved in that is unbearably stupid.
Deep Creek Lake is practically in West Virginia, though. Maybe that's their excuse.
Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
In the early hours of Thursday, a group of orcas broke the rudder and pierced the hull after ramming into the Mustique on its way to Gibraltar, prompting its crew of four to contact Spanish authorities for help, a spokesman for the maritime rescue service said.
The service deployed a rapid-response vessel and a helicopter carrying a bilge pump to assist the 20-metre (66 feet) vessel, which was sailing under a British flag, he added. The Mustique was towed to the port of Barbate, in the province of Cadiz, for repairs....
Guaranteed to be a TV or even big screen movie within a year. Cocaine Orca ?
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
-- Unattributed.
1312.
Yeah, dumb headline not specifically supported by details in the article. But - it's not an unreasonable assumption that an Orca is always "hungry."
"Orcas hunt everything from fish to walruses, seals, sea lions, penguins, squid, sea turtles, sharks, and even other kinds of whales. Depending on the season and where they are, their diet varies—some orcas eat more fishes and squid than seals and penguins. But wherever they are in any of the world's oceans, average-sized orcas may eat about 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of food a day. Orcas have many hunting techniques, and bumping seals off ice is just one of them."
So many young lives devastated.
Damn, that's about 15,500 feet. About three miles. I bet the navy wishes it could build submarines out of those things.
That is SO Canadian.
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