» Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish - Telegraph
Today’s serving of Intriguing Sea Life. (Thanks, Craig)
11/02/2009
10/23/2009
» BBC - Earth News - Epic humpback whale battle filmed
Up to 40 males swim behind a single female at speeds of up to ten knots, each jostling to obtain a dominant position.
“It’s the closest we’re ever going to get to dinosaurs fighting. It’s the largest battle in the animal kingdom and it feels like something out of Jurassic Park,” says Dr Oakes.
The videos of these whales are fantastic! It’s really awe-inspiring to see these behemoths move so quickly. We’re so used to seeing them slowly lumber along…
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Automatic intriguing-sea-life and casual-mention-of-Jurassic-Park reblog. This is awesome.
09/16/2009
» Remarkable Creatures - The Evolution of the Great White Shark - NYTimes.com
Great whites aren’t descended from Carcharodon megalodon after all. Also: there’s no Santa Claus.
09/16/2009
08/27/2009
PIZZA SECURITY
People eat pizza, but sharks eat people. Protect your pizza by shaping it like a shark.
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You guys, you are staring into the future, and you are seeing my next birthday party.
07/22/2009
» Walrus mates itself to death
As deaths go, this one gets my seal of approval.At least he died with a porpoise. On the otter hand, a whale of a way dugong.
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There’ll be a lot of tusk-tusking from the family values people. Some of them might really flipper their lids, since sex in the media really arctics them off.
07/16/2009
Beach anyone?
The top prize for “The World Most Venomous Animal,” would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their venom is among the most deadly in the world. It’s toxins attack the heart, nervous system, and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies.
You have virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. After a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the bloodstream (though it will not alleviate the pain). Wearing panty hose while swimming is also a good prevention measure since it can prevent jellies from being able to harm your legs.
Jelly box can be found in the waters around Asia and Australia.
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Every time I think about how much I want to go to Australia and snorkel, I remember that these exist, and I remember the Discovery Channel documentary I saw that showed how if you get stung by one of these things, if you don’t die you will literally spend THREE WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL ON MORPHINE CONSTANTLY WRITHING IN UNIMAGINABLE PAIN, and it makes me want to boil the oceans until nothing in them survives.
07/11/2009
» Watching Whales Watching Us - NYTimes.com
As if I wasn’t going to link to this article. A total must-read.
05/12/2009
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus trailer (via Idolator)
Starring Debbie Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas. I should probably go pre-order this right now, huh? Who wants to come to the viewing party?
05/11/2009
» Uncovering the Secrets Beneath the Surface of the New York Harbor
How can you resist this tagline? What lies beneath the surface of New York Harbor? For starters, a 350-foot steamship, 1,600 bars of silver, a freight train, and four-foot-long cement-eating worms.
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This is by far the most educational and entertaining article I’ve read today. Good work, NYMag.
05/06/2009
Istanbul’s 7-Story Underwater Hotel to Open in 2010
Darling it’s betta, down where it’s wetta…
All I can think about is the fish and the sharks and the crabs and the eels and OH GOOD GOD THE WHALES seeing you get your freak on.
Oh, Erin.
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I WANT TO GO TO THERE. And not just because I only get off on “whale-watching,” if you get my drift.
05/01/2009
05/01/2009
04/12/2009
(via fuckyeahsharks and Craig)
Happy Jesus Day, everyone! Now you know why I worship sharks instead.
03/23/2009
My imaginary boyfriend.
I met him on the TV yesterday. His name is Zeb Hogan. He is a biologist who studies “megafishes.” That’s every bit as amazing as it sounds.
As I watched him babble excitedly while wrapping his arms around a nine-foot Mekong catfish, I knew he was the man I’d been waiting for my entire life. Remember this completely rad picture of an immense freshwater stingray? That was him. He studies these incredibly awesome things for a living. And he’s adorable.
Probably straight, of course. But that’s the beauty of a TV relationship. Time to start fanficcing!
