Posts Tagged ocean
i would love to do research on these
these sites are absolutely amazing…ive only been to one so far (great barrier reef) and bahamas will be next…the others will take alot more $$$$ before i can get to them
I want to be here so badly!
Mar 24
Xkenken cenote in Yucatan, Mexico…absolutely fucking beautiful…please click for full size
from nat geo
pretty cool article…pipefish males, like seahorses, carry the offspring..although apparently pipefish can abort the babies from females that are “undesireable”:
We’ve all seen surfing dogs
Mar 17
but have you ever seen a surfing alpaca?!?!
quick blog post on discover magazine about the barreleye: Top 100 Stories of 2009 #41: The Freaky Fish With the See-through Head
longer post on livescience.com: Strange Fish Has See-Through Head
awesome video about it:
who said dolphins were gay?
Feb 19
now theres a pink one?!?:
this hydrozoan has found a way to cycle back and forth between polyp and medusa stages, seemingly staying immortal
The only immortal animal on Earth
basically, when the whales numbers were low back in the 60s, whales had to switch to a higher frequency in order to attract mates…but now that the numbers are rebounding and there are more blue whales, they have switched back to a lower frequency
Blue Whales Croon A New Tune
In other words, the guys had to shout to be heard. But now that blue whales are more numerous, Hildebrand thinks the males have gone back to singing bass because it makes them sound bigger and more attractive to females. He says males of many species use lower tones to attract mates.