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The Mystery of the Vanishing Sharks-see the video
2007-10-08 18:38:00
Octopus Eats SharkThe octopus eats shark video can be viewed Video Google. The Video filmed at the Seattle aquarium shows how an octopus was moved from its old tank because it grew too big for it. The octopus now in a large tank with sharks was thought to be safe with its strength and camouflage to protect it.Each week shark carcasses where found at the bottom of the tank, the way the sharks had died was a complete mystery to them. Week after week the 3-4 foot sharks where vanishing, so one night one of the keepers decided to stay up and see what was happening. That night they learned something about the octopus that they could never have imagined; the octopus was killing the sharks and eating them. Shark Attack Video Shark Attacks Shark Attacks
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Bicolor Parrot Fish on a Reef- Free Desktop Wallpaper
2007-10-07 23:57:00
Click the size you would like to download:800 x 600 pixels—best for smaller monitors1024 x 768 pixels—best for larger monitors Parrot Fish ProfileIt's hard to decide which of the colorful parrot fish's many unique characteristics is most remarkable.There’s its diet, which consists primarily of algae extracted from chunks of coral ripped from a reef. The coral is pulverized with grinding teeth in the fishes’ throats in order to get to the algae-filled polyps inside. Much of the sand in the parrot fish's range is actually the ground-up, undigested coral they excrete.There's its gender, which they can change repeatedly throughout their lives, and their coloration and patterns, which are a classification nightmare, varying greatly, even between the males, females, and juveniles of the same species.Finally, there are the pajamas. Every night, certain species of parrot fish envelope themselves in a transparent cocoon made of mucous secreted from an organ on their head. Scienti...
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The Worlds Largest Bony Fish, The Bizarre Mola(Sunfish)Photos
2007-10-07 23:57:00
As gigantic as the ocean sunfish can be, it still seems like only half a fish.Sunfish, or mola, develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin which they are born with simply never grows. Instead, it folds into itself as the enormous creature matures, creating a rounded rudder called a clavus. Mola in Latin means "millstone" and describes the ocean sunfish’s somewhat circular shape. They are a silvery color and have a rough skin texture.The mola are the heaviest of all the bony fish, with large specimens reaching 14 feet (4.2 meters) vertically and 10 feet (3.1 meters) horizontally and weighing nearly 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms). Sharks and rays can be heavier, but they're cartilaginous fish.Mola are found in temperate and tropical oceans around the world. They are frequently seen basking in the sun near the surface and are often mistaken for sharks when their huge dorsal fins emerge above the water. Their teeth are fused into a beak-like structure, and they a...
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Are Sharks Fish? Photos
2007-10-07 23:57:00
Fish are ancient water-dwelling creatures found all over the globe. They are the world's oldest vertebrates, with the first fish appearing some 500 million years ago. Today more than 24,000 species populate the waters of the world. Fish are vertebrates and breathe using gills, which draw oxygen from the water and into the bloodstream. Most have bony skeletons, though sharks and rays have skeletons made of cartilage. Nearly all reproduce by laying eggs. Leave Your Answer in comments!
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Corals May Have Defense Against Global Warming
2007-10-05 12:25:00
Ancient corals may have been more adaptable to changing ocean chemistry than previously thought, a new study shows. The findings may offer hope that modern corals can adapt as global warming causes seas to become more acidic. These fossil corals in diverse reef communities adjusted to an acidic environment by altering the way they built their chalky skeletons. Modern hard corals—known as scleractinians—form reefs of thousands of tiny skeletons made from a calcium carbonate called aragonite.Aragonite is susceptible to the corrosive effects of acidic oceans, which today has become a byproduct of a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. "We now have many different arguments to prove that these corals were actually made originally out of calcite—and not just aragonite that was transformed after the coral died and become fossilized," said study co-author Jaroslaw Stolarski, a paleontologist from the Institute of Paleobiology at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Curious Coral T...
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Baby Giant Manta Ray at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobucho, Okinawa
2007-10-04 20:46:00
A baby giant manta ray swims inside a huge fish tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobucho, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern Japan, Saturday, June 16, 2007. The female manta was born earlier in the day, becoming the first manta to be born inside a fish tank, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium) ** NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **
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Free Desktop Wallpaper-Wild Florida,Serene Florida,Sunsets-Photos
2007-10-04 19:43:00
Here are some free desktop photos from artist Floyd Craig and William Thomas.Florida photographers located on the west coast of Florida. Use to jazz up your blog or desktop free!
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Floyds Best Blog Awards- October 2007 Winners
2007-10-02 22:14:00
Beginning September 1st,2007 Floyds Free Money will review your blogs and Post Winners each Month.If you would like your blog reviewed, post the link in comments. The awards are not based on blog design, but on the spirit of the Blog ger .Congratulations to Floyds Best Blog Award Winners.Message to the Winners:Each of You were carefully chosen. Each of you Deserves to be Recognized by your peers for Your Bright Shining Spirit and Your Outstanding contribution to the International Blogging Community.If You are selected, copy the Blue Ribbon and place it on your site. Link it to the post announcing your win, so that your friends can see the announcement.use this link (not required) to link your blue ribbon to the announcement post: http://floydssecrets.blogspot.com/2007/10 /floyds-best-blog-awards-october-2007.htm lOctober 2007- Floyds Best Blog Winners:Judges: You have been hand picked as the Cream of the Crop by:Floyd Craig and William ThomasAnd The Winners From BumpZee Are:malawika pa...
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Blogging For Burma-A Call to Action
2007-09-30 06:35:00
This is a call to all Bloggers Everywhere to use Your Voice and Blog For Burma . Please place a post on your Blogs, Sites,Forums. Stop Killing Buddist Monks and Free Burma. Together we CAN make a difference. Blog For Burma and speak out about this horrific injustice. No Matter what Religion you are or What Country You Live in, Blog For Burma.Blogging For Burma
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Goliath Grouper-Photos
2007-09-28 10:01:00
Order: PerciformesFamily: SerranidaeGenus: EpinephelusSpecies: itajaraCommon NamesEnglish language common names include goliath grouper, jewfish, blackbass, esonue grouper, giant seabass, grouper, hamlet, southern jewfish, and spotted jewfish. Other names are badejo (Portuguese), camapu (Portuguese), cernia gigante (Italian), cherna (Spanish), garoupa (Portuguese), gran morgoe (Sranan), guasa (Spanish), hata (Japanese), havabbor (Norwegian), havsabborre (Swedish), itajara zmienna (Polish), judefisk (Norwegian), mero guasa (Spanish), merou (French), orfoz (Turkish), raitameriahven (Finnish), rophós (Greek), sciarrano (Italian), tipa (Palicur), vartari (Icelandic), and zackenbarsch (German). Geographical DistributionThe goliath grouper occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida south to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is also found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Senegal to Congo although rare in the Canary Islands. The species is also present...
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Early Polynesians Sailed Vast Distances-Photos
2007-09-28 09:00:00
In the 1900s early stone woodworking tools were found on several islands in the Tuamotu Archipelago, located southeast of Tahiti in eastern French Polynesia. (See pictures of Polynesian life.)The tools were recently analyzed and may prove that Tahitians and Hawaiians traded with each other as early as a thousand years ago.The archipelago makes up the world's largest chain of atolls?including the Rangiroa Atoll shown here?spanning a breadth of the Pacific Ocean that's about the size of Western Europe.Atolls, found mostly in the Pacific and Indian oceans, are circular coral reef islands that enclose a shallow lagoon.Early Polynesians traveled thousands of miles - from Hawaii to Tahiti - for trade and exploration, suggests a new study of woodworking tools. Early Polynesians were skillful sailors who traveled thousands of miles for trade and exploration, suggests a new analysis of stone woodworking tools like the one above. Australian researchers studied 19 of the tools, called adzes...
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The Largest Coral Reef in the World-The Great Barrier Reef, Australia,Photo
2007-09-27 01:39:00
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world, roughly parallel to the coast of Queensland, Australia , for almost 2,000km. Australia has almost 1/5th of the world's reef area and most is located in the (GBR) Great Barrier Reef.Reefs form where temperatures don't fall below 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) for long periods, so are usually found between 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Most require very saline water, also the water must be very clear so light penetrates. Coral s found in the Great Barrier Reef contain algae and the relationship between the algae produce oxygen and help the coral to remove wastes. When this relationship breaks down, the coral suffers and becomes bleached. Bleaching is a major worry for those looking after reef health, as coral dies if bleaching is prolonged.Washed by the warm waters of the South-West Pacific Ocean the perfect environment is created for the world's largest system of coral reefs. The Great Barrier Re...
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Huge Lobsters form around the World-Photos
2007-09-27 01:21:00
Lobsters are long-lived and can be huge. The record-holder, caught off New England in 1934, was a 44.4-pound (20.14-kilogram) beast thought to be at least 100 years old.LobstersLike crabs, lobsters have ten appendages, two claws and eight walking legs. A lobster can also snap its tail to propel itself quickly backward?this is most often used as an escape response when confronted with potential predators.Lobsters have compound, stalked eyes, chemosensory antennae, and sensory hairs on various parts of the body to detect touch and motion. The antennae are particularly sensitive, responding to environmental chemical cues regarding food, potential mates, and predators.Lobsters are predatory, and use their large claws to attack prey such as clams. The two claws of lobsters are adapted to different tasks?the crusher claw is used to break shells, whereas the ripper claw, which has finer teeth, is used to tear flesh. Legs and jointed mouthparts are used to manipulate prey items.There are bo...
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Sea Lions,pinniped--Photos
2007-09-25 15:16:00
The most abundant pinniped (seals and sea lions) in the Sanctuary is the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Over 80,000 California sea lions live and breed in the Channel Islands. Sea lions live in herds and can weigh up to 700 pounds! One will usually see these playful mammals basking in the sun on shore or playing with other sea lions underwater. Click to enlarge.
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Scientists Discover Rare Albino Ratfish--Photo
2007-09-25 15:05:00
The albino ratfish has the long, wispy tail and wing-like fins on its sides common to all rat fish species. The needle-sharp, venomous spine is on the ratfish's back, just in front of its dorsal fin. Credit: University of WashingtonSEATTLE (AP) -- There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters.The cartilaginous cousin of skates and rays is usually brown or black with white spots so it can blend in with the bottom of the sound, where it uses its rat-like teeth to crush clams, crabs and worms scooped up from the sand and mud."They're pretty ugly,'' said Jon Reum, a University of Washington doctoral student who spent his summer working on the marine survey. "They've got this gnarly spine on their backs, they bite, and they'r...
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Deadly Puffer Fish,Fugu,Sold as Food.--Photos
2007-09-25 14:55:00
BANGKOK, Thailand - Unscrupulous vendors in Thailand have been selling meat of the deadly puffer fish disguised as salmon, causing the deaths of more than 15 people over the past three years, a doctor said Thursday.Although banned since 2002, puffer fish continues to be sold in large quantities at local markets and restaurants, said Narin Hiransuthikul of Bangkok's Chulalonkorn University Hospital."Some sellers dye the meat of puffer fish and make it look like salmon which is very dangerous," Narin said.Narin said over the past three years more than 15 people have died and about 115 were hospitalized from eating the fish.The ovaries, liver and intestines of the puffer fish contain tetrodotoxin, a poison so potent that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it can "produce rapid and violent death."The fish is called fugu in Japan, where it is consumed by thrill-seeking Japanese gourmets for whom the risk of poisoning adds piquancy.Every year, there are reports of people dying or...
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Baby Snapping Turtle Swarm Invades Woman's Yard-Photos
2007-09-25 14:45:00
Betty Kratzke noticed that something was disturbing the ground near the flowers that line her driveway. Solving the mystery this week proved to be a snap - when baby snapping turtles started crawling around her yard."They just keep popping up out of the hole," said Cliff Hanson, Kratzke's brother-in-law.The turtles had recently hatched and were no bigger than a half dollar coin, said Darrell Perry, another brother-in-law.Family members scooped up 44 turtles in all. They were put in a cardboard box and taken to the nearby James River."They went swimming away like crazy," Kratzke said.Snapping turtles live to be decades old and can grow up to 40 pounds, said Gene Van Eeckhout, a biologist with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. They do not make nice pets, he said."They're not very friendly to play with," Van Eeckhout said.Kratzke said she thought some sort of animal was disturbing her flowers. "But it was a long ways from being a muskrat or a raccoon," she said. "They are th...
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Ancient Egytians ate Huge Fish, Nile Perch,photos
2007-09-22 16:54:00
Most edible fish from the Nile were consumed, though some fish, such as the genera Lepidotus and Phragus and a few others were forbidden because of their connection with the myth of Osiris. In some locations, even the Nile perch was worshipped, and therefore never eaten. While fish were roasted or boiled, most frequently they were salted and preserved, or dried in the sun.The poor ate fish more often than meat, because of the availability of the fish. Richer people kept fish in ornamental ponds or as a source of food. The pharaoh, priests and the Akhu could not eat fish, because of the association with Set: The Nile perch (Lates niloticus)is also know as sangara, mputa, or capitaine. It is a large-mouthed game fish that grows up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and 400 lbs (180 kg). It is a predator and feeds on other fish. The Nile perch is the largest freshwater fish in the world accessible to anglers. There is an account from Lake Victoria where local fishermen caught an incredible 232kg (51...
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Remains of Ancient Egyptian Seafaring Ships Discovered
2007-09-22 16:22:00
The first remains of ancient Egyptian seagoing ships ever to be recovered have been found in two caves on Egypt's Red Sea coast, according to a team at Boston University in the US.The team also found fragments of pottery at the site, which could help resolve controversies about the extent of ancient Egyptian trade voyages. But details of the newly disclosed finds remain sketchy.Kathryn Bard, who co-led the dig with Italian archaeologists in December 2004, has revealed to the Boston University weekly community newsletter that the team found a range of items - including timbers and riggings - inside the man-made caves, located at the coastal Pharaonic site of Wadi Gawasis.According to the report, pottery in the caves could date at least some of the artefacts to a famous 15th century BC naval expedition by Queen Hatshepsut to the mysterious, incense-producing land of Punt. This voyage is depicted in detailed reliefs on Queen Hatshepsut's temple on the west bank of the Nile, near mode...
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Three-clawed 'mutant' crab caught
2007-09-21 19:46:00
A"mutant" crab with three pincers has been picked up off the Cornish coast.Fisherman Jeff Brown caught the 20cm (7.8in) edible crab three miles off Portreath and realising its rarity, handed it into a Newquay aquarium.The crab, christened Claudette by the Blue Reef aquarium staff, will be quarantined for several days before going on show.Manager David Waines said additional fully formed pincers on crabs were "incredibly rare".'Genetic mutation'Mr Waines said: "I have only seen this once before. It's obviously some sort of genetic mutation."He said crabs are capable of re-growing limbs and claws if they are lost or damaged in a fight.The aquarium believes Claudette's ability to re-generate lost limbs became confused and, rather than replacing a missing set of claws, she grew an extra pair instead.The edible crab is the largest of the crab species commonly found around England.It sports black-tipped claws for catching and eating prey.
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Invasive Crab Species Identified In Panama Canal Expansion Area
2007-09-21 15:25:00
Science Daily ? A Smithsonian scientist and colleague report that a potentially harmful, invasive crab species that has spread to several countries is now established and reproducing in Panama . The researchers report that Harris mud crabs are reproducing in the small, man-made lake designated to become the third set of locks in Panama's new $5 billion canal expansion project.Harris mud crab (Rhithropanopeus harrisii) is an invasive species in Panama. (Credit: Arthur Anker)Mark Torchin, a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and Dominique Roche, a McGill University pre-doctoral student, report their research in the September issue of Aquatic Invasions.The Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, native to estuarine environments along the East coast of North America, has spread to at least 21 countries, causing varying degrees of both environmental and economic damage. This mud crab has the potential to disrupt local ecosystems, invade inland fr...
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Photo of the Day- Tiger Shark hunting fledgling albatross
2007-09-21 15:17:00
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, 1997Photo graph by William R. CurtsingerA tiger shark looms in the waters of Hawaii's French Frigate Shoals, where the sharks gather to feed on fledgling albatrosses. (Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, "Tiger s: In for the Kill," November 1999, National Geographic magazine)
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Sand Tiger Shark, Carcharias taurus
2007-09-21 15:13:00
Sand Tiger Shark ProfileSand sharks, also known as sand tigers and gray nurse sharks, have a deceivingly ferocious look. They are large-bodied and display a mouthful of sharp teeth that protrude in all directions, even when the mouth is shut. Despite this, they are a docile, non-aggressive species, known to attack humans only when bothered first.Sand sharks are brownish-gray with rust-colored spots on top and white underneath. They have a flattened, cone-shaped snout and a distinctive, oblong tail with a notched, upper lobe that is significantly longer than the lobe below. Individuals range in size from 6.5 to 10.5 feet (2 to 3.2 meters) in length.Their name comes from their tendency toward shoreline habitats, and they are often seen trolling the ocean floor in the surf zone, very close to shore. They are found in warm or temperate waters throughout the world's oceans, except the eastern Pacific.Sand tigers are the only shark known to come to the surface and gulp air. They store th...
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Weird New Animals From Antarctica's Deep Seas
2007-09-19 21:53:00
Hundreds of new species of deep-sea animals, such as the baby isopod Ceratoserolis above, have been discovered during expeditions in the waters off Antarctica . Ceratoserolis is just one of 585 new species of isopod?a type of marine crustacean related to wood lice?found during the Antarctic Benthic Deep -Sea Biodiversity Project, or ANDEEP, trips between 2002 and 2005. Researchers aboard the German research vessel Polarstern in the Weddell Sea also brought up heart-shaped sea urchins, carnivorous sponges, and giant sea spiders the size of dinner plates. ?We were astonished by the enormous biodiversity we found in many groups of species,? said Angelika Brandt, a marine biologist at the University of Hamburg in Germany. The project has made a major contribution to the Census of Marine Life (CoML) programme, a global collaboration among thousands of researchers who aim to make a detailed record of all ocean life by 2010.
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Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic
2007-09-19 21:48:00
With a fearsome grin fit for a movie monster, this viperfish is a real-life predator that lurks in one of the world's most remote locations.An international team of 31 researchers found this and other strange animals while exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range that runs from Iceland to the Azores islands west of Portugal (see Europe map).Over the course of five weeks, the team cataloged a host of exotic worms, colorful corals, unusual sea cucumbers, and weird fish. Clearly, viperfish has plenty to eat. Many of the species found on the ridge are rare and had only been discovered in recent years, scientists said. At least one species found during the survey?a tiny crustacean called a seed shrimp?is thought to be new to science. "It was like going to a new country," said expedition leader Monty Priede of Britain's University of Aberdeen. The survey was coordinated by the Norway-based MAR-ECO project and the Census of Marine Life program.
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Sea Turtles' Mystery Hideout Revealed
2007-09-19 21:45:00
Wed Sep 19, 12:25 AM ETOnce sea-turtle hatchlings hit the surf, they vanish for up to five years. Where the half-dollar-size tots spend these "lost years" while ballooning to the size of dinner plates has been a mystery, until now.New research, published today in the online edition of the journal Biology Letters, indicates the green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) hide out in the open ocean, where they feast on jellyfish and other marine creatures.Not only did the researchers spot their short-lived sea homes, but they discovered that these reptiles, thought to be lifelong vegetarians, are actually meat eaters as juveniles.The results help to solve a 50-year-old mystery about the hideouts. ?This has been a really intriguing and embarrassing problem for sea-turtle biologists, because so many green-turtle hatchlings enter the ocean, and we haven?t known where they go,? said study team member Karen Bjorndal, a zoologist and director of the University of Florida's Archie Carr Center for Se...
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Venomous Fish-photos
2007-09-19 17:13:00
A new study finds there are more venomous fish than snakes. Here are a few of them, photographed by William Leo Smith of the American Museum of Natural History. Venomous Pterois Lionfish.
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Why Whales Developed Sonar
2007-09-19 16:59:00
When whales first took the plunge into the ocean from land about 45 million years ago, they lacked the ability to echolocate?that is, to find and identify objects by emitting and bouncing sounds off them, much as bats do.About 7 million years later, toothed whales (sperm whales are a type of toothed whale) developed this ability, fossils show.Some marine biologists think that sonar in toothed whales came about as a better way to find food in the darkness of the deep ocean. But how did the whales, which primarily ate fish, know there was a large supply of food down in the dark?Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that giant squid would bump into the whales as the squid migrated from the dark depths to the surface at night, something they've been doing for about 200 million years.?When whales developed sonar," explained researcher Nick Pyenson of the University of California, Berkeley, "it allowed them to dive deeper and follow the squids into the very dark ...
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Scientists study Florida coral reef changes
2007-09-18 17:24:00
In this photo released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Sanctuary Program, NOAA marine science coordinator Dr. Steve Gittings photographs a sponge near the Aquarius Reef Base habitat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, off Key Largo, Fla. On Monday, Sept. 17, six 'aquanauts' began a nine-day mission to study the coral reef off the Florida Keys, with plans to broadcast their dives and research activities over the Internet. (AP Photo/NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program, Mitchell Tartt)KEY LARGO, Fla. - A nine-day mission that began Monday in the world's only permanent working undersea laboratory is like living in a fishbowl in more ways than one: Anyone with an Internet connection can watch the researchers work and hang out 60 feet below the surface.Six "aquanauts" studying changes along a coral reef will work, sleep and eat at Aquarius Reef Base, on the Atlantic Ocean floor about nine miles southeast of K...
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The Largest Fish that Ever Lived-Leedsichthys,over 40,000 teeth
2007-09-17 18:45:00
Leedsichthys had over 40,000 teeth which were used to sieve small animals from the water. It is probably the largest fish ever to have lived.Type: Ray-finned fishSize: Up to 27mDiet: CarnivorePredators: Liopleurodon, Metriorhynchus, Hybodus sharksLived : Late Jurassic, 165-155 million years agoLeedsichthys was a giant fish that would have dwarfed every other animal in the sea, but it was a gentle giant that lived on the tiny shrimps, jellyfish and small fish that make up plankton. It would have swum slowly through the upper waters of the ocean, taking mouthfuls of plankton-rich water and sieving them through the giant mesh-plates at the back of its mouth. Its feeding habits were similar to the modern blue whale, which also survives on nothing but plankton.They probably travelled large distances to find parts of the world where seasonal conditions caused plankton to form itself into a dense concentrated organic soup. Once a year, and probably after plankton feasts, Leedsichthys would ...
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