Comments on: Colourful Fish and a Weird Sea Monster http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/ A Daily Journal of a Permanent Resident of Paradise Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:53:48 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: MadDog http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-2658 MadDog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:36:29 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6107#comment-2658 Well, Walt, I'd never heard of one either until I swam right up to it and bubbled through my regulator, "What the . . . ?" I like to think of my site being primarily for nature geeks and generally kookie folk. If more people saw science as fun, as I'm sure you do, we probably wouldn't be facing possible extinction. Hello back to you in W. Canada. I'm a sort of adopted Canadian myself. Have a look at O, Canada: http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2008/05/11/o-canada-an-homage-in-skin/ Jan Well, Walt, I’d never heard of one either until I swam right up to it and bubbled through my regulator, “What the . . . ?” I like to think of my site being primarily for nature geeks and generally kookie folk. If more people saw science as fun, as I’m sure you do, we probably wouldn’t be facing possible extinction. Hello back to you in W. Canada. I’m a sort of adopted Canadian myself. Have a look at O, Canada: http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2008/05/11/o-canada-an-homage-in-skin/

Jan

]]> By: Walt http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-2637 Walt Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:40:09 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6107#comment-2637 Great shots! You're right, I'd never even heard of a salp and I'm a bit of a nature geek. What an amazing bunch of organisms. I've been enjoying your blog entries for some time and thought I'd say hello from W. Canada. Great shots! You’re right, I’d never even heard of a salp and I’m a bit of a nature geek. What an amazing bunch of organisms. I’ve been enjoying your blog entries for some time and thought I’d say hello from W. Canada.

]]> By: Steve Goodheart http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Steve Goodheart Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:11:34 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6107#comment-2632 I can't even imagine coming upon of these...it's so....unexpected! I would have warmed my wetsuit! :) It's so cool you actually got to see one of these...from what you say, they must be pretty deep water....got to learn more about them. I'm glad you followed up on the Coral Grouper...damn, that's a pretty fish! And those are great shots...zoom, to my desktop! The "Nemo" shots are great...thanks for pointing out the purple...didn't notice that violet shading off the bat...there's great detail in that "specimen shot"....like the Squirrelfish, too...great fins! I can’t even imagine coming upon of these…it’s so….unexpected! I would have warmed my wetsuit! :) It’s so cool you actually got to see one of these…from what you say, they must be pretty deep water….got to learn more about them.

I’m glad you followed up on the Coral Grouper…damn, that’s a pretty fish! And those are great shots…zoom, to my desktop! The “Nemo” shots are great…thanks for pointing out the purple…didn’t notice that violet shading off the bat…there’s great detail in that “specimen shot”….like the Squirrelfish, too…great fins!

]]> By: MadDog http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 MadDog Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:59:34 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6107#comment-2629 I gotta tell you, man, when you see one underwater, you'll think you've suddenly been teleported to another planet. I remember the first one that I saw - about two metres long. I thought I was going to warm my wetsuit! The're pretty rare at the depths we dive. I've seen only a few in my 2,000+ dives. I gotta tell you, man, when you see one underwater, you’ll think you’ve suddenly been teleported to another planet. I remember the first one that I saw – about two metres long. I thought I was going to warm my wetsuit! The’re pretty rare at the depths we dive. I’ve seen only a few in my 2,000+ dives.

]]> By: Steve Goodheart http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/05/colourful-fish-and-a-weird-sea-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Steve Goodheart Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:29:37 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6107#comment-2628 Just got a chance to look at this post but only briefly, so I want to say more, but before I run out the door -- holy frickn' cow, that salp is out-of-this-world amazing! It looks like something from a sci-fi movie. What amazes me even more is that in several years of looking for wild and fascinating creatures for the kids' textbooks, and seeing literally thousands of photos, talking to marine biologists, etc, never once did I come across this creature nor did anyone mention it. The salp would have been a star of the invertebrate series! I would love to do a feature on this creature in my extreme nature blog I hope to get too before too long. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, MadDog....more in a bit! Steve Just got a chance to look at this post but only briefly, so I want to say more, but before I run out the door — holy frickn’ cow, that salp is out-of-this-world amazing! It looks like something from a sci-fi movie.

What amazes me even more is that in several years of looking for wild and fascinating creatures for the kids’ textbooks, and seeing literally thousands of photos, talking to marine biologists, etc, never once did I come across this creature nor did anyone mention it. The salp would have been a star of the invertebrate series! I would love to do a feature on this creature in my extreme nature blog I hope to get too before too long. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, MadDog….more in a bit! Steve

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