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In my opinion, this is kind of cool. Yes, it is disgusting, but has an awe factor. It is strange about, why does it go for the tongue first? And that is a huge parasite for how big the fish is.
Wow man that is definitely kinda creepy lol. I wonder does it only attach to fish, and if so is it only specific fish or just any it can get inside?
Thanks a ton for posting this........ yes, yes... parasites certainly incite the "ick" factor embedded within us, don't they?
Wow. That is certainly one sick little example of a creature very adapted to a particular situation.
Funny how we personif…
I stumbled upon this today while browsing the good ol' intertubes.
Apparently, there's a parasitic isopod out there that's burrowing into fish, eating their tongues, and replacing the tongues with themselves. After doing a little more research, I f…
Matt and I woke up around 7:30 and headed to breakfast, which consisted of what most hotel breakfasts do – bagels generic bran flake cereal, various fruit, do-it-yourself waffles – you get the idea. Following breakfast, the entire group took a shutt…
I got 86 correct. I think I learned quite a bit since the last time, when I got, like...seven out of forty. I'm pretty confident I'll recognize most of the fish that I'm supposed to while I'm at the reef. I'm so pumped WE LEAVE IN A FEW DAYS.
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 10:30pm on January 20, 2009,
Taylor Braby said… - um well, torin started a group thing for our group its called "Something's fishy" so you should join. :)
- At 10:04pm on June 16, 2008,
Nicole Rohr said… - On your interests, it says that you like longboarding. Out here in RI that means surfing but I'm going to guess in MO that it means something different? Skateboarding, perhaps? Please enlighten me! :)
- At 6:33pm on June 16, 2008,
Nicole Rohr said…
- Spin class is stationary bike riding at the gym. Sounds boring but GREAT exercise for those of us who have an aversion to riding thin metal objects on tiny roads with big cars...
- At 5:12pm on June 11, 2008,
Chris Puett said… - did you no going in you tell me do things and i dont run and...
- At 7:38pm on May 31, 2008,
Sean Nash said…
- "principal's kid".... ok, i'll bite.
do tell how what seems like basic fact
becomes an "extracurricular activity"/
;-)
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- High School:
- Benton
- The last three CD's I purchased/downloaded were:
- The Cool Kids - Bake Sale
Jose Gonzales - Veneer
Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
- My favorite subject during the regular school day is:
- Most things except math
- Extracurricular activities I am involved in at school:
- principal's kid
- My interests (other than school) are:
- longboarding (9000+)
slackline
team squeeky bearings
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Bite Your Tongue, It'll Bite Back (If you're a fish)
I stumbled upon this today while browsing the good ol' intertubes.
Apparently, there's a parasitic isopod out there that's burrowing into fish, eating their tongues, and replacing the tongues with themselves. After doing a little more research, I found that the parasites don't actually eat the tongue. The creature latches on to the fish-tongue's base and leeches blood from it. As the creature grows, less blood makes is able to enter the tongue, and the tongue atrophies. The isopod then takes th… Continue
Apparently, there's a parasitic isopod out there that's burrowing into fish, eating their tongues, and replacing the tongues with themselves. After doing a little more research, I found that the parasites don't actually eat the tongue. The creature latches on to the fish-tongue's base and leeches blood from it. As the creature grows, less blood makes is able to enter the tongue, and the tongue atrophies. The isopod then takes th… Continue
Posted on September 12, 2009 at 2:32pm — 3 Comments
Awesome Andros Adventure
Matt and I woke up around 7:30 and headed to breakfast, which consisted of what most hotel breakfasts do – bagels generic bran flake cereal, various fruit, do-it-yourself waffles – you get the idea. Following breakfast, the entire group took a shuttle to the airport where we departed after about half an hour.
In the plane with me were Dakota, Chris, Nick, Mr. Nash, Shelby, Terra, and Jayse. [picture from in the plane] I sat in the back of the plane by myself. When I sat down, the seat made a lou… Continue
In the plane with me were Dakota, Chris, Nick, Mr. Nash, Shelby, Terra, and Jayse. [picture from in the plane] I sat in the back of the plane by myself. When I sat down, the seat made a lou… Continue
Posted on May 11, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment
Macroliteral Assesment
My post is basically based on Terra's post, and a little of what I remember from last class. So, here we go...
I chose an article on Microbes in the thermal vents. I have always been interested in microbiology since middle school, when my seventh grade biology teacher, Nate Arnold, briefly touched on various single celled organisms. One organism in particular, Volvox, stood… Continue
I chose an article on Microbes in the thermal vents. I have always been interested in microbiology since middle school, when my seventh grade biology teacher, Nate Arnold, briefly touched on various single celled organisms. One organism in particular, Volvox, stood… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2008 at 7:30pm —
More Fierce Fishing
Chapter twelve continues with the destructive fishing techniques by introducing muro-ami. Muro-ami was pretty interesting, if you ask me. Little kids scaring fish into a net with ropes and stuff. Sounds like fun. That is, until you realize the destruction caused by the weights at the bottom of the scary ropes. The weighted ropes would smash into coral and other sessile organisms at the sea floor and basically kill it all off. The poor things didn't stand a chance. It's really very surpris… Continue
Posted on November 17, 2008 at 6:41pm — 10 Comments
Fresh From the Reef
Chapter eleven has gained a place in my top three favorite chapters in The Enchanted Braid. My interest in this chapter comes more from the sociological aspects of the chapter than the more relative coral destruction parts. The dive to survive idea blew me away after reading it. It's very similar to a sort of primitive struggle for life; the people are having to put their very lives at risk in order to barely get by. I suppose the divers are better of than I am leading myself to believe.… Continue
Posted on October 15, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
WATER...
warm
tropical
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flowing
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so slowly
...northward
tropical
water
flowing
ever
so slowly
...northward
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Before last class time’s discussion I was totally confused! I wasn’t exactly sure why the island sinks so I assumed it was because of the weight of the coral. I now understand that it is because of the weight of the magma. (the coral is just a contr…
There isn't much that was cleared up for me during last class, because I had taken it the exact way that it was intended from the class before it. However, I learned a few things that basically just clarified what I already knew. The idea that Mr. N…
This should work.
When we covered Midway in class, the whole atoll idea really set in. Once I made the connection between Midway and atolls, I immediately understood them a lot better. The whole idea that we bombed one is amazing still, but if you think about it, we…
Breathtaking. I want to go see one!
Very true I guess but if nothing else, this proves it. And also, if they did not do this, it could have been just another resort island where people come and go all the time so the coral would have been killed or damaged.
Last Monday's class cleared up how the atolls sank, the coral is not the major cause of their sinking, it is the weight of the magma that comes out of the volcano. I was confused about how the coral weighed this much, but this cleared it up for me.
One thing that really was cleared up for me last class was the fact that reefs don't cause islands to sink. It is caused by the magma moving underneath the surface of the plate. I also thought it was cool that there are more islands to Hawaii than w…
URRRRRRRGGG. Why is the hyperlink NOT working?
Awesome video. But that music drives me INSANE. I can't take it. :X Were pretty much on the same page. I had know idea the process it took to make an atoll. 300,000,000 years seems like a looooooooong time for something to form. But when you see pic…
OK, so I get the feeling EVERYONE wants to visit one. So... why don't we just all go there?
Awesome video. I forgot all about that.
;)
And yes... atolls are "rare" in terms of the total surface area of the Earth in which they cover. However, in some areas (the South pacific) they are certainly relatively more common. I too concur- I have…
Well... yes and no. A "barrier reef" certainly IS a stage of reef/atoll formation. However, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, as well as the Florida Keys/Bahamas are a different sort of "barrier reef" in many ways. You are all doing a good job of…
Yep- that's another one we will examine in tonight's session.
North End peeps will always make the connection to the "Krug Park Lagoon"... which... is obviously a different sort of thing. ;)
The type of reef we will study in the Keys is a unique type... this will come up in tonight's session!
You just claimed Spongebob to be an educational tool? You have now climbed the ladder of awesomeness (in my mind) to an all-new level!
While there are a lot of good things about the reefs to talk about and analyze in a much greater depth, I will only talk about those in a few short sentences. In truth, most of this stuff we learned about with the reefs themselves, I learned when we…
Absolutely amazing!
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