ARKEONEWS - 300 YEAR OLD MERMAID MUMMY
Explore this mystery!
Excerpt: In Japan, there is a legend that the 300 year old mummified mermaid will grant immortality to anyone who eats its flesh. The mysterious object has been on display for four decades at the Enjuin Temple in Asakuchi.
The 12-inch creature was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the Japanese island of Shikoku, between 1736 and 1741.
Gotta see those photos!
DAILY MAIL : SEA PEN THAT LOOKS LIKE SAXAPHONE
Excerpt: Australian Museum's marine invertebrates head Professor Shane Ahyong confirmed what type of creature it was.
'They are relatively common in the eastern part of the harbour, well below the tideline, and so are sually only seen by snorkelers and divers,' Dr. Ahyong told Yahoo.
The sea pen in question had notable bumps on the bottom of it and a long stalk, with the way it was laid on cement in the photo closely resembling a saxophone's shape.
Seabed habitats has a seminar series. Learn more about this important and essential aspect of the oceans - the tidepools that are near beaches and seacliffs, many of which have been wiped out in port and marina building.
I'm trying to be fair here, but so much of the plastic and other litter on cruise ships and other big boats is in the sea because they dump it out there rather than haul it back to shore and pay for the pick up and deposit in a land dump. DON'T THROW IT IN THE OCEAN IN THE FIRST PLACE!
BOATING INTERNATIONAL on NEW PLASTIC RETRIEVAL INVENTIONS
These huge sea vehicles are also hitting into the sea life that can't get out of their way fast enough.
We get it that many people get into boating because they love the sea, but humans cannot exist in the water for long and are designed for land...
WHAT IS BALEEN? WHAT WHALES FEED THIS WAY?
CLUE : THEY HAVE TWO BLOW HOLES on the tops of their heads NOT JUST ONE!
Excerpts: ... baleen whales have baleen instead of teeth, which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton, and small fish from the sea. These bristly baleen plates filter, sift, sieve, or trap the whales' favorite prey from seawater inside their mouths. Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up our fingernails and hair. The baleen of the bowhead whale can be 4 metres long...
.... Some baleen whales including the humpback, minke, fin and blue, have clearly visible throat grooves which allow their mouths and throats to expand and balloon out as they gulp monstrous-sized mouthfuls of seawater and food...
BEACH ECOLOGY IS OCEAN ECOLOGY!
Remember to take home anything you brought with you - towels, flip flops, food, cans.. sunscreen and tanning oils... because if you leave it on the beach it's probably going to end up in the ocean and endanger the natural environment of the ocean, lake, or river.
But also remember to leave what belongs to nature - the earth - right where it is. Do not take sea creatures from tidepools!
Just take photos!
