FIRST TIME COLOSSAL SQUID SEEN BUT IT'S A TEENAGER!

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE COLOSSAL SQUID IN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 

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The stunning 4K video film, captured in the deep sea by California's Schmidt Ocean Institute, shows the rare creature's transparent body and eight pink tentacles.

Colossal squid can grow up to 23 feet (7 metres) and weigh as much as 500kg, making them the heaviest invertebrate on the planet.

But this specimen, which looks like a delicate glass sculpture, is just a 'teenager' – measuring 11 inches (30cm).

Dying colossal squid adults have previously been filmed by fishermen, but the species has never been seen alive at depth before.

Expedition chief scientist, Dr Michelle Taylor at the University of Essex, called the footage 'stunning' and 'beautiful'.

Siren here!  Check out the video on the website I linked to....  I wonder if the scientists will be able to find this particular creature again when it is more grown!

UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE - STRANGE SEA CREATURES CAUGHT BY RUSSIAN FISHERMAN

DAILY MAIL ; COLLECTION OF ALIEN FISH CAUGHT BY RUSSIAN FISHERMAN

I couldn't believe my eyes!  I've never seen any of these in an Aquarium.  See a red and pink TOADFISH... an ORANGE sea anemone that looks to have two big eyes... and that turquoise thing...

BLUE WHALES MAKE A COMEBACK - 55 NEAR ANTARCTICA

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE TECH - 55 BLUE WHALES NEAR ANTARCTICA  Another extensive articles with photos and a video...

EXCERPT: The critically endangered blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived, is making a comeback, marine scientists say.

A total of 55 blue whales were sighted or recorded in the past year, according to the British Antarctic Survey, which has been studying whale movement in waters surrounding South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.   ...  It reaches a maximum length of 98 feet - the same length as two and a half London buses. ... They were hunted almost to extinction by whaling until the International Whaling Commission banned all hunting of blue whales in 1967

DUMPS AT SEA CAUSE DEATH OF CORAL, MARINE LIFE and HUMAN CANCERS

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE TECH : SHIPPING DODGE UN EMISSIONS REGULATIONS DUMP AT SEA  an extensive article with pictures = a must SEE!

Excerpts:  Untreated, airborne sulphur fumes can turn into aerosols - which can cause lung and heart conditions - and also can form damaging acid rain.   .... These discharges can contain heavy metals - which are known to damage the central nervous system - and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are believed to be agents of bladder, liver, lung, skin and stomach cancers.

POSITIVELY PURPLE RARE JELLY FISH on AUSTRALIAN BEACH

DAILY MAIL : INCREDIBLY RARE JELLY FISH WASHES UP ON SHORE - BYRON BAY  really good pictures.

It's eaten as a delicacy in Japan... 

EXCERPT:  They are typically found in the Indian and Pacific oceans, the Red Sea, the East Atlantic and the Atlantic waters off West Africa, according to the Atlas of Living Australia.

'Animals that live in open waters are not observed that often unless they are washed on the beach because of strong winds or ocean current,' Mr Uribe-Palomino said.

The scientist ecouraged anyone who finds such a creature to contact the ATLAS OF LIVING AUSTRALIA with their photographs and information about their find.

'Encouraging people to submit information might help researchers to track species distribution and also to find the frequency of observation and seasonality of those animals.' he told Daily Mail Australia.

TEN RIVERS IN THIS WORLD BRING 95% OF PLASTIC INTO OCEANS

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE ; TEN RIVERS BRING MOST PLASTIC INTO OCEAN  By Shivali Best

EXCERPT:  Now a study shows the top 10 rivers - eight of which are in Asia - accounted for 88 to 95% of the total global load because of the mismanagement of waste.
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SEA LION NIBBLING ON DIVER FINS

DAILY MAIL - SEA LIONS NIBBLING ON DIVER'S FIN

EXCERPT: The diver reckons the sea lion didn't want to actually eat the fin - rather, it was the animal's version of playing.

CHANNING CARLISLE's MERMAID MAKEUP GOES VIRAL

DAILY MAIL - MERMAID MAKEUP GOES VIRAL

Take a look and decide for yourself.  Is this beautiful or gross?

DID A MERMAID OR MERMAI\N WASH UP ON A DESERTED BEACH?

DAILY MAIL - DEAD MERMAID DESERTED BEACH?  CHECK OUT THE PICTURES.  IT LOOKS LIKE A MERMAID TO ME!


"If it’s true, she had deserted warm tropical waters to swim among the oil rigs, fishing trawlers, crude oil tankers, ferries and cruise liners in the chilly North Sea."

MERMAID BRIDE? SHE BELIEVES HERSELF TO BE so SHE GOT MARRIED UNDER THE SEA!

DAILY MAIL - MERMAID OBSESSED BRIDE - SOAKED WEDDING DRESS   Susana Zamos married Jovany Garzon  IN the Caribbean Sea.  "Some guests swam to the wedding while others arrived by boat.:

YELLOWTAIL FISH HIDING INSIDE JELLY FISH FOR SAFETY!

SAILY MAIL JELLYFISH PROTECTION IN THAILAND


LINK TO VIDEO

EXCERPT:

Stunning video footage from the coast of Thailand shows a jellyfish with no tentacles protecting small fish under attack from a larger predator.

Small yellowtail fish are seen cowering under the billowing sheet-like exterior of the jellyfish, hiding from nearby trumpet fish who are trying to attack them.

The trumpet fish charge towards the jellyfish as its exterior flies up, shielding the

FISHERMAN and SON FEED HUMBACK WHALE TANGLED IN FISHING LINES

DAILY MAIL - FISHERMAN and FIVE YEAR OLD SON FEED HUMPBACK WHALE TANGLED IN FISHING LINES

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The fisherman, Calder Deyerle, and his son Miles are credited with spotting the struggling whale, which was dragging heavy crab fishing lines and floats Tuesday morning.

The two then contacted authorities, who sent out members of the California Whale Rescue.

The father-son team then waited in their boat nearby to show the group the whale's location. The CWA used a pole to try and cut the ropes off the whale...

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EXCELLENT PHOTOS AND VIDEO at this link show the poor caught whale and the rescue.

DOLPHIN WAVE SURFING SHOCKED TO FIND HIS NOSE THROUGH JED GRADISEN's SURF BOARD

DAILY MAIL - DOLPHIN LANDS AND SNAPS SURF BOARD IN TWO

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Young surfer, 13, is lucky to escape with his life after a huge DOLPHIN takes a flying leap and lands on top of him as he catches a wave, spearing its nose through his board... Jed Gradisen, 13, was surfing near the WA town of Kalbarri...

WAS BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE A GENTLEMAN? HISTORY MAY HAVE BEEN REWRITTEN!

DAILY MAIL - UK - BLACKBEARD GENEROUS WITH HIS SIBLINGS  article by Richard Gray

EXCERPT:

Historian Baylus Brooks, who conducted the research with the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, also questions the validity of many of the exploits credited to the legendary pirate.

 

He argues many of the deeds attributed to Blackbeard, who became known by some as the King of Pirates, were misconceptions, or worse, made up entirely. ...

'The enormously successful pirate Edward Thache was not the notorious and villainous "Pirate King" Blackbeard - or Satan "from hell" as Mist wrote him to be,' explained Mr Brooke.

'He was an educated aristocrat, likely grandson of an Anglican minister trained at Oxford.

 

'His family in Spanish Town, Jamaica, owned an estate with slaves; they probably rode in their personal carriage to church and conversed with assemblymen and their families in the palace square.

'And he was a veteran...

BLOOD DRIPPED AND THE SEA TURTLE AS IN ANGUISH AS DRINKING STRAW WAS PULLED FROM HIS NOSTRIL

DAILY MAIL - AGONY OF SEA TURTLE AS DRINKING STRAW IS PULLED OUT OF NOSE!

"Blood drips from the turtle's nose and the sea creature appears to be in a lot of pain throughout the entire ordeal..."