REAL CLEAR SCIENCE : GOLDEN SHARK CAUGHT
Excerpt: One spectacular example of this is a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) caught and released by sports fishers off the coast of Costa Rica in August 2024. Not only was this shark not its usual brown cookie-dough color, but it was vividly orange-colored – with white eyes, to boot.I think Octopuses might be the most intelligent of sea creatures, other than the whales. In this video, Tom Gruber, the inventor of Siri, filmed one that saw itself in a mirror. To be honest, I think the octopus saw another octopus. DO YOU THINK IT KNEW IT WAS LOOKING AT ITSELF?
Carnivorous! OCEAN CENSUS ORG
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Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey, a clear contrast to the gentle, passive, filter-feeding undertaken by most sponges. ‘Zombie worms’ (Osedax sp.) were also observed. Although not thought to be new to science, these worms have no mouth or gut and rely on symbiotic bacteria to break down fats inside the bones of whales and other large vertebrates.DAILY MAIL : SCIENCE : PREHISTORIC SHELL TRUMPETS
Excerpts: Amazingly, eight of the instruments still worked perfectly, with the loudest toot reaching 111.5 decibels - as loud as a powerful car horn or trombone.Unprecedented! OOOOH this is great!
UNION RAYO: GOODBYE TO DECADES OF ASSUMPTIONS : GINKO BEAKED WHALES
Excerpt: For the first time in history, a team of scientists managed to see, record and document the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) swimming in open sea, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. And the best part is that with this encounter they also solved a mystery that had been puzzling experts for more than a decade, a mysterious acoustic signal, the famous BW43, that no one had managed to attribute to a specific species.
.... For the first time, a species known only from stranded remains was alive, recorded, confirmed!!! Now scientists can track this species without seeing it, just by listening to its signals in the ocean.
Battles, wounds and sharks
The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale has a distinctive feature and it is that the males develop two flat leaf-shaped teeth near the tip of the snout. They do not use them to eat, but to fight with other males for the females.
The photos show long scars, cuts, white lines, many battles on their backs. In addition, many had circular bite marks made by sharks called “cookie cutters”.
BBC UK : DINOSAURS and SEA MONSTERS Gotta go to the site and click on the images! Now some look familiar - like the turtle - but others do not and are definitely in the DINOSAUR category.
Here's one of them! : A giant predator so big it would dwarf today's sperm whale, an AQUATIC REPTILE!
The story goes that they ate so many fish so vigorously that they created huge whirlpools that sucked ships and sailors into the sea...
Siren here! When I started this blog many years ago, I decided to put two tags or labels under posts. One was and is Science Facts and the other was and is DELICIOUS FICTIONS. Although this blog has been more devoted to the Science Facts, no doubt about it, I've been inspired by the mysteries of the oceans that cover most of our planet and the idea that MERMAIDS and SEA MONSTERS EXISTED or EXIST is still very exciting to me.
So I thought I would start this New Year, 2026 by posting a but abut those mysteries and the real creatures that have existed or still do exits!
Remember that if you have a link or a book you would like me to look at or post about to leave me a comment!
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