You Should Be Sorry

The Cephalopodcast is a really cool blog that helps me keep you up to date on various ocean related activities.

Today, I sat down at the beginning of Power Class and decided to quickly skim over my Reader posts.

Right.

This is the only post I got to. 50 Interesting Ocean Articles on Wikipedia. I got so engrossed in reading it, that when Kathy called my room looking for one of you, I had no memory of him going to the library (although every other person in the room swears I gave him permission).

So don't even open this if you don't have several hours to spend.

Enjoy!

Vampire Squid are Awesome

Found at National Geographic, who got the video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Yes. The aquarium where I want to take you.

They live about half mile down in the ocean, so really aren't seen that much. I didn't know they existed. Of course, I have never been half mile down in the ocean, either.




Be sure to watch him go on the defensive and turn inside out.

Aren't they beautiful!

Watch Out They Spit!

California is being invaded by squid! Hundreds have been caught off the coast of Orange County. Though at a loss as to how to explain this increase in number, fishermen are definitely taking advantage. But be careful, apparently squid ink contains a bacteria the is pretty hard on the tissues!

Back to the Octopus

So last time, there was an octopus running away with a coconut. Deep Sea News posted another octopus video, this one showing one swimming in the deep sea.





Wow.
I am really becoming fascinated by these things. It's like a horrible accident. I just can't look away.

What You Won't See on the News About Haiti

For some reason our news reporters don't like to portray the United States in ANY light that might make us look good. We have hundreds of hours of footage of victims of the Haiti earthquake crying for relief, but precious few of the people who are working around the clock to try to bring that relief. Don't get me wrong, there is real need, but the slant on the story is that we are not doing enough to help.

Want to know what the hold up is?

Yeah. Haiti is broken.

So we have to fix it first.

You can't dock a ship to a pier that is underwater (although apparently France tried), so you have to improvise. And our military is good at that.

We are awesome. Even if no one wants to admit it.

Prayers to all our military and those devastated in Haiti.

Thanks to the Bayou Renaissance Man for pointing it out. Check out his post for a much more detailed description of what our men and women are dealing with.

Pictures are from the US Navy Website.