Showing posts with label fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fishing. Show all posts
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BARRY THE DESTROYER
There is a giant sea worm capable of inflicting permanent numbness in humans with its sting. His name is Barry. You have been warned.
Here is the article from the Daily Mail -
Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish.
The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months.
Workers at the Cornwall-based attraction had been left scratching their heads as to why the coral had been left devastated and - in some cases - cut in half.
After staking out the display for several weeks, the last resort was to completely dismantle it, rock by rock.
Halfway through the process the predator was revealed as a four-foot polychaete worm.
Staff eventually lured it out with fish scraps, but not before it bit through 20lb fishing line.
The tropical worm is capable of inflicting permanent numbness on humans with its sting.
Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, said: 'Something was guzzling our reef but we had no idea what, we also found an injured Tang Fish so we laid traps but they got ripped apart in the night.
'That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.'
He added: 'It really does look like something out of a horror movie. It's over four feet long with these bizarre-looking jaws.
'We also discovered that he is covered with thousands of bristles which are capable of inflicting a sting resulting in permanent numbness.'
Mr Slater said Barry, who has now been relocated to his own tank, probably arrived as a juvenile in a delivery of living rock from another aquarium.
6.3.09
16.1.09
SIPHONOPHORAE
Siphonophorae appear to be a single large organism when they are, in fact, a colony of organisms. In this case, it is a colony of jellyfish that appears to be a single, bioluminescent deep sea creature.
Source - Pink Tentacle
18.8.08
BACK TO LAND
Hi. New Animals is back. Srsly. Last friday, I went to a great show. Not Radiohead super light show kind of great (which was awesome), but sing-a-long rocking out in a basement with guitars and banjos kind of great. I saw Port O'brien at Union Hall. These guys rocked out for all in attendance and you could see that they were having a lot of fun doing it. The singer works 1/3 of the year on a small fishing boat up in Alaska with his dad, and writes a lot of the songs about fishing and the sea and life on the boat. For the last song, the band requested that we open a box up front labeled "Alaska Adventure something." It was filled with pots and pans and tamborines which got passed out to everyone to bang along and join in singing on the last song. It was awesome. Also! If you are a girl that took pictures with a Holga of the show, and are somehow reading this, send me the pics!
Daytrotter session songs
Port O'brien website
Interview with singer Van Pierszalowski
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