Archive for the 'Under The Sea!' Category

Lamprologus callipterus: sexually unscrupulous fish.

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Most people who know me at all know that flounders blow my mind. (Or, as Glennis said unenthusiastically the other day, “Yeah, you mention flounders a lot.”) This is because flounders go through the craziest puberty ever. As a young fish, it swims around upright, all cute like in the Little Mermaid.

Awww!
But, a mature […]

Mimic Octopus

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

The Mimic Octopus is a recently discovered species of octopus - it’s so new it doesn’t even have a scientific name yet. It got it’s name from it’s ability to change it’s shape to camouflage itself. It’s really amazing - the mimic octopus can look like all sorts of objects and predators that inhabit […]

Oh my god, you guys this is how turtles have sex.

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Warning - these will make you laugh and feel gross at the same time. They may be NSFW, if your workplace has a policy again creepy weird nature videos. Make sure your sound is up.

Do I like to search youtube for phrases like “turtle sex”? Yes. Yes I do.

The End of an Era

Friday, May 5th, 2006

I stopped eating red meat in 7th grade. I had toyed with the idea for a while - since I am a known friend to animals. I finally made the commitment when a 11th-grader (a CHEERLEADER even) in a local production of Wizard of Oz with me wrinkled her nose at a slice of peperoni […]