[felix]

My sis sent me a forward she received showing pics of strange sea-life that was washed up on Phuket beaches after the tsunami.

All up there is approx 2mb of images and two of them got slightly corrupted.

aphyonus.jpg
basketwork_eel.jpg
black_dragonfish.jpg
blind_lobster.jpg
blob_fish.jpg
carrier_shell.jpg
chimaera_fish.jpg
chimaera_pup.jpg
coffinfish2.JPG
crab2.JPG
fangtooth.jpg
firefly_squid.jpg
gunard.jpg
hatchetfish.jpg
lizard_fish.jpg
oreo_dory.jpg
prickly_shark.jpg
sea_spider.jpg
shovel_nosed_lobster.jpg
stargazer.jpg
stone_crab.jpg
swimmer_crab.jpg
tongue_sole.jpg
umbrella_mouth_gulper_eel.jpg
viperfish.jpg

[Malaris]

Some very interesting finds. As an arachnophobic myself, I would love to know how big those spiders adn crabs are (or perhaps not as the case may be!).

(I dont mean to offend anyone with the next statement)

But I guess at least something (no matter how small or irrelevant it seems) good has come of the tsunami.

[ScinteX]

Ive always wondered what was at the bottom of the sea! some of those things are are icky :p good post tho

[jmmijo]

Interesting indeed, however I didn't see Archotuthus (Giant Squid) in here

[ScinteX]

You'd need a really big camera for that

[Malaris]

hehehe! I like your logical thinking ScinteX! 8)

I need to get laid btw..... :x

[ScinteX]

LOL Waffler! hehehehe

I only put that in my sig cos I was venting at script kiddies one day lol

grrr im a little hax0r hahaha ;(

But back on the subject tho (lol), I found a big camera

[Malaris]

surprised I haven't seen that on the news yet, maybe they don't have big enough video-cameras

[ScinteX]

or a big enough helicopter to carry the camera... or a big enough cameraman........

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by ScinteX:

Quote:

LOL Waffler! hehehehe

I only put that in my sig cos I was venting at script kiddies one day lol

grrr im a little hax0r hahaha ;(

But back on the subject tho (lol), I found a big camera

I like this, it reminds me of the movie

"Deep Rising" with Treat Williams and Famke Jansen (YUM!)

It was basically about some sort of mutated giant squid like creature attacking a huge luxury liner in the south china sea and eating the passengers whole, ummm, tasty

[ScinteX]

Thats not how u r supposed to eat women!


Or dear fatigue has set in lol :x

[Malaris]

LMAO ScinteX!!!

Yeh I know Deep Rising, I love it, and II like to laugh at that guy who wastes the last bullet so he gets eaten alive-his own fault!


(Ya know, this got me thinking, maybe we should have just some kind of general chat/get to know u all thread in the 'Others' board, I know this isn't a website for those kind of forums, but it would be nice just to have a chat with you all that doesn't involve 'Gigabyte this', and 'Sims 2 that' etc. )

[ScinteX]

yeah maybe- i think its a good idea. Maybe we are heading more towards a community feel?? That can only be a good thing

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by ScinteX:

Quote:

yeah maybe- i think its a good idea. Maybe we are heading more towards a community feel?? That can only be a good thing

Yes it is, as long as we don't start going down the l33t speak road that is

OMFG, WTFO, LMAO, POWNED, and my favorite pr0n

If this happens perhaps we should just give up and go back to speaking bushman with all the clicks, pops and other non-verbals again....


Just remember,

"All your base are belong to us."

"What you say ?"

"You can't win, make your time."

[ScinteX]

hehe yes I take your point- that bit in my sig will be removed cos its irritating me now- its a cheap jibe at the script kiddies who annoyed me 1 day!

Anyhow, rejoice with my new sig

AnD w3'11 hAvE N0nE 0f th@T S1llY tYp1ng H3rE L0l

[jmmijo]

I'm thinking it's related to Red Tide as this occurs naturally from time to time

[felix]

It's caused by heavy rain/floods washing chemical laden water & slit down from the mid west and out into the Gulf.
All the extra phosphates and nitrates that come with modern fertilisers and pesticides really screw with the oxygen level of the water and things die. Ships also sit slightly lower in the water.

A similar phenomenon occurs in the "Bermuds Triange" where the undersea geology is riddled with pockets of CO2 gas. When one of these is released, which occurs regularly, the bubble(s) of CO2 make the water unable to support ships and they will just sink on the spot. Once the CO2 leaves the water, any plane flying over that spot will get a engine full of CO2, plus a different density of air, and fall out of the sky. Would be very cool if people weren't at risk.

[jmmijo]

I thought the pockets of gas were actually methane not CO2 ?!?

[Wicked101]

I've always been a big fan of the Bermuda Triangle and wondered what was going on there.

[DosFreak]

Originally posted by Wicked101:

Quote:

I've always been a big fan of the Bermuda Triangle and wondered what was going on there.

It's classified. I'd tell ya but...well you know the rest.