Comments for Deep Sea News http://deepseanews.com All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Kevin Zelnio http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96889 Kevin Zelnio Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:44:37 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96889 Like a WWF cage match in the womb! Like a WWF cage match in the womb!

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Ron http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96888 Ron Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:42:43 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96888 Incognito deadliness - manly and supremely handsome, and carrying weaponry that is superb; like Sean Connery as 007 (everybody since has been a mere pretender). In the marine animal world, my vote is for Conus geographus. It kills its prey with a wonderfully functional harpoon-like hypodermic tooth, and the LD50 of the venom to humans is anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 times that of King Cobra venom. Whereas the King Cobra injects 10s to 100s of mg of venom, an individual of this Conus species can get you with a fraction of a microgram. Anecdotally it is called the "cigarette Cone" for the belief that if stung, you have just enough time to have a cigarette before you are forced to give up smoking permanently. Incognito deadliness – manly and supremely handsome, and carrying weaponry that is superb; like Sean Connery as 007 (everybody since has been a mere pretender). In the marine animal world, my vote is for Conus geographus. It kills its prey with a wonderfully functional harpoon-like hypodermic tooth, and the LD50 of the venom to humans is anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 times that of King Cobra venom. Whereas the King Cobra injects 10s to 100s of mg of venom, an individual of this Conus species can get you with a fraction of a microgram. Anecdotally it is called the “cigarette Cone” for the belief that if stung, you have just enough time to have a cigarette before you are forced to give up smoking permanently.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Aeolius http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96886 Aeolius Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:28:38 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96886 Parrotfish... they sleep in a bubble of their own spit... Outstanding! Hagfish... Ooze your daddy? Csiromedusa medeopolis... ‘nuf said Seahorse... a daddy pulling equal time Violet Sea Snail... he’ll eat your man-o-war for breakfast Halichoeres bivittatus... heh heh. I have ALWAYS wanted to use this fishy’s common name for a boat. Parrotfish… they sleep in a bubble of their own spit… Outstanding!

Hagfish… Ooze your daddy?

Csiromedusa medeopolis… ‘nuf said

Seahorse… a daddy pulling equal time

Violet Sea Snail… he’ll eat your man-o-war for breakfast

Halichoeres bivittatus… heh heh. I have ALWAYS wanted to use this fishy’s common name for a boat.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Chuck http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96881 Chuck Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:20:27 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96881 As much as I'd like to say spiny dogfish, my real vote would probably have to go with the sand tiger. Should be on the list for the gnarly teeth alone, but they also eat each other in the frickin' womb. In order to survive as long as being born they have to survive a battle to the death with upwards of a dozen other sharks. This was supposedly discovered by a scientist who was bitten by an unborn pup. They then spend the rest of their lives being huge and terrifying-looking. As much as I’d like to say spiny dogfish, my real vote would probably have to go with the sand tiger. Should be on the list for the gnarly teeth alone, but they also eat each other in the frickin’ womb. In order to survive as long as being born they have to survive a battle to the death with upwards of a dozen other sharks. This was supposedly discovered by a scientist who was bitten by an unborn pup. They then spend the rest of their lives being huge and terrifying-looking.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Joe Ferrara http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96876 Joe Ferrara Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:56:28 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96876 I love the lowly sea snail whose plight was so sensitively described by E. Forbes in Natural History of the European Seas. I love the lowly sea snail whose plight was so sensitively described by E. Forbes in Natural History of the European Seas.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Sharon F http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96875 Sharon F Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:06:11 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96875 I vote for isopods. They look like marine wood lice on steroids. I vote for isopods. They look like marine wood lice on steroids.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by para_sight http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96874 para_sight Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:28 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96874 I second that vote. Especially the ones that have a club. The blade is cool, but the club is A CLUB I second that vote. Especially the ones that have a club. The blade is cool, but the club is A CLUB

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by AnnaD http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96873 AnnaD Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:12 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96873 How about the mantis shrimp? Speed or power, take your pick. How about the mantis shrimp? Speed or power, take your pick.

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Kevin Zelnio http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96868 Kevin Zelnio Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:12:26 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96868 Perhaps you're case can be made for inclusion in his part 2? Perhaps you’re case can be made for inclusion in his part 2?

]]> Comment on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1 by Niy http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/10-ocean-species-every-man-should-love/comment-page-1/#comment-96865 Niy Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:11:54 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=16778#comment-96865 You forgot a connection between the two: (wikiquote) "The blanket octopus is immune to the venom of the Portuguese man o' war and has been known to rip off the man o' war's tentacles and use them for defensive purposes." You forgot a connection between the two: (wikiquote)
“The blanket octopus is immune to the venom of the Portuguese man o’ war and has been known to rip off the man o’ war’s tentacles and use them for defensive purposes.”

]]>