A few weeks after my first arrest, a girlfriend of mine from Boulder flew out to visit. Jamie and her husband had been neighbors and friends of mine for years when I met Dick, and he had tried eagerly and unsuccessfully to attach himself to our friendship. They couldn’t understand why I would ever consider him boyfriend material. He dismissed their opinions and ideas deeming them inconsequential…
Kia Ora days 17 and 18: Darting about and Sounding Off
Kia Ora days 17 and 18: Darting about and Sounding Off
Queenstown has been sunny and sparkling. After a joyful day in the woods we caught a coach to the Dart River at Glenorchy.
Glenorchy is a small township that nestles in Maori land. It is surrounded by a few farms and a lot of film sets. We were shown stills from, inevitably the Tolkien franchise and Wolverine as well as adverts for Coors beer and Milka chocolate and then pointed out the tree or…
Very Rare ‘Doomsday Fish’ Found Dead off the Southern California Coast
A group of kayakers and snorkelers in Southern California encountered a rare deep-sea fish, which is drawing attention from marine scientists and conservationists.
The discovery of the oarfish was made Saturday in an area known as La Jolla Cove, just north of San Diego.
According to NOAA, oarfish are typically found in deep ocean waters, where they are rarely seen by humans.
Because they live at such depths, the species is known as filter feeders, primarily feeding on plankton and crustaceans found several hundred feet below the ocean surface.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography reports that there have been only around 20 sightings of oarfish along California’s coastline since 1901.
The species is known for its long, slender body, which can reach lengths of up to 36 feet, about the size of a school bus.
The most recent sighting in California involved a specimen measuring approximately 12 feet long.
The oarfish is now in the custody of researchers who are studying it to learn more about the species.
"With help from NOAA Fisheries Service and California Sea Grant team members, the group was able to coordinate with lifeguards to transport the fish to the NOAA facility. Scientists from NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Scripps Oceanography will perform a necropsy to see if they can determine a cause of death. After the necropsy, the specimen will find a home in the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection — one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world — where scientists will be able to further study this mysterious species," experts at Scripps stated.
According to the Ocean Conservancy, the oarfish is commonly referred to as the "doomsday fish" because it is often sighted during times of disaster.
The fish has been observed around Japan during major earthquakes, but scientists report that they have yet to establish a link between its appearances and events such as quakes and subsequent tsunamis.
i'm actually going insane - why does thinking about my favourite characters lead to me sobbing and rolling around the floor, holding my head in my hands in agony
^ Not even thinking sad thoughts - thinking about how much I love them
Im so sorry i played Our Life: beginnings and always and not only has it sucker punched me with bittersweet feelings of life and change and relationships but its also thrown me into brain rot hell of it. Im sorry if ocean boy cove floods your feed get it? Its a pun