CaliforniaMama Thursday May 10 12:54 PMMay 10, 2012 - I Have My Eye on You
Take a guess, go on, tell us what you think it is . . .
(No hint in the image name this time! )
The answer lies here.
glatt Thursday May 10 01:05 PMA huge colony of cyamids, going for a ride.
infinite monkey Thursday May 10 01:10 PMIt's Count Dracorca.
Cyber Wolf Thursday May 10 03:28 PMA very interesting reef island with a massive sinkhole in its lagoon?
infinite monkey Thursday May 10 03:59 PMA glory hole in the Whaling Wall?
DanaC Thursday May 10 04:13 PMI thought it was a giant octopus
Aliantha Thursday May 10 06:57 PMYeah, I'm guessing a reef somewhere.
SPUCK Friday May 11 06:35 AMOctopussy!
newtimer Friday May 11 11:32 AMA closeup of the bread that's been in my refrigerator for 4 months.
infinite monkey Friday May 11 11:34 AMThe Breads Have Eyes!
glatt Friday May 11 11:47 AMSo it was pretty obvious to me that it was a detail of a whale, but I thought it was a humpback whale, which was wrong.
I wondered about those white spots. I always assumed they were just barnacles. It's true there are some barnacles in there, but mostly the white stuff is "whale lice," or cyamids.
If you look just below the eye, you can see some of the individual lice clearly and see their legs. Creepy.
The cyamids live on tough patches of whale skin, like callouses, called callosities. The cyamids just live in the crevasses of the callosities and give them a white color. They are basically little miniature crabs that hook onto the skin and eat it. Poor whales.
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Cyber Wolf Friday May 11 01:40 PMThanks for the rousing bout of piloerection!
I like my reef island better.
Gravdigr Friday May 11 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
...but mostly the white stuff is "whale lice,"...
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WHALES GOT CRABS!!
infinite monkey Friday May 11 01:54 PMDo not flush air tanks
Crabs can scuba dive
Clodfobble Friday May 11 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
The cyamids live on tough patches of whale skin, like callouses, called callosities. The cyamids just live in the crevasses of the callosities and give them a white color. They are basically little miniature crabs that hook onto the skin and eat it. Poor whales.
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But isn't it dead skin? Like those little fish that eat on people's feet in the spas in Japan.
avail9988 Monday May 21 05:59 AMlooks like just a normal dinner plate in Japan
limey Monday May 21 12:07 PMWhoa! Hello there avail9988 - two posts in almost three years. We're really flushing the lurkers outta the woodwork here. Welcome aboard!
BigV Monday May 21 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by limey
Whoa! Hello there avail9988 - two posts in almost three years. We're really flushing the lurkers outta the woodwork here. Welcome aboard!
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raise your hand if you (also) sought and found the other post.
Gravdigr Monday May 21 05:46 PMGuilty.
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