July 3, 2009: Pink Cucumber

xoxoxoBruce · 07-03-2009, 08:07 AM

Damn, I thought I posted this last night but I must have previewed and not posted.

Anyway, here's a pink cucumber for your 4th of July salad...
and it'd already salted.

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Beautiful, ugly, or just plain peculiar according to individual reactions, this pink see-through fantasia is a swimming sea cucumber seen about 2,500 meters deep in the Celebes Sea. In 2007 WHOI biologist Larry Madin led a team of scientists and photographers from the U.S. and the Philippines on an expedition to explore biodiversity in the deep Celebes Sea, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Geographic Society, and the WHOI Ocean Life Institute. The team used scuba diving, nets, cameras, and ROVs to study the deep sea in this area that has been called a "cradle of biodiversity for shallow water marine animals." (Photo by Laurence Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

2500 meters is "shallow water"?

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Alluvial · 07-03-2009, 08:11 AM

It looks like it's floating in space rather than undersea.

ZenGum · 07-03-2009, 08:42 AM

Well, it wasn't what I was expecting.

I say freaky-cool beautiful. Except that internal structure bit. That is a bit unsettling.

birdclaw · 07-03-2009, 09:17 AM

If I find anything that looks like that in my salad it's not going to be a pretty picture.

Shawnee123 · 07-03-2009, 10:06 AM

Amazing!

Trilby · 07-03-2009, 02:13 PM

What qualifies it as a cucumber?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-03-2009, 03:31 PM

Dem smarties sez so.

spudcon · 07-03-2009, 04:19 PM

Any relation to the Purple Weenie?

richlevy · 07-03-2009, 11:06 PM

Wow, cue in Also sprach Zarathustra for that one.

Aliantha · 07-03-2009, 11:48 PM

It looks like a floating penis

richlevy · 07-04-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

It looks like a floating penis

Don't say that or they'll ban it in Alabama.

Gravdigr · 07-04-2009, 04:43 PM

Not. Of. This. Earth.

chrisinhouston · 07-05-2009, 12:10 PM

I ate sea cucumber in a Sushi bar once. Not much to rave about as I recall and not very attractive on the plate.

kerosene · 07-08-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

It looks like a floating penis

I thought it looked a lot like a floating, impregnated, uterus with a big pink ribbon on front..maybe this is some kind of Japanese gift? I mean, look at the background?

SPUCK · 07-04-2009, 05:29 AM

What do they say to each other?

"Oh hey Mon, your large intestine is looking gooood."

07-03-2009, 08:11 AM	#2
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	It looks like it's floating in space rather than undersea. __________________ “My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” - Louis Adamic

07-03-2009, 08:42 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, it wasn't what I was expecting. I say freaky-cool beautiful. Except that internal structure bit. That is a bit unsettling. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-03-2009, 09:17 AM	#4
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07-03-2009, 10:06 AM	#5
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07-03-2009, 02:13 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	What qualifies it as a cucumber? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-03-2009, 03:31 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Dem smarties sez so. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-03-2009, 04:19 PM	#8
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07-03-2009, 11:06 PM	#9
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07-03-2009, 11:48 PM	#10
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07-04-2009, 04:43 PM	#12
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07-05-2009, 12:10 PM	#13
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I ate sea cucumber in a Sushi bar once. Not much to rave about as I recall and not very attractive on the plate.

07-04-2009, 05:29 AM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	What do they say to each other? "Oh hey Mon, your large intestine is looking gooood."

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