May 10, 2012 - I Have My Eye on You

CaliforniaMama · 05-10-2012, 11:54 AM

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 · 05-10-2012, 12:05 PM

A huge colony of cyamids, going for a ride.

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 12:10 PM

It's Count Dracorca.

Cyber Wolf · 05-10-2012, 02:28 PM

A very interesting reef island with a massive sinkhole in its lagoon?

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 02:59 PM

A glory hole in the Whaling Wall?

DanaC · 05-10-2012, 03:13 PM

I thought it was a giant octopus

Aliantha · 05-10-2012, 05:57 PM

Yeah, I'm guessing a reef somewhere.

SPUCK · 05-11-2012, 05:35 AM

Octopussy!

newtimer · 05-11-2012, 10:32 AM

A closeup of the bread that's been in my refrigerator for 4 months.

infinite monkey · 05-11-2012, 10:34 AM

The Breads Have Eyes!

glatt · 05-11-2012, 10:47 AM

So 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 · 05-11-2012, 12:40 PM

Thanks for the rousing bout of piloerection!

I like my reef island better.

Gravdigr · 05-11-2012, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

...but mostly the white stuff is "whale lice,"...

WHALES GOT CRABS!!

infinite monkey · 05-11-2012, 12:54 PM

Do not flush air tanks
Crabs can scuba dive

Clodfobble · 05-11-2012, 04:27 PM

Quote:

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.

But isn't it dead skin? Like those little fish that eat on people's feet in the spas in Japan.

05-10-2012, 11:54 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	May 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.

05-10-2012, 02:28 PM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	A very interesting reef island with a massive sinkhole in its lagoon? __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

05-10-2012, 05:57 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, I'm guessing a reef somewhere. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-11-2012, 12:40 PM	#12
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Thanks for the rousing bout of piloerection! I like my reef island better. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

05-10-2012, 12:05 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A huge colony of cyamids, going for a ride.

05-10-2012, 12:10 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It's Count Dracorca.

05-10-2012, 02:59 PM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	A glory hole in the Whaling Wall?

05-11-2012, 05:35 AM	#8
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Octopussy!

05-11-2012, 10:32 AM	#9
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	A closeup of the bread that's been in my refrigerator for 4 months.

05-11-2012, 10:34 AM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	The Breads Have Eyes!

05-11-2012, 10:47 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So 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.

05-11-2012, 12:54 PM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Do not flush air tanks Crabs can scuba dive

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