qualify as sea creatures?
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:05 PM
Do scuba divers qualify as sea creatures?
qualify as sea creatures?
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:14 PM
That one is easy... barnacles. The biggest penile organ relative to body size (ah, next to mine? Didn't think you'd buy that! Oh, that's right... mine is the biggest senile organ relative to body size.).
Edited by drbill, 24 October 2005 - 10:14 PM.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:20 PM
For sea creatures you're right I'd say, Dr Bill. (about 1.5x their body length)
Got thrown off by the fact that alpine banana slugs (land animals) have one almost 5.5x their body length.
Dive_Girl, maybe time to update your knowledge on these organs?
Got thrown off by the fact that alpine banana slugs (land animals) have one almost 5.5x their body length.
Dive_Girl, maybe time to update your knowledge on these organs?
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 11:16 PM
DrBill rings in with the correct answer!!! Barnacles!! While I had been under the impression the goose barnacle held the "hefty" record, I have to admit I have not personally compared the organs of the barnacle to that of the banana slug...and to think I was impressed by the barnacle!! Enough organ talk...back to innerds!!
CREATURE FEATURE 14
Name this sea creature (aka If I only had a brain - I'd have known about bigger organs…..):
This sea creature will push its stomach out through its mouth to digest its food. It doesn't have a brain (it's true, it's not just a lame excuse after doing something stupid). Instead it has a ring of nerve cells that moves information around its body. Although it's brainless, this creature is lucky that it can regenerate body parts!!
CREATURE FEATURE 14
Name this sea creature (aka If I only had a brain - I'd have known about bigger organs…..):
This sea creature will push its stomach out through its mouth to digest its food. It doesn't have a brain (it's true, it's not just a lame excuse after doing something stupid). Instead it has a ring of nerve cells that moves information around its body. Although it's brainless, this creature is lucky that it can regenerate body parts!!
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 11:38 PM
Name this sea creature (aka If I only had a brain - I'd have known about bigger organs…..):
The entire male gender?
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 11:44 PM
Sea star.CREATURE FEATURE 14
Name this sea creature (aka If I only had a brain - I'd have known about bigger organs…..):
This sea creature will push its stomach out through its mouth to digest its food. It doesn't have a brain (it's true, it's not just a lame excuse after doing something stupid). Instead it has a ring of nerve cells that moves information around its body. Although it's brainless, this creature is lucky that it can regenerate body parts!!
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 01:08 AM
Good job gcbryan it is Sea Stars (in general)! (And welcome to the site!! I thought I saw a few posts from you lately and recognize you from the PNW! Please feel free to check out our New to SingleDivers.com Forum!) 
CREATURE FEATURE 15
Name this sea creature (aka all covered in snot and no where to go...):
These creatures find safety hiding inside another sea creature. While hiding, they stay safe from consumption or being stung by covering themselves with a sticky mucus (does everything in the ocean use mucus as protection!!???).
CREATURE FEATURE 15
Name this sea creature (aka all covered in snot and no where to go...):
These creatures find safety hiding inside another sea creature. While hiding, they stay safe from consumption or being stung by covering themselves with a sticky mucus (does everything in the ocean use mucus as protection!!???).
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 01:19 AM
Clown fish?Good job gcbryan it is Sea Stars (in general)! (And welcome to the site!! I thought I saw a few posts from you lately and recognize you from the PNW! Please feel free to check out our New to SingleDivers.com Forum!)
CREATURE FEATURE 15
Name this sea creature (aka all covered in snot and no where to go...):
These creatures find safety hiding inside another sea creature. While hiding, they stay safe from consumption or being stung by covering themselves with a sticky mucus (does everything in the ocean use mucus as protection!!???).
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 01:34 AM
You are good - yes Clown Fish!! Who would have thunk Nemo was a little snot ball??
CREATURE FEATURE 16
Name this sea creature (aka is this just another way to get in a female’s pants?):
In a newly-discovered genus of bone-devouring critter which has no eyes, stomach or mouth and which use bacteria to dissolve the fat in whale bone so it can feed on them with strange root-like "limbs", each mature female found so far, has up to 100 microscopic males living inside their bodies. Like the drones of bees, their only function in life is to provide sperm for the female to use to perpetuate the species with. (gives a whole new meaning to “moving in” now doesn’t it?)
CREATURE FEATURE 16
Name this sea creature (aka is this just another way to get in a female’s pants?):
In a newly-discovered genus of bone-devouring critter which has no eyes, stomach or mouth and which use bacteria to dissolve the fat in whale bone so it can feed on them with strange root-like "limbs", each mature female found so far, has up to 100 microscopic males living inside their bodies. Like the drones of bees, their only function in life is to provide sperm for the female to use to perpetuate the species with. (gives a whole new meaning to “moving in” now doesn’t it?)
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 09:42 AM
Now that's a new one on me.
Have heard that whale carcasses are scattered across the bottom in areas like the southern California Bight, and that they are "biological islands" (in the dispersal sense) for the critters that feed on them or use them as habitat.
Now there are some human females who feel my gender has no "porpoise" other than as sperm donors.
Have heard that whale carcasses are scattered across the bottom in areas like the southern California Bight, and that they are "biological islands" (in the dispersal sense) for the critters that feed on them or use them as habitat.
Now there are some human females who feel my gender has no "porpoise" other than as sperm donors.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 10:17 AM
You guys were getting these so quickly yesterday - I had to throw a left hook to slow y'all down. This one may be a googler, but it is interesting none-the-less!! And it is highly unlikely conventional divers would ever encounter these creatures! (hint)
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 10:48 AM
Who-hoo Rescue, and not only did you get the correct answer - marine worms, but you added a super cool link!!! Kudos!!! 
Stayed tuned for #17.....will it be more mucus???
Stayed tuned for #17.....will it be more mucus???
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 11:07 AM
CREATURE FEATURE 17
Name this sea creature (aka House of Wax):
It is thought that this sea creature controls bouyancy by heating up or cooling a pocket of wax in a body cavity. If the wax is solid, it contracts and becomes more dense, making the creature heavier. When melted again, the wax expands, making the creature less dense. (Wax on - wax off Mr. Miyagi!!!)
Name this sea creature (aka House of Wax):
It is thought that this sea creature controls bouyancy by heating up or cooling a pocket of wax in a body cavity. If the wax is solid, it contracts and becomes more dense, making the creature heavier. When melted again, the wax expands, making the creature less dense. (Wax on - wax off Mr. Miyagi!!!)
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 25 October 2005 - 11:32 AM
Ooo - I know this one - Sperm Whale
heh heh he said sperm heh heh heh
heh heh he said sperm heh heh heh
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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre
I feel the urge, the urge to submerge! -ScubaHawk - Raptor of the Deep !
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