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CREATURE FEATURE - Cool Trivia!!

Started by Dive_Girl , Oct 19 2005 06:01 PM

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#91 drbill

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Posted 26 October 2005 - 04:01 PM

Could be one of several cetacean species. How about the humpback? If I remember correctly they use a bubble "net." I had an incredible encounter with a group of males in combat over the ladies. It was just at sunset in the Sea of Cortez near Cabo Pulmo.

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Posted 26 October 2005 - 05:02 PM

Could be one of several cetacean species. How about the humpback? If I remember correctly the use a bubble "net." I had an incredible encounter with a group of males in combvat over the ladies. It was just at sunset in the Sea of Cortez near Cabo Pulmo.

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#93 Dive_Girl

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Posted 26 October 2005 - 05:24 PM

yep, we're all just critters when it comes down to it! :birthday: DrBill, you sir are correct with Whales (and I have also read about there being a couple different types that will use this technique).

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Name this sea creature (aka Return of the blob!):

These sea creature is the biggest sea slug (which, shocker, acting as male and female simultaneously, even during mating!!) reportedly growing over 3 feet in length! (gack and I thought the slugs we have here in Oregon were big!)

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Posted 26 October 2005 - 07:10 PM

The black sea hare, Aplysia vaccaria. I've watched them form mating circles (essentially orgies), occasionally alongside their smaller relative the California sea hare, Aplysia californica.

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This creature with hard outer shells seems to have reversed sex roles. The males wear reddish to orange on their lips while the lips of the females are a dull green, brown or gray.
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 12:23 AM

So you're saying the males are a "winter" and the females are more of an "autumn" ?
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 07:13 AM

CREATURE FEATURE 27

This creature with hard outer shells seems to have reversed sex roles. The males wear reddish to orange on their lips while the lips of the females are a dull green, brown or gray.

I'm going to make a wild guess and suggest mussels. :D

(They're one of my favourite edible treats at Screamin' Mimi's. )









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Posted 27 October 2005 - 08:54 AM

CREATURE FEATURE 27

This creature with hard outer shells seems to have reversed sex roles. The males wear reddish to orange on their lips while the lips of the females are a dull green, brown or gray.

I'm going to make a wild guess and suggest mussels. :birthday:

(They're one of my favourite edible treats at Screamin' Mimi's. )

Oooh, another commonality. I've long been a mussel fan although I eat them in moderation due to potential toxin accumulation. As JM Cousteau once told me, "Don't eat filterers" referring to critters that filter feed OR organs that cleanse.

Oh, wrong answer by the way but good try... you weren't too far off!

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Posted 27 October 2005 - 04:24 PM

This is a good one DrBill! :teeth:
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 08:38 PM

I still have no guess but does anyone remember an article that came out (I think a couple of years ago) about ship paint causing some shellfish to change sex?
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 10:24 PM

Got ya stumped? There should be some West Coast divers that know what I'm talking about.

Hmmm... must be a lot of "bottom" paint in the LA area!
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Posted 27 October 2005 - 10:57 PM

Tough one :teeth:
Are you referring to the hermaphrodite creature that matures as male and then changes to female after a couple of years?
In that case my guess is: the LIMPET (Patella vulgata)...?

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Posted 28 October 2005 - 08:03 AM

This species has separate sexes and does not change sex during its life. The guesses so far are in the right phylum.
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Posted 28 October 2005 - 08:26 AM

Abalone?

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Posted 28 October 2005 - 10:08 AM

I thinking this is a crab

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Posted 28 October 2005 - 11:19 AM

I'm thinking this is some kind of cephalopod, probably a cuttlefish.
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