Shark in a Tank!

[DaForce]

Yeah, a lot of you guys get off on the NASA stuff, but really cool earthbound stuff like this (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/01/MNG1IKTP904.DTL) is what gets me interested. But then again, my major was Marine Biology, and my focus was on great whites, AND I happen to know a few of the people involved...so it's a little bit different for me.


Btw, if you want to see something cool, check out the little guy on the MBA cam (http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_outerbay/outerbay_cam.asp). He seems to swim by roughly every two minutes.

Oh, and the cam is only on 7am to 7pm PST.

Enjoy.

[Sgt. Awesome]

And you can't use WMP 10, it has to be nine. Sounds cool... but I can't view it.

[DaForce]

Pfft! That's all I have to say to the lot of you.


Anyway, I found this (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/18/international/i074927D09.DTL) to be very interesting.

We have a planet that's covered by 78% water, yet we only have explored 10% of its depths. We spend billions on exploring the great nothing, but we spend only thousands on exploring an ecological link that could possibly feed billions.

*shakes head*

Yeah, yeah, the world has fucked up priorities, I know.

[Metuzalem]

That reminds me of The Sixth Day, we're always hearing about depleted stocks of fish, so why not start cloning them?
BTW Daffy, love the shark. Are you as stoked for the Meg film as I am?

[DaForce]

That reminds me of The Sixth Day, we're always hearing about depleted stocks of fish, so why not start cloning them?
BTW Daffy, love the shark. Are you as stoked for the Meg film as I am?

Nope.

I've read parts of the book back when it came out, and I'm thinking it's going to start just as big of a witch hunt against sharks that Jaws did.

We already have idiots in Austraila that are hacking the tails off of stingrays in 'retaliation' for Steve "Danger-Is-My-Middle-Name" Irwin's death, so I don't put it past mouth-breathing idiots to go after sharks again when Meg is released.

[Metuzalem]

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, conversation over :D .

Agreed with you on the idiots though, but I mean, they'll be hard pressed to find a Meg.

[DaForce]

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, conversation over :D .

Agreed with you on the idiots though, but I mean, they'll be hard pressed to find a Meg.


True, and a part of me almost wishes there was a Meg out there.

That would be really cool and really frightening at the same time.

[Metuzalem]

Hell yeah, can you imagine seeing something that huge and frightening in the water? I mean they were like 30 metres long for God's sake. I would love to have seen one. But as you say, God knows what's in the other 90% of our depths. I mean, we thought the Coelocanth (spelling?) was a goner didn't we?

[DarkJedi]

I remember reading Meg and they did stress how unexplored the world's oceans which is somewhat interesting, Daforce.

Still, it doesn't mean their idiots for wanting to explore space. In fact, I think their idiots for not exploring it fast enough. If humanity has a future beyond Earth, which seems likely when a rogue asteroid can hit any second without warning, I think we should be moving "faster" in the space exploration dept. We seem to be dragging ass on that one.

I would also agree and think we need to focus on the ocean's depths more too.

[Metuzalem]

It's funny, since posting here last, I turned on the TV to catch a documentary on National Geographic about the Vampire Squid. Yeah, I would say there are a LOT more suprises in the ocean waiting for us.

[KingVoyeur]

Just you wait until they stumble across Cthulu's necropolis! Then we'll be sorry we ever plumbed the dark depths! Bwahahahahaaaa!







































Sorry, I've been reading Lovecraft lately. The concept of a giant city that defies the laws of physics where a giant squid-like monster just waits to be woken hidden in the South Pacific creeps the hell outta me.

[KingVoyeur]

And on a related note, maybe this'll help us build underwater colonies (which would, of course, all turn into Sealab and man's destruction would become imminent. Man I'm in a weird mood today.).

Synthetic gills could be built. (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14853396/)

[Daltons Chin Dimple]

But then again, my major was Marine Biology, and my focus was on great whites, AND I happen to know a few of the people involved...so it's a little bit different for me.

Second one they have managed to keep for a time in MBA there. They released the last one a while back. Anyway.... you lucky b*stard, this is exactly what I wanted to do for a career but then I got lured by the money and kudos in being an international man of mystery.

So where do you stand on the taxonomy debate currently ?

[DaForce]

Second one they have managed to keep for a time in MBA there. They released the last one a while back. Anyway.... you lucky b*stard, this is exactly what I wanted to do for a career but then I got lured by the money and kudos in being an international man of mystery.

So where do you stand on the taxonomy debate currently ?

Well, I'm not working in that field (you need a PhD in order to do anything other than being someone's bitch), and I'm in the midst of trying to start a new career in animation. :wink:

What's the taxonomy debate you speak of?

[Daltons Chin Dimple]

There is some debate as to whether the Meg is a closely related to the GWS as people once thought, or if it should be part of it's own branch.

I remember getting buzzed by a hammerhead on the back side of Tiran Reef, off the Sinai Peninsula in the Red Sea, it was amazing. They have some big tigers up there too but I have never found them.

[DaForce]

There is some debate as to whether the Meg is a closely related to the GWS as people once thought, or if it should be part of it's own branch.

I remember getting buzzed by a hammerhead on the back side of Tiran Reef, off the Sinai Peninsula in the Red Sea, it was amazing. They have some big tigers up there too but I have never found them.


Actually, if you look at the teeth structure between Megalodon and the modern Carcharodon, they are the exact same in structure and seration. Shark species vary by their tooth structure as well as their body form.

Meg and the modern GW are so similiar in tooth structure and body form that they have to be related. Unfortunately, unless a Meg swims up from the depths for a DNA analysis, we'll never know for sure.

[Metuzalem]

They showed a documentary over here recently which suggested that the Meg was actually more closely related to the Tiger Shark than the Great White. I don't know if anyone else has heard that though.

[DaForce]

Update!

The little guy has been released back into the wild. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/16/BAG5NNJJ4J4.DTL)

Healthy, and longer.


Very cool.

[Daltons Chin Dimple]

Sweeeeeeet ! I spent some time with White Tips in the Dhangelthi Channel off Vilamendhoo in the Maldives this autumn and it reconfirmed my love for the critters of all shapes and sizes.

So do MBA plan another visitor ? I take it they still have the offshore pen prepped and ready ?

[DaForce]

Pretty sure MBARI (weird acronym, I know) is just looking for another suitable canidate.

It doesn't hurt their checkbooks, that's for sure.

[Space Tycoon]

If humanity has a future beyond Earth, which seems likely when a rogue asteroid can hit any second without warning, I think we should be moving "faster" in the space exploration dept.

Especially since those asteroids could be worth hundreds of billions to whomever has the guts to mine them.

[Woodwraith]

I always loved visiting Monterey Bay aquarium. I used to visit there at least once a year when I lived in California. Their Jellyfish display is absolutely fantastic.

Also a bit of trivia: Did you know Julie Packard, the executive director of Montery Bay Aquarium is the daughter of the Packard guy of Hewlette/Packard? The aquarium was her graduation gift when she majored in oceanography.

[sickness]

Something I've always wondered is whether or not the Lucille Salter-Packard of The Lucille Salter-Packard Children's Hospital is related to that family.

[Bill_the_Pony]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just found some pretty horrific footage of a huge shark and its prey. :eek:

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http://a425.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/m_27f554901b359f51187dd3ccc6e9a8e8.gif

[Daltons Chin Dimple]

Ahhhhh, "Shark Attack III - Megalodon". Possibly the 10th best shark movie ever made ! :smirk:

Still, it does have the immortal line from John Barrowman (Capt. Jack from Dr. Who and Torchwood fame) regarding him still being rather wired and wanting to... well... search it out for yourselves !

[Eternal Emperor]

Hell yeah, can you imagine seeing something that huge and frightening in the water? I mean they were like 30 metres long for God's sake. I would love to have seen one. But as you say, God knows what's in the other 90% of our depths. I mean, we thought the Coelocanth (spelling?) was a goner didn't we?


Clovie's down there, after all. :wink:

[fastcar]

Ahhhhh, "Shark Attack III - Megalodon". Possibly the 10th best shark movie ever made ! :smirk:

Still, it does have the immortal line from John Barrowman (Capt. Jack from Dr. Who and Torchwood fame) regarding him still being rather wired and wanting to... well... search it out for yourselves !

That's Jakester's signature line.




It must have been a hard line for Barrowman to deliver with a straight .....er.....face.:eyebrow: