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« Missing The Point (Part Two) | Main | Only The Little Fish »

An Octosquid

This is pretty cool:

While the smallest of the rat-tail fish was still alive -- until the octosquid made a meal of it -- the other creatures were dead. War said the fish that come up the NELHA pipeline quickly die or are already dead because the change in atmospheric pressure expands and eventually ruptures a fish's swim bladders.

But invertebrates -- animals with no backbones -- are seemingly unaffected by the pressure change. The light may have bothered the octosquid, though, since it is pitch black at the 3,000-foot depth. War said the exceptionally clear waters off Keahole Point allow light from the sun to penetrate to about 500 and 600 feet.

When we were diving in Kona last fall, we went down to the top of the pipeline, which is at a depth of about sixty feet. It's kind of eerie to look down it, and then look at the outside of it, as it descends almost half a mile into the depths, down the undersea slope of Mauna Kea.

Posted by Rand Simberg at July 06, 2007 09:04 AM
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While the smallest of the rat-tail fish was still alive

Rand, I'm starting to catch a pattern here with "rat" related posts....

Posted by Mac at July 6, 2007 09:27 AM

It pales in comparison to octodog, though.

Posted by Sigivald at July 6, 2007 10:02 AM

Sigi....that's disgusting :)

Posted by Mac at July 6, 2007 10:45 AM

My assumption is that the Octodog maker is aimed at folks with kids. If your weird kid won't eat a hotdog, making weird hotdogs ain't likely to help.

Personally I prefer my hotdogs grilled, with Koskiusko mustard. Most of the kids I know want ketchup. My 2 year old grandson will eat hotdogs ONLY if can have them with "frunshfries". Which is what he calls any french fries, chips or cheesie poofs that are on his plate.

Posted by Steve at July 6, 2007 03:32 PM

My 10-year-old daughter insists that putting the ketchup on in dots converts a plain-old-ordinary hot dog into a "spot dog".

Posted by Mike Combs at July 9, 2007 07:22 AM


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