Updated: 2010-02-26 04:45:04
Below is a summary of tweets from February 25th, 2010
@jebyrnes: RT @oystersgarter: Here’s the photo of the bear eating a Humboldt squid. Thanks @Browntideguy! http://twitpic.com/15aef2 #ocean10 #DSN – 25 Feb 10 23:40
@kzelnio: RT @BoraZ: How Do You ‘Euthanize’ A Six Ton Whale?: http://bit.ly/dtSBxQ #scibling #DSN – 25 Feb 10 23:17
@DrCraigMc: RT @oystersgarter: [...]
Updated: 2010-02-25 05:58:31
Below is a summary of tweets from February 24th, 2010
@DrCraigMc: RT @tdelene: atn @kzelnio @DrCraigMc, useful for DSN? RT @CliftonWiens: The Marina Trench… in graphic, to scale: http://bit.ly/clykHc #DSN – 24 Feb 10 22:51
@DrCraigMc: RT @rmacpherson: Real life Avatar-like assault on environment gets the green light in Papua New Guinea: http://tinyurl.com/ybfecam #DSN – 24 [...]
Updated: 2010-02-15 16:45:04
The Best of Ocean Blogging is back, hosted in February by Miriam & the team at Deep Sea News. It's a little past Mardi Gras, but still plenty of time for you to dive into the Carnival of the Blue...
Updated: 2010-02-01 14:06:00
: Monday , February 1, 2010 The Beauty Underwater of Caribbean The warm tropical of a Caribbean scuba diving vacation with salt clear waters , year round warm weather and beautiful white sandy shores of the Caribbean a perfect vacation destination any time of the year for scuba diving . There are over 30 destinations for you to choose from and every one of them has wonderful year round scuba diving available . One of the lesser known Caribbean scuba diving vacation destination is a beautiful island called Antigua . With gorgeous hot , white sandy beaches plus plenty of historical attractions , make this destination very . memorable The main difference between all the choices is if you want to experience the vacation with lots of other tourists or do you prefer to skip out on the tourist attractions and go for more of the local resident feel . Most of the scuba diving here in Antigua , other then the southern shores , is not deep but with the stunning coral reefs , most divers do not mind the shallow waters . A once spectacular Caribbean scuba diving vacation destination is the island of . Montserrat Sadly in 1996 an inactive volcano that is situated on the island became active
Updated: 2010-01-01 09:28:00
: Friday , January 1, 2010 Diving with Kindness Giant Whale Shark The whale shark is a slow moving filter feeding shark , the largest living fish species . The largest confirmed individual had a length of 41.50 ft and a weight of more than 21.5 tonnes , but unconfirmed claims report considerably larger whale sharks . This distinctively-marked fish is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family , which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes . The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans , lives in the open sea with a lifespan of about 70 . years Photo : whale-shark.org The species originated about 60 million years ago . Although whale sharks have very large mouths , they feed mainly , though not exclusively , on plankton , microscopic plants and animals , although the BBC program Planet Earth filmed a whale shark feeding on a school of small fish . The whale shark is a filter feeder one of only three known filter feeding shark species . It feeds on macro-algae , plankton , krill , Christmas Island red crab larvae , and small nektonic life such as small squid or vertebrates . The many rows of teeth play no role in feeding in fact , they are
