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Nature is Metal

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  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

    @George-K That is a cool video. I was trying to watch just one fish at a time and it does appear that they do rotate within the group. Interesting.

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    George K
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    @taiwan_girl safety in numbers and anonymity!

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Nature rhymes. Schools of fish, swarms of bees, flocks of birds.

      Education is extremely important.

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        You were warned.

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          jon-nyc
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          You were warned.

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • MikM Away
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              Fugly ucker, that one.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                LOL Expected something but not quite that! LOL

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                  jon-nyc
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                  You were warned.

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                    jon-nyc
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                    You were warned.

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                      taiwan_girl
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                      #132

                      Snake Eats Frog Differently to Avoid Poisons from Frog

                      PS Kind of yucky You are warned!!! 😐

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble-net_feeding

                        As the group circles a school of small fish such as salmon, krill, or herring they use a team effort to disorient and corral the fish into a net of bubbles.[3] One whale will typically begin to exhale out of their blowhole beneath the surface at the school of fish to begin the process.[3] More whales will also start to blow bubbles while continuing to circle their prey. They corral the fish into a tight circle while creating a net of bubbles to surround the fish and keep them from escaping.

                        Here's a view of humpbacks eating when D4 and I were in Boston in 2015.

                        Link to video

                        Note how the birds know something's going on. They begin to circle when the ocean water's color turns green-ish because of the bubbles.

                        It was a pretty remarkable thing to see.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          jon-nyc
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                          You were warned.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            You were warned.

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                            • MikM Away
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                              Mik
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                              Love this thread.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Love the snake playing possum.😀

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                                  #138

                                  Osprey right before it hits the water.

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                                    That's gorgeous.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      I wonder if it sits for hours on a big high branch while it's friends and family laugh at it for not being able to pluck up the courage to take the big dive, and worries about whether it's feathers will all come off when it hits the surface and it will look all stupid and have it's willy exposed.

                                      I suspect not. It doesn't look as though it spends much time worrying about pointless shit.

                                      I was only joking

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                                        George K
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                                        Link to video

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          88 minutes seems quite a while to be in a toad's digestive juices. But ten I don't know much about toads. Brenda?

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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