Premium Herring Liver Oil and Dalwhinnie SingleMalt 15YO. Ahhh, what a nice blend. The brave housefly has chosen a perfect way to end its short life.Bay Bridge Sue wrote:I have not to ever felt so much pity for simple housefly until I saw that picture. Should to arrange to put creature out of apparent misery.
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Herrings try to save themselves by FARTING!!!!!
Whales Slap Flatulent Prey
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
June 20,2006 — Norwegian killer whales slap their tails underwater to disorient and kill herring, which sometimes defend themselves from the assault by disappearing under the cover of their own bubbly flatulence, according to a new study.
The study is one of two papers presented at the recent Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Rhode Island that addressed some of the clever techniques whales employ to catch their dinner.
While whales often are successful, some herring escape. The study's authors perhaps say it best: “Farting may save their lives.”
“The (herring) bubbles are released through the anal duct when the air expands as the fish ascend,” explained Malene Simon, who worked on the research. “We do not know if the fish release air when staying at one depth as a reaction when meeting a predator. However, it is very likely that the bubble will confuse or scare the predator in such a way that the herring will have a better chance of escaping.”
Simon, a researcher at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, added, “This effect would probably be much less significant for one lonely fish than when it is a large school of fish. The air bubbles reflect sound and make it difficult (for the whales) to locate the fish with echolocation.”
Undaunted by flatulent fish, killer whales dive — often several hundred feet — to drive herring up to shallower waters, Simon told Discovery News. As they dive, they emit a cacophony of clicks and whistles that seem to scare and tighten the fish schools.
The whales also slap their tails underwater in a way that can kill or disorient stunned fish, which the whales then leisurely munch one by one.
Simon said Icelandic killer whales have refined this technique. They herd and tail slap like their Norwegian relatives, but also emit an intense siren-like sound that appears to force terrified fish into an even tighter ball.
Orest Diachok, a research physicist at Johns Hopkins University, told Discovery News that the killer whale study provides “compelling evidence on the function of tail slaps, much more compelling than previous studies of this phenomenon.”
As for the herring flatulence, Diachok agreed the fish may do this to facilitate escape, but he said it also might just be inadvertent.
Diachok and his team discovered that whales use similar bubbles to their own advantage. They studied humpback whales in the Gulf of Alaska.
The humpbacks swim in corkscrew patterns toward the water’s surface near the fish. As the whales swim in ever-smaller revolutions, they discharge bursts of air through their blowholes. One burst of bubbles, forming a bubble cloud, discharges every second during this process.
The result is a bubble net that may be close to 100 feet wide. Similar to a fisherman’s net, the bubbles enclose the herring, preventing escape. Whales capture schools the size of a house containing close to a million fish in this manner.
Diachok and his colleagues believe whales may even classify fish before they catch them. The scientists observed pairs of humpback hunting teams. One whale would swim beneath a school and herd fish towards the surface. A second whale on top of the school then emitted tonal sounds.
The researchers believe the sounds transmit across schools and can resonate through the fishes' air-filled bladders. An acoustic “shadow” results, similar to how doctors use x-rays to see inside bodies.
Diachok explained, “If one humpback transmits a series of tones, like plucking all the strings of a harp, then the listening (bottom) whale may notice that he can hear all of the tones, except for the one, which corresponds to the resonance frequency of fish swim bladders when the school of fish is swimming between the transmitting and listening whale.”
The researchers believe the listening whale detects the missing frequency and may use this information to discriminate between fish species and perhaps to even estimate the size and weight of the fish.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/2 ... 0620123030
Whales Slap Flatulent Prey
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
June 20,2006 — Norwegian killer whales slap their tails underwater to disorient and kill herring, which sometimes defend themselves from the assault by disappearing under the cover of their own bubbly flatulence, according to a new study.
The study is one of two papers presented at the recent Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Rhode Island that addressed some of the clever techniques whales employ to catch their dinner.
While whales often are successful, some herring escape. The study's authors perhaps say it best: “Farting may save their lives.”
“The (herring) bubbles are released through the anal duct when the air expands as the fish ascend,” explained Malene Simon, who worked on the research. “We do not know if the fish release air when staying at one depth as a reaction when meeting a predator. However, it is very likely that the bubble will confuse or scare the predator in such a way that the herring will have a better chance of escaping.”
Simon, a researcher at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, added, “This effect would probably be much less significant for one lonely fish than when it is a large school of fish. The air bubbles reflect sound and make it difficult (for the whales) to locate the fish with echolocation.”
Undaunted by flatulent fish, killer whales dive — often several hundred feet — to drive herring up to shallower waters, Simon told Discovery News. As they dive, they emit a cacophony of clicks and whistles that seem to scare and tighten the fish schools.
The whales also slap their tails underwater in a way that can kill or disorient stunned fish, which the whales then leisurely munch one by one.
Simon said Icelandic killer whales have refined this technique. They herd and tail slap like their Norwegian relatives, but also emit an intense siren-like sound that appears to force terrified fish into an even tighter ball.
Orest Diachok, a research physicist at Johns Hopkins University, told Discovery News that the killer whale study provides “compelling evidence on the function of tail slaps, much more compelling than previous studies of this phenomenon.”
As for the herring flatulence, Diachok agreed the fish may do this to facilitate escape, but he said it also might just be inadvertent.
Diachok and his team discovered that whales use similar bubbles to their own advantage. They studied humpback whales in the Gulf of Alaska.
The humpbacks swim in corkscrew patterns toward the water’s surface near the fish. As the whales swim in ever-smaller revolutions, they discharge bursts of air through their blowholes. One burst of bubbles, forming a bubble cloud, discharges every second during this process.
The result is a bubble net that may be close to 100 feet wide. Similar to a fisherman’s net, the bubbles enclose the herring, preventing escape. Whales capture schools the size of a house containing close to a million fish in this manner.
Diachok and his colleagues believe whales may even classify fish before they catch them. The scientists observed pairs of humpback hunting teams. One whale would swim beneath a school and herd fish towards the surface. A second whale on top of the school then emitted tonal sounds.
The researchers believe the sounds transmit across schools and can resonate through the fishes' air-filled bladders. An acoustic “shadow” results, similar to how doctors use x-rays to see inside bodies.
Diachok explained, “If one humpback transmits a series of tones, like plucking all the strings of a harp, then the listening (bottom) whale may notice that he can hear all of the tones, except for the one, which corresponds to the resonance frequency of fish swim bladders when the school of fish is swimming between the transmitting and listening whale.”
The researchers believe the listening whale detects the missing frequency and may use this information to discriminate between fish species and perhaps to even estimate the size and weight of the fish.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/2 ... 0620123030
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Researchers who discovered the Mutant Flatulence Herrings near the west coast of Norway were not surprised to find nearby whales suffering from extreme stress. The whales where disoriented and suicidal, evidently preparing for their last moments.EspressoDude wrote:Herrings try to save themselves by FARTING!!!!!
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Bay Bridge Sue, in deepest lament, wrote:I have not to ever felt so much pity for simple housefly until I saw that picture. Should to arrange to put creature out of apparent misery.
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Mixing Fine 15 year old single malt with WHAT?!!!!!?so then, to add insult to injury, LiveWire wrote: Premium Herring Liver Oil and Dalwhinnie SingleMalt 15YO. Ahhh, what a nice blend. The brave housefly has chosen a perfect way to end its short life.
This is capital offense. Prepare to be boarded. Or doomed. Or both.
Could have been worse - could have been 18 YO Laphroaig. Summary judgmet would to have been passed...
Taking pride in your shame,
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Now here is something weird I guess.
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Note how Fire and Barb are wise enough to coyly prepare and defend their naughty bits. The salutes are charming, but mind your wedding tackle, boys. Unless of course we've got hollow points in the chamber.
Art cred: Georgie Boy 2011: www.mutantvehicle.com/georgie_boy.htm ; Ein Hammer 2010; Fluffer 2009; Zsu Zsu 2008; U-Me 2007; Mantis 2006; MiniMan and Pikes Of Paranoia 2005; Time Machine Mutant Vehicle 2004. www.MutantVehicle.com
Unfortunately, Freakly World News, don't always get their story right. This is what really happened that day:Kernul Killbuck wrote:Freakly World News... Bla, bla, bla...
Fire Wire is aiming for the Best Despotic Drag on the Fascist Fashion Show on Wednesday at 3:00pm. He went out to buy a winning new outfit. Fire Wire always want to make sure he gets the correct size so he tries everything. He changes his clothes in the dressing room, goes out to have a look at himself in the big mirror... "Hmmm, that's not quite right!" Can't really find anything he likes. He then goes back into the dressing room, only to find that all of his own clothes have been stolen, except for his socks and shoes! Fire Wire is in a rage! He has to leave the store in some of the clothes he really didn't want.
But in the end, you'll se who'll be the Best Despotic Drag on the Fascist Fashion Show!
So if you should happen to see anyone wearing Fire Wire's old clothes, please help him get it back:
- Black Burning Man T-shirt
- Orange Shorts
- Pink satin panties.... (Ummm, never mind that!)
If you should happen to have information on theese items, please send it to [email protected]
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You get old because you stop going to Burning Man!
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