What is this?

 

Just Crazy Kites!

Throwback of the Moment

Don't remember the first moment I heard this song but growing up, I would have it stuck in my head periodically. Finally heard it for the first time in a long time on the radio last night. 

1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)- Coolio (1995)

I was a happy camper!

I went to a college party this past weekend. Was talking to a senior at this particular university. I told him how old I was, 24, he told me that I was "like, twice his age." 

So either he was a really young senior in college, or he was trying to emphasize the fact that I shouldn't have been there.

 Thanks man!

P.S. As we continued talking, I was emphasizing something I was saying with my hands and he proceeded to take my drink and started to drink it. I then asked him what he was doing, his response was that he thought I was offering it to him. Yea... after that, I knew I wasn't supposed to be in college anymore and let him finish off the drink. 

An upset elephant seal.

(Everyone was a safe distance away from the animal when video was taken and the animal was not harassed in any way)

 Which one looks like more fun?

In animal rehab, you are not supposed to pick favorites, but I did and here she is being released into the wild.

GOOD DAY!

A view from my window

You may have heard the phrase, stop and smell the roses,  at some point in your lifetime. Well, as a "marine biologist," myself and some of my colleagues do this a little differently. To examine the little things in life and to take a breath, we might head to the local docks and stop, lay on our belly, and observe the invertebrates.

When doing this,  you can see a whole new world controlled mostly by invertebrates. 

                          

     

When looking at these photos, from one eventful dock session, there were organisms from at least 5 different phylums and some of them were other parts of the world. These pictures don't give it justice on how many organisms there are living in the area. This picture barely covers a square foot, imagine how much there are when looking at the dock as a whole! 

While exploring, we found a huge sea anemone, Anthopleura Xanthogrammica...

...as well as a river otter.

Isn't exploring fun?