tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post7211511510706829424..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: Ambiguous Washed-Up CarcassesCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-72752217966224546572010-02-06T07:32:23.742-05:002010-02-06T07:32:23.742-05:00Opulently I agree but I about the list inform shou...Opulently I agree but I about the list inform should secure more info then it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-3243346539697897742008-12-24T11:42:00.000-05:002008-12-24T11:42:00.000-05:00Thank you. This article was more helpful in my sea...Thank you. This article was more helpful in my search on facts about washed up "monsters" than any other I found that you didn't link to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-69035901480762868112008-02-24T20:37:00.000-05:002008-02-24T20:37:00.000-05:00Despite the fact that 1995 paper said the bermuda ...Despite the fact that 1995 paper said the bermuda Blob was from a shark, I am inclined to think that that it is a ludicrous statement. I eamn, what part of a shark is white, smoot, three feet thock, and harder than a car tire?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-72652053106112361792007-08-16T18:12:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:12:00.000-04:00As long as you don't bring up this subject as dinn...As long as you don't bring up this subject as dinner conversation, I think you'll be fine. <BR/><BR/>How dare you change it to "carcasses"? Trying to bring in a higher class of readers? <BR/><BR/>Oh well, blob, or glob, people will always be fascinated with whatever washes up on shore. Oooh look at that pretty seashell! And will make up stories about what it is. A seashell hold the soul of the great sea turtle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-80669670781127265462007-08-16T17:20:00.000-04:002007-08-16T17:20:00.000-04:00Would you accept a somewhat unusual cat skull as c...Would you accept a somewhat unusual cat skull as currency? Or perhaps some newly minted CamBucks? I'll cook up something in my two week hiatus. <BR/><BR/>What's odd is the title of Carr et al (2002) made perfect sense to me. "How to tell a ____" sounds like it could be the title of some famous-y paper written in the olde days. Dangit, that could have made a better title.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-86355229059104995112007-08-16T16:22:00.000-04:002007-08-16T16:22:00.000-04:00Oh and.. by the way, it is just me, or does the ti...Oh and.. by the way, it is just me, or does the title of Carr <I>et al</I>. (2002) make no sense whatsoever?<BR/><BR/>How to tell a sea monster what exactly? That it needs to go on a diet? I'll ask Charles Paxton when I catch up with him tomorrow :)Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-68096242202989138772007-08-16T16:19:00.000-04:002007-08-16T16:19:00.000-04:00For an appropriate bribe I would be happy to get c...For an appropriate bribe I would be happy to get copies of the articles for you (I accept most currencies).<BR/><BR/>The fast growth of squid is indeed incredible, and it's something I looked into lately what with all those studies indicating that mega-ton dinosaurs reached adult size as quickly as do rorquals and passerine birds. The phrases 'weeds of the sea' and 'nourishing vomit' come to mind: all will be revealed in due time.<BR/><BR/>And as for covering ziphiids in a blog post, you should feel free to proceed with any plans :) We all know that there is more than enough to say about the more than enough animals that there are... like choristoderes, for example...Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-53252998999391366102007-08-16T16:12:00.000-04:002007-08-16T16:12:00.000-04:00Chris, M. grayi inexplicably also has small teeth ...Chris, <I>M. grayi</I> inexplicably also has small teeth which may or may not erupt in addition to tusks in males. I think the bizarre morphology is just amazing and this group was on my "to do" list...until SOMEBODY mentioned an interest in also covering this topic. I may write a post focusing on some of the really weird/obscure species at some point of time.<BR/><BR/>Darren (mentioned next, interestingly), it is possible that Cirroteuthids are among the largest octopuses (apparently there is photographic evidence of a ~4 m long specimen), but I do have significant doubts of some 60 m span monstrosity. How the biggest Colossal squid even reaches a ton or so (theoretically) is incredible given their short lifespan. <BR/><BR/>Oh yes, and it looks like I'm going to have to try and use some of (nay, all of) my cunning to get my hands on these articles. I always did feel rather "out of the loop" when it came to serious scientific Cryptozoology. Let me see how much I can exploit poor Brown's system of looking for any paper they don't have...Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-12724719777370520832007-08-16T11:15:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:15:00.000-04:00In a 2001 article on aquatic cryptids, I wrote tha...In a 2001 article on aquatic cryptids, I wrote that the 1925 Santa Cruz carcass is of a Baird's fourtooth whale <I>Berardius bairdii</I>: it's amusing that people even claim to see an elephant-like leg in the photo. Michel Raynal and others have continued to contest the identification of the St. Augustine carcass as cetacean, and as recently as 1997 were arguing that Pierce and colleagues' study was flawed and that the remains were really those of a cirroteuthid. Still...<BR/><BR/>While they aren't, unfortunately, easily accessible, I'd recommend that you get hold of Ben Speers-Roesch's series of articles on 'sea monster' carcasses: I cited all of them <A HREF="http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/04/on-those-pesky-prehistoric-survivors.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. He was able to show that reported carcasses can either be satisfactorily identified, or are just not well known enough for anyone to make any sort of grandiose claims. Hyperbole and the lack of familiarity that most people have with decomposition and anatomy are probably the biggest culprits in leading people astray on identifications. Anyway, good post.Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-6263607993827130382007-08-15T22:44:00.000-04:002007-08-15T22:44:00.000-04:00IDing a beaked whale to species can be exceedingly...IDing a beaked whale to species can be exceedingly difficult, apparently, and is often only possible for mature males.<BR/><BR/>There is one beaked whale, <I>Tasmacetus shepherdi</I>, that does have multiple teeth in the jaw, but I've always been most impressed by <I>Mesoplodon layardii</I>, the straptooth beaked whale, in which the two male teeth grow very long and curve over the upper jaw. Older individualscan have teeth that cross over each other, preventing the jaw from opening more than marginally.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.com