Can anyone identify this?

[isurus]

There are so many other adorable worms that skipped over in favor of the showier fans.... sign......

"adorable worms" - isn't that an oxymoron?? [said ducking and running for cover as the worm people advance angrily]

 

[DavidPT40]

Not to change the subject too much, but why aren't the islands north of Cuba considered the Caribbean? Is the geology north of Cuba that much different, or is it due to temperature? Or something else?

 

[Rick Murchison]

Hmmm... on the one hand, I don't usually worry too much about which species of social feather duster it is, but on the other, I do think aquatic worms are wonderful people; adorable indeed, and worth lots of observation time.
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As for the Caribbean, that's geologically and not biologically defined, and Bimini ain't in it.
Rick

 

[archman]

Not to change the subject too much, but why aren't the islands north of Cuba considered the Caribbean? Is the geology north of Cuba that much different, or is it due to temperature? Or something else?

Here's a link to a bathymetry map that I hope works.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/2minsurface/45N090W.html

You can clearly see how the Caribbean Sea is physically separated from the West Indies. The Sea itself is comprised of two discrete basins, the northwest Cuba/Jamaica one, and the larger, southern one.

You can also spot the sill that marks the boundary leading into the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[LeslieH]

"adorable worms" - isn't that an oxymoron?? [said ducking and running for cover as the worm people advance angrily]

Et tu, Isurus, et tu? :broken_he

Now Rick, on the other hand, is my kind of guy! :kissykiss

 

[archman]

Only through cooperation can we defeat the worm people! :gator:

 

[LeslieH]

Only through cooperation can we defeat the worm people! :gator:

What worm people? Where? Was I cloned & did someone forget to tell me?

 

[archman]

Our plan is working Isurus... we've got her thinking she's cloned.

Quick, I need some mycologists to claim that the pictures are in fact basidiomycetes!

 

[Rick Murchison]

Worms...
With the exception of the parasitic ones (and I must admit that even some of them have some interesting though disgusting lifestyles), what's not to like? They've conquered every nook & cranny, can bore through solid rock, react with superhuman quickness, have delightful shapes and colors, can survive on dirt, help the tomatoes, can sting and stick, glue or be slippery.... talented and fascinating, that's what they are... Don't pass 'em by
Rick

 

[archman]

Oh no, the worms now have Rick under their spell!!