Hi Curt,
I just saw an estimate that nudibranchs have been around for 180 million years. If they were to produce ONE generation per year then one nudibranch in the beginning would be responsible offspring numbering 20,000 to the 180 millionth power; I'm not going to do the math but I suspect that would outweigh the Earth (at least).
I hope that what Montererey Bay meant was that 1% of the embryos survive to leave the plankton and become juveniles (after which the attrition continues).
More Pics Than You Have Time To Look AT "Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix "Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
More Pics Than You Have Time To Look AT "Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix "Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
oldsalt wrote:Jan: Several divers have told me that Langley is not worth diving; there is nothing to see there.
Hah!
-Curt
Since the Langley Harbor is now closed to recreational diving, it doesn't matter anymore. Nevertheless, I am sad that it is off limits now, for it was nice to be able to take friends diving there when other Whidbey sites were too rough to dive because of weather ...
From my Christmas Day dive at Keystone:
Not everybody and everything is peaceful and loving under the surface there The fight for territory never stops...
Yesterday, I went on a walk in my neighborhood and as usual, carried small point & shoot camera in my pocket. When I saw white plastic bag caught on a barbed wire fence along the road, it immediately brought to my mind a picture I took four days ago underwater at Keystone where another bag like this was caught on spines of Green sea urchins. And I realize how much the two worlds I love, above and under water, have in common. So as I continued me walk, the little camera stayed turned on and I searched for things along my route which would bring these two worlds together photographically. Some work better than others, this is the first take on the subject.
ScubaJess wrote:Really nice! I miss keystone!
Happy New Year Jan! I hope we can dive together again in 2016!
Thanks, hopefully you come to dive Keystone many time in this new year
My last dive of the 2015 was at Coupeville. Few stars, plenty of Green sea urchins. Not much else...