1. Trusty Shellbacks

   Whereas by our Royal Consension, Our Trusty, Well Beloved ……………….. has this day entered Our Domain. We do hereby declare to all whom it may concern that it is Our Royal Will and Pleasure to confer upon him the Freedom of the Seas without undue ceremony. Should he fall overboard, We do command that all Sharks, Dolphins, Whales, Mermaids and other dwellers in the Deep are to abstain from maltreating his person. And we further direct all Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and others who have not crossed Our Royal Domain, to treat him with the respect due to One of Us. Given under Our Hand at Our Court on board H.M.S. ………….. on the Equator in Longitude …..° on this ….. day of ….. in the year …..

   (Signed)
   Cancer — High Clerk
   Neptune — Rex

   Sailors’ Line Crossing Certificate

   Other Navy fraternities include:

   • The Order of the Blue Nose for sailors who have crossed the Arctic Circle.
   • The Order of the Red Nose for sailors who have crossed the Antarctic Circle.
   • The Order of the Golden Dragon for sailors who have crossed the International Date Line.
   • The Order of the Ditch for sailors who have passed through the Panama Canal.
   • The Order of the Rock for sailors who have transited the Strait of Gibraltar.
   • The Safari to Suez for sailors who have passed through the Suez Canal.
   • The Golden Shellback for sailors who have crossed the point where the Equator crosses the International Date Line.
   • The Emerald Shellback or Royal Diamond Shellback for sailors who cross at 0 degrees off the coast of West Africa (where the Equator crosses the Prime Meridian)
   • The Realm of the Czars for sailors who crossed into the Black Sea.
   • The Order of Magellan for sailors who circumnavigated the earth.
   • The Order of the Lakes for sailors who have sailed on all five Great Lakes.
   10.4.09
   #sealife 
2. 

   [Specklet]
   MMMPH

   7.27.09
   #sealife #KAWAIIIIII 
3. 

   BWUH

   6.9.09 @samflower
   #KAWAIIIIII #sealife 
4. 

   We just can’t have nice things anymore. T_T

   6.8.09
   #sealife 
5. 

   incurable: Mantis shrimp are capable of some of the fastest movements on the planet made by an animal.

   They strike by rapidly unfolding and swinging their raptorial claws at the prey, and are capable of inflicting serious damage on victims significantly greater in size than themselves. In smashers, these two weapons are employed with blinding quickness, with an acceleration of 10,400 g and speeds of 23 m/s from a standing start, about the acceleration of a .22 caliber bullet. Because they strike so rapidly, they generate cavitation bubbles between the appendage and the striking surface. The collapse of these cavitation bubbles produces measurable forces on their prey in addition to the instantaneous forces of 1,500 newton that are caused by the impact of the appendage against the striking surface, which means that the prey is hit twice by a single strike; first by the claw and then by the collapsing cavitation bubbles that immediately follow. Even if the initial strike misses the prey, the resulting shock wave can be enough to kill or stun the prey.

   Photo taken at the Invertebrates exhibit at the National Zoo in DC.

   These guys are AWESOME.

   6.5.09 @incurable
   #sealife 
6. 

   Bionicunicorn is a great shop on Etsy. I love basically everything in it.

   5.24.09
   #jewelry #sealife 
7. 

   SEEEEAHOOOORSE!
   My day just improved by 100%.

   4.26.09 @tesslynch
   #sealife 
8. 

   szymon: sharky tea infuser design by Pablo Matteoda (thanks sabino)

   Uh, need.

   1.28.09 @szymon
   #things #sealife 
9. 

   incurable: An Icthyosaur illustration for Karenabad
   photo via Patrick Redman

   AHH!

   1.23.09 @incurable
   #sealife #dinosaurs 
10. 

    incurable: A school of Cownose Rays (to reiterate what isopod said)

    photo via Mike Johnston

    Obligatory ray reblog #2.

    1.20.09 @incurable
    #sealife 
11. 

    incurable: “A Ray is basically just a Shark pounded flat!”
    - An Educator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore on Saturday

    photo via courtneyplatt

    Obligatory ray reblog.

    1.20.09 @incurable
    #sealife 
12. 

    YES SHARKS.
    [Olaf Veltman]

    1.17.09 @sleepanddream
    #sealife 
13. 

    incurable: Meet the world’s only immortal animal - ZME Science
    Turritopsis nutricula is a hydrozoan, and it’s considered by scientists to be the only animal that cheated death.

    They’re able to return to polyp stage due to a cell change in the external screen (Exumbrella), which allows them to bypass death. As far as scientists have been able to find out, this change renders the hydrozoa virtually immortal.

    Haha, funny you should mention that.

    1.14.09 @incurable
    #sealife 
14. 

    hydeordie: Art crush of the day: Tom Sachs Balaenoptera Musculus 2006

    1.9.09 @hydeordie
    #art #sealife #sculpture 
15. 

    Uh, I smell a new project coming up.
    [a.leatory]
    

    1.2.09 @incurable
    #sealife 

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