Went for a fare-thee-well visit to see Leia Ewok Village and Woods, Tiger this evening before they set off on their Antipodean odyssey; it was muy excellentay to see them both and have a good chinwag.
I will greatly miss the both of them; I am sure however they will have a fabulous time and if Leia can just stay clear of the giant vampire bats and Chironex fleckeri, i’m sure she’ll be fiiine.
I was most generously presented with an awesome book about the oceans… I am now happily geeking out looking up the deepest places in each ocean and learning about ice formation and freaky fish like the black dragonfish. Uber cool.
I also received a second copy of a piratical book, but it was all good as it had engravings in it such a scurvy dawgs being hanged from the yardarm which the previous copy was missing.
Hooray.
eMedicine: Jellyfish Stings
Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit: First Aid and Safety Mmm… scarring
Behold the scary-weirdness of the Pacific Black Dragonfish in all it’s close-up glory
More cool Deep Sea Life Images from Norbert Wu
