Popular Post seeder Posted January 13, 2017 Popular Post #1 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Quote First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild Ruby seadragons, a kind of spiny fish that lives in the deep waters off Western Australia, have been recorded alive and swimming for the first time. They were first identified as a species in 2015 based on DNA sequencing of just four dried out specimens that had washed ashore or been caught in trawling nets between 1919 and 2007. “We had very good details on where the fish in 2007 had been found, but very little other information to go on,” says Greg Rouse from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, who led the expedition to the remote Archipelago of the Recherche. “We knew it was like finding a needle in a haystack to go and look for this thing.” https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117860-first-ever-video-of-an-elusive-new-ruby-seadragon-filmed-in-wild/ 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted January 13, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Amazing. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted January 13, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Cool! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted January 13, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 13, 2017 “We knew it was like finding a needle in a haystack to go and look for this thing.” They were first identified as a species in 2015 based on DNA sequencing of just four dried out specimens that had washed ashore or been caught in trawling nets between 1919 and 2007. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117860-first-ever-video-of-an-elusive-new-ruby-seadragon-filmed-in-wild/ Well done Greg Rouse and the team who`s perseverance paid off. If people want to say dragons are real, well here is one for you, although without the fire breathing and not quite as big as portrayed in the stories. ....but the stories started from something and somewhere. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted January 13, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted January 13, 2017 well Free, we also have the Komodo Dragon! http://www.livescience.com/27402-komodo-dragons.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted January 13, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I love seadragons and seahorses. They are amazing and so beautiful. I could watch clips of them over and over. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted January 13, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Elusive Ruby Seadragons Show Off on Camera for First Time An elusive ruby seadragon that was previously known only from museum specimens has been spotted alive in its natural habitat for the first time. The scarlet-colored fish (Phyllopteryx dewysea) was first discovered as a distinct species in 2015, when researchers uncovered a misidentified preserved specimen while studying the two known species of seadragons — the orange-tinted leafy seadragon and the yellow-and-purple common seadragon. Since the discovery, scientists have sought the 9.4-inch-long (24 centimeters) ruby seadragon in the wild. Now, a team of researchers have observed two ruby seadragons on video for nearly 30 minutes in the waters off Western Australia, in the Recherche Archipelago. Read more: Live Science 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark56 Posted January 14, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Looks like just another species of a Seahorse to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted January 14, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, Mark56 said: Looks like just another species of a Seahorse to me. So in your mind a snake and a slow worm are the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted January 14, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Cool -- LOVE NATURE pieces/docs etc., but they could have tripled the volume , more bass and tossed in some violins. Like the theater a few days ago, can't believe I helped pay for that tripe(orchestra junk at 4 x the volume needed)To head off the peanuts gallery bits "ahduh why don't you turn down your speakers" thanks Beavis. Nice Clair/Claire/Claire. I clicked the one about the moon and I thought NASA was saying the moon and such and that's why the dragons are out hahahahahahahaha! Nice and detailed, great brilliant RED COLOR TOO THANKS CLAIR E . 21 hours ago, Claire. said: seadragons on video for nearly 30 minutes in the waters off Western Australia, in the Recherche Archipelago. Read more: Live Science Edited January 14, 2017 by MWoo7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted January 14, 2017 #11 Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mark56 said: Looks like just another species of a Seahorse to me. It's great that we've encountered another species alive for the first time, and not just that...um..... Actually, yeah it does doesn't it. I've got to admit I was hoping for just a little bit more pzazz about it. Edited January 14, 2017 by oldrover 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted January 15, 2017 #12 Share Posted January 15, 2017 These are incredibly beautiful creatures - seahorses, seadragons and pipefishes have a certain grace and gentleness as they slowly go about their business.. At the marine research centre I worked at, we initially had the Leafy Seadragon as its emblem (on my suggestion - shuffles feet immodestly!). We had an artist do a version for t-shirts that we used to give as souvenirs to visiting overseas researchers, and sell to our students.. I still proudly have my shirt - indeed, here's the logo: Unlike the ruby ones, the camouflage on those was unbelievably efficient - they wave about in time with the weeds they hide in and simply vanish into the foliage. I was lucky enough to be snorkeling with an expert in the field who pointed one out to me under the jetty at Tumby Bay, SA. I would never have spotted it without her help... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted January 16, 2017 #13 Share Posted January 16, 2017 They are beautiful 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted January 16, 2017 #14 Share Posted January 16, 2017 On 1/15/2017 at 1:27 AM, ChrLzs said: These are incredibly beautiful creatures - seahorses, seadragons and pipefishes have a certain grace and gentleness as they slowly go about their business.. At the marine research centre I worked at, we initially had the Leafy Seadragon as its emblem (on my suggestion - shuffles feet immodestly!). We had an artist do a version for t-shirts that we used to give as souvenirs to visiting overseas researchers, and sell to our students.. I still proudly have my shirt - indeed, here's the logo: Unlike the ruby ones, the camouflage on those was unbelievably efficient - they wave about in time with the weeds they hide in and simply vanish into the foliage. I was lucky enough to be snorkeling with an expert in the field who pointed one out to me under the jetty at Tumby Bay, SA. I would never have spotted it without her help... I'd love to get this t-shirt. Is it possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted January 16, 2017 #15 Share Posted January 16, 2017 2 hours ago, MJNYC said: I'd love to get this t-shirt. Is it possible? Probably not, but I'll send a couple of leads as a PM.. I regret that I didn't buy several and now only have that one as my own prized memory.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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