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  1. Bro, Upz for yr sales, will contact you when I back... Cheers...
  2. Zookeeper Movie Trailer Official (HD)
  3. Try CF.. They shld have red and green sea grapes in stock...Cheers..
  4. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43944941/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/scientists-find-fossil-ancient-sea-monster/#.TjlkPWGE5RU ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely the most complete remnant of the creature ever found in North America. The nearly complete fossilized skeleton is of a thalattosaur, a long-tailed sea creature that plied warm, shallow waters in the early days of dinosaurs and became extinct at the end of the Triassic period some 200 million years ago. The discovery of the fossil, found during an extreme low tide along the shore of the Tongass National Forest, was announced this week by the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. "We were just having our morning coffee out on the outcropping when somebody said, 'What's that?'" Jim Baichtal, the U.S. Forest Service's Tongass geologist and part of the discovery team, said on Thursday. Geologists had been conducting field surveys at the site when the fossil was spotted. Unlike most thalattosaur discoveries, which are fossilized remnants of individual bones and bone fragments, this specimen appeared to be a nearly full skeleton. "In North America, this may be the most articulated specimen that we have right now," Baichtal said. Scientists excavated the fossil in June and have been studying it to determine whether it represents a previously unknown species. There are only about a dozen full thalattosaur specimens in the world, Baichtal said. "So the probability of this being something that wasn't seen before is probably pretty high," he said. The find is likely the most northern discovery as well, Baichtal said. The fossil was found near the Tlingit Indian village of Kake in southeast Alaska. Other thalattosaur discoveries have been made in British Columbia and Canada as well as in Nevada and the Alps, though the best finds have been made in China, he said. Site was tropical At the time this particular animal was trapped in sediment, about 200 million to 220 million years ago, the site was close to the equator and tropical, Baichtal said. "This was a warm, volcanic island with reefs surrounding it," similar to Hawaii, he said. Plate tectonics eventually sent the site drifting north to its present location in Alaska, he said. The fossil from the Tongass beach is now at the Museum of the North, where scientists will do further work to separate the rock from the bone. Thalattosaurs inhabited the seas for about 30 million years, a relatively brief time geologically, said Pat Druckenmiller, earth sciences curator for the Museum of the North. They measured about three to 10 feet long, with half to a third of that taken up by the tail, he said. "The rest of its body would be kind of reminiscent of a big lizard," he said, with legs modified to work as paddles. Some had no teeth, some had pointy teeth that might have been useful for spearing fish, and some had flat teeth that might have been used to crush shells, Druckenmiller said. The Alaska fossil appears to include the outline of soft-body tissue that surrounded the bone. "That's really rare," Druckenmiller said. "That might give us some idea of what the actual body shape was." Scientists will return to the site later to try to excavate the rest of the fossil, still embedded in beach rock, Druckenmiller said. "We don't know if the skull will be there or not, but I have high hopes that it will be there," he said.
  5. Egg Care in Triggerfish TFH Magazine August 2011 Maternal care of offspring is rare among coral reef fishes with external fertilization but is known in several species of haremic triggerfish (Thresher 1984). Both male and female triggerfish establish territories where several females belong to each male’s territory. It is proposed that the evolution of maternal care in triggerfish resulted since female territories in a harem do not overlap and females only spawn within their territories so a males reproductive fitness would be less by guarding eggs as females in their harem would reproduce with other males (Kuwamura 1997). Kawase (2003) reported biparental care in a species of triggerfish (Xanthichthys mento), but with males having minimum involvement in guarding the eggs. Females care for the demersal eggs until hatching by blowing water and guarding them from intruders, which commonly occurs the first night after being laid in the early morning. Parental care is necessary for eggs to survive and hatch (Kuwamura 1997). The following footage shows a female triggerfish guarding her nest from intruders attempting to prey on her eggs. Credits Cinematography: Dr. Stuart Sandin Edited by: Neilan Kuntz Written by: Neilan Kuntz Location: Palmyra Island, Line Islands, Central Pacific (2004) Kawase, H. (2003). Spawning behavior and biprental egg care of the crosshatch triggerfish, Xanthichythys mento (Balistidae) Envronmental Biology of Fishes 66: 211-219 Kuwamura, T. (1997). Evolution of Female Care in Haremic Triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Ethology 103:1015-1023 Thresher, R.E. (1984). Reproduction in Reef Fishes. T. F. H. Publ., Neptune.
  6. Try Ah Beng or CF.. Sometime spotted @ LCK too... Cheers..
  7. Update Zoas 1 collected by nice bro.. Zoas 2 pending view and collection tmr.. Thanks for support...
  8. Any pics to share? Understand certain nudi's like Polyclad flat worm (Pseudobicerus sp) & Snail like Tiger moon snail (Natica tigrina) may potential destroy clam? Cheers..
  9. CF bring in above occasionally.. Also another species nice Big belly seahorse... But now only kuda in stock.. probably call them to find up more.. Cheers..
  10. Was from ML justnow, still have a few nice size left @ ML... If not, also can try CF for blue one and LCK on both.... Cheers..
  11. Hi, sorry, I didn't ask the price.. May be any bro can help?.. Cheers..
  12. I am not sure about price..You can try talk to C328, they can help you to order.. I did see new Red Sea Coral Pro salt there sometime.. Cheers..
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