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Comment by Steph S. on February 3, 2013 at 6:30pm

Mori welcome to the group.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:23pm

Tony, I wonder if a human put on a suit of solar energy collectors, if they could take a little flight. Remember those early photos of trying to fly in those crazy huge wings? Maybe they were ahead of their time; they needed an energy source humans couldn't provide. 

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:18pm

Tony, as usual, you stimulated my curiosity about orangutans and get ready for an adventure:

Orangutan images

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:11pm

Well, I can see the Northern sea route, although I couldn't find a migratory map for norther sea life. This is for humpback whales. 

Migratory route for sea life

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 30, 2013 at 2:06pm

Tony, I have never heard of such creatures. Where do they occur? ...

"most years in the spring, there is a mass stranding that occurs along the West Coast of North America, from British Columbia to California, beginning in the north and moving south over several weeks' time. In some years, so many animals are left at the tide line by receding waves, that the line of dying (and subsequently rotting) animals may be many centimetres deep, along hundreds of kilometres of beaches. Mass strandings have been reported also on the west coast of Ireland."

that is interesting, along the west coast of North America and Ireland. I wonder what migratory route they took to make that leap? 

https://www.google.com/search?q=velella+(Velella+Velella),+a+small+free+floating+hydrozoan.&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tHsJUeOUG-S9igLMhYHIAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1128&bih=486

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on January 30, 2013 at 11:48am

Yesterday, with considerable difficulty, I hacked some stale coconut macaroons into pieces with a meat cleaver and put them out for the squirrel. Today there are new holes in the flower bed, where he buried them. *sigh* Oh well.

Comment by Steph S. on January 30, 2013 at 5:26am

Tony love the white squirrel and the hydrozoan. I just love learning new things - appreciate it.

Comment by Tony Carroll on January 30, 2013 at 4:11am

This is the velella (Velella Velella), a small free floating hydrozoan. It's currently the only known species in the genus.

They're also known as sea-rafts or by-the-wind-sailors, for the obvious reason that it uses the the "sail" you can see in this image for locomotion. Because of this, they are often found washed up on beaches.

Comment by Tony Carroll on January 28, 2013 at 7:15pm

White squirrel.

Comment by Steph S. on January 28, 2013 at 11:31am

Awww - what a very cute animal picture. I love it Tony. Thank you very much. I hope everyone is having a good day.

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