Tiny Things, Clingy Things, Sad Things, and Scary Things.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... SCIENCE!
*Jazz Hands*


Whoa.
I mean, I generally consider myself knowledgeable about my health and the things encompassed by it, but...
Really.
Okay. So you know those adorable little microbes in your intestines that help you break down food?
Yeah. Well.
Apparently there are pounds of these little guys just having a splendiferous existence party all up in your system.
Uhhhm. 10,000 species' worth.
And some of these microbes are actually harmful...just playin' it cool with their benevolent peeps waiting to turn infectious.
That's cool, guys.

While we're on the subject of microbes, look at these cuties. Like whoa.
And I mean... Look at Herpes. *-* Gets me every time.

http://news.yahoo.com/body-harbors-pounds-microbes-study-reveals-062612627.html;_ylt=ArgYKNs.cd8wFa4C1ON7URQPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0bWtiYzhtBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YEcGtnAzkwNmI0OTYyLWI3MmYtM2Q2NS05YTMzLTFiNjE1NTFkNWRhYwRwb3MDMTcEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDOTk0ZmVmNjEtYjlkOS0xMWUxLWFkMzctMGM2NjM1NTc5OWNm;_ylg=X3oDMTFsMmxkdGs2BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3







Octopi.
Lovely creatures...but would you want one stuck to your junk?
Yeah, no.
I imagine this dolphin was thinking the same thing when a strange discovery was made last week in Greece.
Alas, he/she was not as lucky as you and me.
Because my friends, this dolphin did have an octopus attached to his/her junk.
Well, I guess that's one way to get around.
That's right, friends. This smart creature is a master of disguise, possibly disguising itself as a fish in open waters, and...ehhhh... avoiding capture by attaching itself to the belly of a bottlenose dolphin.
Score 1, Cephalopod.
Weird things are weird.

http://news.yahoo.com/octopus-hitches-ride-dolphins-genitals-220758657.html;_ylt=ArKvmiHXR.A9FzUfERI_4YYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0M2hldGVyBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YEcGtnA2I0YjNmYjVlLWE5MTYtMzQwMS05ZDI5LTgzMTQxOTdiNzA0YgRwb3MDMjAEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDYzJjZWE4NDEtYjk5My0xMWUxLWJhZmYtY2Y1NTc0YmJkMDJl;_ylg=X3oDMTFsMmxkdGs2BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3






Ahhh!
Sci-guys!
A new bill could ban import of shark fins from New York State, the largest importer on the East Coast.
Shark fin soup is the driving force behind this market, and shark populations are suffering dramatically for it.
Not to mention that lovely little practice called finning.
You know...the one involving sharks' fins being cut off while they are alive and conscious.
This new bill is now up for voting in the Assembly and Senate, and your signature on this petition is an amazing contribution to the efforts of Oceana and others.

This has to end.

http://oceana.org/en/blog/2012/06/one-step-closer-to-a-fin-free-new-york

To sign the petition:

http://act.oceana.org/letter/l-ny-shark/






So, let's talk Global Warming.
*cough* It's happening... *cough*
Well, when global levels of carbon dioxide rise, the ocean absorbs part of it, what with it covering over 70% of the earth and is constantly flying up in the air and hangin' out in the sky only to fall crashing down again.
This process is called ocean acidification.
Bad.
When the ocean changes, it does not bode well for its thousand-year-old coral structures and marine communities.
25% of all fish species live in or around coral reefs.
Yeah, that's a lot.
The chemical balance of the ocean is now threatened, which means that the chemical balance of the world is going to be in deep manure if things don't change.
The only good thing to come out of this is a coalition between great minds to try and reverse it.
And we had best hope they have solutions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/opinion/acid-test-for-oceans-and-marine-life.html?_r=2

Science. It will save the world.