The Cellar - July 3, 2009: Pink Cucumber

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July 3, 2009: Pink Cucumber

Damn, I thought I posted this last night but I must have previewed and not posted.:smack:

Anyway, here's a pink cucumber for your 4th of July salad...
and it'd already salted. ;)

http://cellar.org/2009/seacucumber.jpg

Quote:

Beautiful, ugly, or just plain peculiar according to individual reactions, this pink see-through fantasia is a swimming sea cucumber seen about 2,500 meters deep in the Celebes Sea. In 2007 WHOI biologist Larry Madin led a team of scientists and photographers from the U.S. and the Philippines on an expedition to explore biodiversity in the deep Celebes Sea, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Geographic Society, and the WHOI Ocean Life Institute. The team used scuba diving, nets, cameras, and ROVs to study the deep sea in this area that has been called a "cradle of biodiversity for shallow water marine animals." (Photo by Laurence Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

2500 meters is "shallow water"?

link

It looks like it's floating in space rather than undersea.

Well, it wasn't what I was expecting.

I say freaky-cool beautiful. Except that internal structure bit. That is a bit unsettling.

If I find anything that looks like that in my salad it's not going to be a pretty picture. :greenface

What qualifies it as a cucumber?

Dem smarties sez so. :haha:

Any relation to the Purple Weenie?

Wow, cue in Also sprach Zarathustra for that one.

It looks like a floating penis

What do they say to each other?

"Oh hey Mon, your large intestine is looking gooood."

Reply:
" I know where this is going, you pervert. I can see right through you!"

"It's a good thing I'm not Scottish, cause your insides look like haggis."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha (Post 579506)

It looks like a floating penis

Don't say that or they'll ban it in Alabama.

Not. Of. This. Earth.:3_eyes: