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06-30-2008, 05:53 PM
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The Codfather~
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Golden Ray Migration
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07-01-2008, 05:15 AM
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Super Moderator
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Originally Posted by Boozeman
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Hey Boozeman, don't take this as a personal attack or *****, but one of my pet peeves online is posting of links only , and not doing a cut and paste of at least enough to get the jist of the story and whet the appetite fore more, it's really important to me since I am the last mod cursed with dialup. I have quit going to a couple other sites I used to surf alot cause everyone finds meat vid clips and stuff, posts links and nothing more, it really is a drag to read the after comments and try to figure out what I missed case vids and links take so **** long to DL
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07-01-2008, 08:08 AM
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The Codfather~
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Originally Posted by Doug1
...everyone finds meat vid clips and stuff, posts links and nothing more,
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interesting, so you surf the web looking for vid clips on meat? rib eye or T-bone? 
ok, I will fix the linkie thing and keep you especially in mind for the next one 
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07-01-2008, 08:18 AM
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The Codfather~
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The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.
Gliding silently beneath the waves they turned vast areas of blue water to gold off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Sandra Critelli, an amateur photographer, stumbled across the phenomenon while looking for whale sharks.
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07-01-2008, 08:23 AM
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The Codfather~
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She said: "It was an unreal image, very difficult to describe. The surface of the water was covered by warm and different shades of gold and looked like a bed of autumn leaves gently moved by the wind.
"It's hard to say exactly how many there were but in the range of a few thousand. We were surrounded by them without seeing the edge of the school and we could see many under the water surface too.
"I feel very fortunate I was there in the right place at the right time to experienced nature at his best."
Measuring up to 7ft (2.1 metres) from wing-tip to wing-tip, Golden rays are also more prosaically known as cow nose rays.
They have long, pointed pectoral fins that separate into two lobes in front of their high-domed heads and give them a cow-like appearance.
Despite having poisonous stingers they are known to be shy and non-threatening when in large schools.
The population in the Gulf of Mexico migrates, in schools of as many as 10,000, clockwise from western Florida to the Yucatan.
*story credited to the british newspaper Telegraph* ~link provided.
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07-01-2008, 10:08 AM
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Little Fishy
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Boozie, so GOOD to see you posting unusual stories. I missed that a LOT.
Can you imagine being on a boat and seeing this?! It is beautiful, and these kinds of things make my  !
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07-01-2008, 11:42 AM
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Plankton
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Very cool robert that would be a site to see
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07-01-2008, 04:33 PM
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I can make that!
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Booze thanks for sharing that. UNBELIEVEABLE looking!
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07-01-2008, 06:23 PM
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Super Moderator
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Originally Posted by Boozeman
interesting, so you surf the web looking for vid clips on meat? rib eye or T-bone?
ok, I will fix the linkie thing and keep you especially in mind for the next one |
I like a good Rib Eye 
Pics look awesome, I really need to get some kind of Broadband out here 
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07-02-2008, 07:43 AM
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Good boy
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Wow. That's pretty cool.
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07-02-2008, 08:44 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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That is wild!
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