We spotted this eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus) in Lake Parramatta today. It is native to eastern Australia, also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, or tandan. As you can tell, we were lucky to see much of anything…
AUV “Boaty McBoatface” Explores Poles
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) “Boaty McBoatface” started its explorations in 2017 in the Arctic, exploring the Flichner Ice Shelf, measuring temperature, salinity and turbulence or mixing.
Full article at: BBC 13mar18
More recently, “Boaty McBoatface” headed to the Southern Ocean, collecting data that show Antarctic winds are linked to increasing ocean temperatures. Quite unexpected…
Video about the Southern Ocean excursion is available at: CNN.com 18jun19
Natural underwater slinky
We don’t use the phrase “Just when I thought I had seen it all” because stories like this one are being shared around the globe:
Divers just found a giant natural slinky on the Great Barrier Reef
This tube-like structure measures over 2.4 metres (8 feet) in length was identified byJames Cook University’s Dr Blake Spady as the egg tube of the Diamondback Squid. The squid, which itself is around 2 metres in length, can lay over 40,000 eggs in one ‘slinky’. Sadly, she dies afterwards.
Seahorse at Balmoral
Sea horses are surprisingly good at camouflaging themselves and are often hard to spot at first. We saw this one on the net of the Balmoral pool in Sydney:
Remove fishing line from T200
Reassemble your T200 and ROV by following these steps in reverse.