
"Holy jumping jellyfish, Batman. Watch out! That thing's heading straight for us."
"Not to fear, young ward. That's Enypniastes sp., a swimming sea cucumber."
"A pelagic deposit feeder, I should have known..."
"...from the cape alone. You can access the video from Deep Slope Expedition 2007 at the Batlink here."
Photo from the weblog Kingdom of the Echinoderm by Bob Carney, LSU at Deep Slope Expedition 2007 Website.

Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.



Comments
Completely harmless, but still they somehow spook me.
Posted by: Kiki | August 13, 2007 5:05 AM