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.
Do you ever get bored when you're scuba diving on a Caribbean shipwreck, and wish you had a Mermaid guide to show you around? Thanks to the fabulous new mer-suit technology from Otter Bay your wish may come true. Seashells not included. The video is one of a series from UWvideographer at YouTube.
Who knows why mermaids wear seashells, anyway? *
Answer below the fold.
*Because B shells are too small and D shells are too big....
bwaaaahahahahaha.
Happy Leap Day. What do you expect from a mermaid joke?
Comments
Strange sight...
IMHO, monofins don't go really well with scuba tanks. My monofin instructor would also have a word or two (or a hundred) to say about her technique. Don't bend those knees.
Mermaids don't blow bubbles. They have gills, or they freedive :)
Posted by: Sophie | February 29, 2008 10:15 AM
I think a monofin would be difficult - the same technique as swimming butterfly in a swim race, which I could never do well. Reminds me of Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida that I went to 1976, which has an interesting history. She looks pretty though. Thanks.
Posted by: Melusine | February 29, 2008 11:37 AM
My link didn't work. ?
Weeki Wachee Springs
Posted by: Melusine | February 29, 2008 11:39 AM
Melusine, monofin technique is all about gliding, especially underwater. You can go quite fast without moving too much.
I find it very different from the violent (if pleasant) release of the butterfly stroke (which you can do with a monofin, it's really fast and really taxing).
Posted by: Sophie | February 29, 2008 1:51 PM
This gives new meaning to "She sells seashells by the seashore"
Posted by: Jim Lemire | March 1, 2008 12:13 PM