Leave it to Susie Bright to connect a review of a spectacular book about deep sea organisms to sex toys.
I'm going to get the book myself, but now I'm going to have a whole 'nother view of its contents. Oh, wait…actually, maybe not.
More like this
There are two parallel sessions going on here at the Chicago Darwin meetings, so I can only attend half…and I'm focusing on the biology sessions. There's a whole 'nother track of philosophy and history talks that I've been neglecting!
Just to head off the obvious:
Or socialist. Or maybe just Swedish. By way of Ezra Klein, I came across these polling data collected by Ruy Teixeira:
This has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this post, even remotely, but since a few webcomics have made it onto this page I thought I'd share another that the readers of this blog might appreciate:
http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=211
Always more to you than meets the eye, isn't there.
;-)
You know, it's sort of strange seeing Susie Bright linking to an article that quotes my dad. Actually, the NYT doesn't give individual photographer credits in that slideshow, so I'm not sure, but I think the siphonophore picture might be his.
I got The Deep recently and guarantee you won't be disappointed. It has a huge 'Wow!' density and plenty of sights that are nigh on outright unbelievable.
smadin,
If your father did some of the pics in The Deep, please pass on my thanks for his part in a work of awe, wonder and majesty.
PZ...I read Susie's post last night and wondered when you would mention it. Makes me want to run out and buy the book for many reasons now. You have turned me on to the creatures of the deep and now Susie has piqued my curiousity.
I understand that some of those deep-sea organisms exist not on sunlight but on methane. ;-)
Just saying.
Mike, I've checked, and I don't think there are any of his photos in there after all; the book uses pretty much only photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's robotic submersible. Ah well.