Archive for November 15th, 2009

smarter, gentler

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Well, hello.  Are you lunch?

A Polar bear dives underwater.

This diver is hitching a ride on the fin of a 50 foot female humpback whale in the Pacific Ocean.

Wildlife photographer James D. Watt photographing Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, Pacific Ocean. A moment of contact. This fully-grown, 50 foot female humpback whale was so curious she sought physical contact with this diver. She was so big and m

These are manta rays feeding on plankton.  I think if I saw them coming at me I wouldn’t stop to take a picture. I’d be glad they were eating plankton and not me.  Did you know manta rays are related to sharks.  They’re brains are bigger though, so, they’re smarter and gentler.  I wonder if all species get gentler as they get smarter?

Manta Rays - NATURAL WORLD - ANDREA QUEEN OF MANTAS

Remind you of a Chevron or Monsanto CEO?

Bruce Yates loves taking pictures underwater, and the investment manager obviously has spent a long in the water because the wildlife is starting to recognise him!  Bruce took this image of a smiling lemon shark in The Bahamas as it swam a few inches from

This smiling great white brings to mind former Congressman Richard Baker from Louisiana. He reportedly, took home a salary of One million in 2008 in the hedge fund industry.  The hedge fund billionaires hired him while he was still overseeing the House Financial Subcommittee on Capital Markets.  That seems fishy doesn’t it?

A diver has captured a photograph of a great white shark approaching his camera with a toothy grin like that of Bruce, the terror of the 2003 film Finding Nemo

Look at this Beluga Whale blowing bubbles!  You just want to hug him.

A beluga whale exhails a bubble ring as part of a performance at the aquarium AQUAS in Hamada, some 700 km (434 miles) southwest from Tokyo, on July 26, 2008.  Beluga whales in a Japanese aquarium have attracted thousands of visitors this summer but not b

Last but not least I didn’t want to leave out this little sparkly fellow

Colourful nudibranchs commonly known as sea slugs photographed by Thomas Vignaud off the coast of southern France

I got all of these pictures from the earth picture galleries at www,telegraph.co.uk

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