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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

The Outsiders - Eulogy

I remember when I first met Johnny. He was older and shorter than me. I'll never forget those big black puppy dog eyes that he had. The thick jet-black greasy hair he combed to the side, which was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead.

Johnny had no real family. We were his family. His mates were like his brothers. He was the pet of our gang.

Johnny was a true friend, always helping his friends. He'd risk anything for us. He didn't go to school. He spent his time with his mates. He had never left this town. The only time he did was with me for a few weeks.

Johnny loved just being with the people he loved and cared about. We used to go to the drive in with Dally. He would do pretty much anything. He also enjoyed the book "Gone with the Wind." The scar across his face was from when he got bashed. That scar or that memory never stopped never stopped him from doing the things he loved to do.

Johnny cared deeply for his friends. Like I said before, he'd do anything to make them happy. He cared about them so much. We were all the family he never had.

I will never forget Johnny. He was always smiling and having fun with his mates. No matter how much pain he was in. Johnny died because he risked his life to save others.

The one poem that will always remind me of Johnny was written by Robert Frost.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.


- Megziee Bro xD

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Deep Sea Anglerfish!



The Deep Sea Anglerfish has a very large mouth with sharp, fang-like teeth. The Anglerfish is a small fish, reaching a maximum legth of only about 12cms but it can swallow prey up to twice its entire body size. It cant swim very fast, so when another sea creature comes near it, it goes invisble. The Anglerfish has a fishing lure on top of its head and uses it to attract its prey. The male Anglerfish is much smaller than the female. When the male matures, its digestive system degenerates, making it impossible for it to feed on its own. It must find a female to attach itself to by using its teeth to bite into her skin and the two become stuck together and their blood vessels join. The male will spend the rest of its live joined to the female. The feamle can carry up to six males on her at a time. The Deep Sea Anglerfish is found throughtout the world's oceans at a depth of over 914 meters.

3 head frog












It has 6 legs, 6 eyes, 3 heads, found in England.I thing this animal is realy creepy. All the legs and heads fuction normally.

ROR's THING!

 Its AWSOME!
Giant Isopod Facts
  1. Size: Between 12 to 16 Inches.
  2. Habitat: World Wide.
  3. Depth Range: Over 2,000 Feet Deep.
It is like a crab its a Crustacion. I think That It Is Weird Because It Isnt Like Any Other Thing I Have Ever Seen. It Finds Food From Anything That Dies From Above Like Dead Wales And Fish.


 

Psychedelic Frog Fish

PSYCHEDELIC FROG FISH



The Psychedelic frog fish is found in Jakarta-- Indonesia, it uses its fins to hop like a frog along the sea floor. It uses its gills to propel itself, it has peach stripes all over its body and is a length of about 15cms. The frog eats mainly shrimpe and small fish.


Blob fish















The Blob fish lives deep in the water off the coast of Austrailia and Tasmania. It is rearly seen by humans because it lives so far under water the presure is several times higher then it is at sea level. I think it is heaps cool because it has a cool nose, mouth and eyes.

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Mados Goblin Shark

This is a funny looking shark
The goblin shark is extremely rare and only found in deep water off Japan and South Africa. People dont know much about it but is thought to be a fish eater. They can grow to about 14 feet. the weird shaped head helps it to find and feed on marine animals. once the goblin shark founds its food it opens its mouth and uses its tounge like a arm and suck it into their sharp teeth.

The weirdest thing about this shark is that it is actually PINK.

What is the Weirdest Sea Ceature Ever?

Vampire Squid A Vampire Squid is a small sea creature that only grows to about six inches in length. It is known to scientists as Vampyroteuthis. In 1903 scientists thought that it was an octopus. It is similar to both squid and octopuses. It has large fins at the top of its body, which they flap as that they fly throught the water. It has the largest eyes relative to its body size of any animal and are a redish almost blue colour. I has eight arms which are all connected with webbed skin. Each arm is lined with a row of suction cups and rows of soft, fleshy spines called cirri. The colours of the supid range from black to a pale red. Their bodies are covered in light-producing organs called photophores which allows the vampire squids to "turn itself on or off." This process is called bioluminescence. They eat prawns, copepods, cnidarians and other small animals. Vampire squids can go a long time without eating which is a good thing because food can be hard to find in extreme depths of the ocean. In this case, they are found in depths of between 90 and 900 metres. They like temperatures between 2 to 6 degrees celsius.