A Stinging reminder.

Well as the oceanic expert in this blog i thought it best to post a remark on the passing of Steve Irwan. ... Well i couldn't come up with one. It goes to show though what happens when you start to stray outside your give area of speciality. Here are 10 facts about stingrays :).
1. Stingrays are fish! They are close relatives of the shark.
2. Stingrays live at the bottom of the sea. They can bury their flat bodies in the sand on the sea floor if danger approaches.
3. StingraysÂ’ tails have sharp spines that sting like a scorpion. They use these to defend themselves from attacks by enemies.
4. Stingrays have mouths on their bellies so they can suck up food they find on the sea floor, but because their eyes are on the top of their heads they canÂ’t see what they are eating!
5. Like most sharks, stingrays give birth to live young. They have between three and five in a litter.
6. Stingrays like to visit cleaning stations where other fish eat the parasites stuck on their skins.
7. The worldÂ’s smallest ray is the short-nose electric ray that is only 10cm across. The biggest is the manta ray that is over 6.7 metres wide. Rays are among the largest fish in the sea.
8. There are about 500 different species of ray.
9. Stingrays eat fish, crustaceans, molluscs and worms.
10. Rays are said to be cleverer than sharks!
I can't help thinking of the out cry if it had of been a croc or a shark- people would be mounting campains to destroy this menace to humanity. Currently it is only the people who make that seafood flake stuff calling for singrays deaths to get cheaper stock in. It is a reminder that things don't always turn out how you expect. and here is a video clip that shows that
http://www.lotophage.net/2006/07/07/species-showdown-1-shark-vs-octopus/
And Now for something complete different
Every wonder which muppet you were most like? Apparenently I am most like... Have a go yourself.

You Are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew

You take the title "mad scientist" to the extreme -with very scary things coming out of your lab. And you've invented some pretty cool things, from a banana sharpener to a robot politician. But while you're busy turning gold into cottage cheese, you need to watch out for poor little Beaker! "Oh, that's very naughty, Beaker! Now you eat these paper clips this minute."

The Muppet Personality Test