Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
10-18 10 by Alii's
This isn't Tri-pod. Tri-pod has his right rear fipper missing. This is Trip Fin. She's got her left front flipper missing, but still manages to swim and maneuver around relative ease.
Here I dove down about 20' and looked up to catch a picture of what it looks like down there looking up.
Showing the size of these guys next to Chis who is over 6' tall and a visitor from Minnasota staying in Unit 401, shows this guys is about 300 lbs. Easily 4' long and about 3' wide on his shell, (maybe bigger). Then add a couple of feet for his flippers/fins and you have one big green sea turtle here. And today, they were all over the place.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
10-16-10 Barney
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
10-12-10 video clips
This is a little guy that's been hanging around the reef just to the left of the Condos
I didn't know where else to post the clip of this crab so it has a home here.
Clip 10-12-10-37
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
How old are Green Sea Turtles?
Although you might find any number of web sites that say sea turtles are hundreds of millions of years old and that they pre-date the dinosaurs by millions of years, you won't ever find this site agreeing with those findings. Without getting religeous on you, the Bible clearly identifies "creative days". It says that there were seven of them and that each creative day was 7,000 years long. The seventh day is a day of rest and the other six were used to create things.
It the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This may have been billions and billions of years ago give or take a billion years.
Day 1 - There was a division between the light and the dark
Day 2 - He made a division between the expanses, between the waters on the earth and the waters in the sky. Thereafter it was called sky water.
Day 3 - Vegetation was created and planted around the earth to produce seed according to its own kind
Day 4 - He created the luminaries to shine upon the earth.
Day 5 - He created the sea animals and the land animals and every creature that roams about the earth, sea and skies.
Day 6 - He created man
Day 7 - He rested.
Since, according to my Biblical research, every creative day appears to be about 7,000 years long and therefore assuming we are well into the last part (or approximately 6,000 years) of the 7th creative day, the oldest created living being is no more than approximately 20,000 years old. Of course, this is my understanding.
Now as far as the Green sea turtle in these islands, it is not known how old they are. One sight that is about 90% correct (eliminating their theory or statements of evolution) is http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html
We know that the turtles give birth on the sands or sea shore but I have never talked to anybody who has ever recorded where this happens here in the islands.
Another interesting site that has some factual information is http://www.coffeetimes.com/aug97.htm Again, I have some differences with some of the information which will eventually be edited and posted here.
It the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This may have been billions and billions of years ago give or take a billion years.
Day 1 - There was a division between the light and the dark
Day 2 - He made a division between the expanses, between the waters on the earth and the waters in the sky. Thereafter it was called sky water.
Day 3 - Vegetation was created and planted around the earth to produce seed according to its own kind
Day 4 - He created the luminaries to shine upon the earth.
Day 5 - He created the sea animals and the land animals and every creature that roams about the earth, sea and skies.
Day 6 - He created man
Day 7 - He rested.
Since, according to my Biblical research, every creative day appears to be about 7,000 years long and therefore assuming we are well into the last part (or approximately 6,000 years) of the 7th creative day, the oldest created living being is no more than approximately 20,000 years old. Of course, this is my understanding.
Now as far as the Green sea turtle in these islands, it is not known how old they are. One sight that is about 90% correct (eliminating their theory or statements of evolution) is http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html
We know that the turtles give birth on the sands or sea shore but I have never talked to anybody who has ever recorded where this happens here in the islands.
Another interesting site that has some factual information is http://www.coffeetimes.com/aug97.htm Again, I have some differences with some of the information which will eventually be edited and posted here.
Captain hook's huge tail
Here's what it looks like underwater when they come up for a breath. Check out the size of his tail. I'm guessing he is about 3 1/2' long 2' wide (not including his fins) and weighing in at about 300 lbs
Here I was filming on top of Captain Hook when he decides to surface right under me. I was able to simply use my hand to lightly push him a little ahead of me and back to his eating routene.
Swivel on the big guy
About half way through this clip, You can clearly see the swivel which is attached to the hook under this big guys left fin (click onto the right corner icon to enlarge the video)
Captain hook video clips
In this clip, you can see the swivel between his mouth and his left flipper. You can also see what turtles do when they take a breath of air.
This bugga was hungry. In all the clips I took of him, he was oonstantly eating.
If you zoom in on the bottom side of Captain Hooks left front flipper, (and I guess if you know exactly where to look) you can see the hook. This is why we call him Captain Hook.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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