User talk:Invertzoo/Archive 30

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ARCHIVE PAGE 30: June 2010

My image was used for the book about the shells, and the author sent me the link to PDF to one of it chapters. I have not read it, but maybe you'll find it interesting [1]. Best--Mbz1 (talk) 02:59, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Here I saw them a lot very deep inside those corals. They were not moving, so I assume they were nocturnal. Sometimes there were two or three inside the same coral. Do you know what kind of fish it is? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:52, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings Invertzoo and Mbz1. The fish may be gobies, since many goby have symbiotic relations with coral, but I don't know of a goby species with mottling like that. You could try emailing User:2ocean7, who is a specialist on coral reef fish, or you could ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fishes. Regards --Epipelagic (talk) 21:34, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you to both of you. I believe now that my fish is is GALACTIC SCORPIONFISH--Mbz1 (talk) 21:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

No need to apologize for your guys giving grief to our guys, Invertzoo. Our guys keep your guys on their growing edge all the time [2] --Epipelagic (talk) 02:15, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Ahh... but without diligent attention from our guys, your guys would just be boring old slugs; old because our guys wouldn't be weeding them out, and boring because they wouldn't have the elegant shells they get to live in, let alone all the other creative colouration and defence mechanisms our guys encourage them to develop. Your guys should worship our guys as their wrathful and protective deities, ever watchfully making sure your guys house themselves properly. Our guys keep the creativity of your guys on the edge, and make life interesting for them. In return, your lot don't really do much for our lot, apart from providing a bit of protein when they misbehave. A meagre return really, for such sterling services. And most of our carp don't live for 100 years. Because they are vegetarian and easy to feed, most spend less than three years in a cramped and toxic fish farm in China before they are eaten themselves. Not much fun compared to being free in the ocean chasing after naughty gastropods. --Epipelagic (talk) 22:31, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes you are right, and I was wrong. The aquatic mollusks tell me that fish are indeed their gods. In fact they wonder why we don't worship fish too. Invertzoo (talk) 00:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

And tragically, both our lots will be swimming in oil by the Gulf of Mexico pretty soon. Gosh I'm sad about this =( --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 00:18, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Susan/Sluggy/Sleuthy: [3] Hope you're well. Regards, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

On June 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Underwater camouflage and mimicry, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 19:55, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Susan. I just posted a new article on my user page. Problem is it doesn't show up when I hit the intended link (User Page 3 on Aquaculture). Rather, it's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Enviromet/Subpage_3_Aquaculture_draft. Any idea what's going on here? Hope you can help. Enviromet (talk) 00:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that's what happened. Thanks for straightening this out. Have a nice day...and thanks again. Enviromet (talk) 15:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Susan. I just finished the Copper Alloys in Aquaculture article. Could you please take a look at it and provide feedback? I'd like to place it in the Copper:Applications section, and reference it to other pertinent articles, such as Aquaculture, Aquaculture Engineering, Fish Farming, and Antimicrobial Properties of Copper. Thank you....Enviromet (talk) 16:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Invertzoo,

long time no see. I took a few months off from university on sabbatical and went off to SE Asia to do some much needed diving hence my recent lack of activity here. Back now though and in the office! (I got some great nudibranch photos while I was there which I will upload in due course). The Gymnodoris species you found is indeed very interesting! I shall make a page on it. I have never made a DYK before but would like to have a go at doing one. Once I have made the article what would I have to do? Also those photo links that you sent me are great, but they are not CC domain so I am not sure we would be able to use them in the article. Is a DYK article without pictures still acceptable?

On another note I wonder if I can ask your advice. For one of the nudibranch articles I created I came across a great set of photos on the seaslug forum of this nudibranch actually devouring a smaller seaslug. I emailed the owner and asked him whether he would consider releasing them to CC so they could be included on wikipedia. He said he was very happy to do so and would send me whichever photos I liked. However taking a look over at wikicommons I noticed that it isn't just that easy and I can't necessarily do it on his behalf. I don't know that he would want to go to the effort of doing it himself either. Is there a way around this? Have you encountered this problem before yourself?

I trust that all is well in Gastropod land.

Best wishes and great to hear from you again. Antarctic-adventurer (talk) 08:19, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Invertzoo. Thanks to your reply to my questions. I will see if I can make the article when I have time on one of my subpages with a view to having it accepted as a DYK. When it's done before I go live with the page I will probably ask for your opinion and feedback.

Thanks for referring me to Moonriddengirl for the copyright issue. I shall ask her! Antarctic-adventurer (talk) 10:43, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Zoo,

Kind regards from Australia. Hopefully you are well.

I've been thinking about some of the articles I've written about lately. They are of small unspectacular plants occurring in my home country of Australia. These articles barely rate a mention as far as popularity is concerned. They receive one or two hits per day.

Some of my articles get a bit more attention. But I feel passionate about each particular individual. Whether it be a famous beautiful plant, known by millions. Something that is economically important or whether it produces a pretty flower. Or something that is small and of little interest to most people.

Recently I've spent time with ex girlfriends. And one of them hears from me of how fabulous a certain plant is. We drove to see it. (Last week she slipped over in the mud). I grabbed her before she fell into a nasty wet place. I must say, it was comical when she fell. But she didn't think so. The plant I was after was Symplocos thwaitesii.

Friends and associates of me are not impressed about biology. They toss their head back, they roll their eyes when I start talking about some little bug or some rainforest plant. It's boring to them.

Early this month I drove 6 hours to photograph plants at the Botanic Gardens at Coffs Harbour. However, at least 6 species that I photographed are out of focus. And soon I'll return to try to make a better picture.

Incidentally, I finally got a new job, after 7 years of unemployment. (I'm from a family that isn't exactly poor). So, now I have to think of how to be a part time employee.

AND, there's a tiny little bug walking on this computer screen. It's utterly minuscule. Some kind of arthropod. So, what the heck is it? It's just a little dark dot that I can barely see. But it is walking on the screen. It is moving. It's some insect or arachnid. How does one photograph or learn about this tiny thing?

bye PETE Poyt448 (talk) 08:55, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Knew he had a Ph.D. in Physics. Didn't know he was an administrator. Thanks a BUNCH for your help in straightening out the posting problem yesterday. Someone really should develop a useful video of how to do all that is necessary in Wikipedia...kind of like the PC/Mac Academy Series. So easy to learn that way. Enviromet (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Susan, can you give me some advice? I'm working on the article about Strombus canarium, and I believe some pictures of the live animal would be a great addition. I've found some at Flickr[4], and they are creative commons 2.0. Can any of those images be uploaded in enWikipedia or commons? Best wishes! --Daniel Cavallari (talk) 02:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Daniel, they are all CC non-commerical and cannot be uploaded to Commons. — Ganeshk (talk) 02:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Aw, that's sad. Some of those are very good... Guess I'll have to go to Malaysia myself to get some pictures. Ah, how I wish I could!--Daniel Cavallari (talk) 03:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)