h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

since its an absolute obsession of mine i wondered what you thought of the shiney fish?
i studied marine biology and the actual fish bit was the only interesting bit!! typical really!
so why you hooked on fish?
sorry, this hasn't been too coherent....i'm very hungover!

Well to be totally honest... I'm not really

What I mean is, I'm not totally obsessed with fish... I just kinda like them... I have an outside Pond, which is kind of big.. Well it's actually deeper than it is wide. And I've only got about 10 fish in there. But they seem to like it. There's also a load of frogs in there, and alot of tadpoles for them to eat... But I don't have any tanks or anything...

They are great to watch though, their lives seem alot less complicated than ours

As for the "Shiney Fish", sorry but I've not heared of it before...

What do you do then? (I mean, as you studied marine bio')???

well the sciencey bit is quite boring but bascially certain marine organism, partically deep wayer give off bioluminescent light.....its great to watch and the shape can be rather fantastical. i'll be posting some pictures soon...once i get sorted with my page!
i'd love to have some real fish but i move about too much....in the future though!!

I disagree... The "Sciency" bit always fascinates me!

I've seen some forms of "bioluminescent" fish and other critters on Tele. Like the ones that use coloured light patterns in their skin to communicate. But unfortunately I haven't "seen" any yet. One day I hope to do some scuba diving around some coral reefs and things sometimes... It's just finding the time and money

well they "shine" as a bi-product of energy production....i went diving in the med and the plankton and night glimmer when you run your hand through the water at night. its like throwing glitter infront of you!
very cool!

sorry i'm quite tired....that came out totally wrong! you know what i meant to say though.....

*Is experianced at understanding people when tired...*




Yes I know what you mean... I bet is was!

When did you go there?

well i actually live there in the holidays. my parents live in Malta and i get to go down to visit!
i learnt to dive 6 years ago and thats what got me into my degree.
its a great place to dive

It would be nice to have a place in somewhere like that.

I've got a friend who's from Malta. She goes there on holiday sometimes and the locals seem to like joking in Maltese, but look quite shocked when she laughs She looks abit too English to look local...

What have you done with your degree then? I mean... what are you doing? Job wise? If you don't mind me asking...