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((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( 1. CATFISH FACTS & TRIVIA:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you think this is helpful/informative/interesting please forward it to a dive buddy friend. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( This week's question: Many movies on Christmas themes have been made for television and the cinema over the years, including dozens of versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which of the following films has NOT yet been made? Jetsons' Christmas Carol, Popeye's Christmas Carol, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol Note: To avoid duplications and any resulting misunderstandings as to the winner each week----trivia answers should only be sent to Debby at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ############################################################### Last week's questions: How do crabs smell? This is a recap as it has been a while! CRABS SMELL FEAR THROUGH ANTENNULES OR if you leave them in the trash for a week they small like hell!!!! Delicious! Crabs smell through nodes attached to their antennae. Crabs find their food in the dark (or in the light) by something called "chemoreception". This is kind of like our sense of smell. They have very sensitive chemoreceptors (or smell organs) on their antennae and in their mouthparts and distributed throughout their body. So, crabs can "smell" the chemicals that their prey put out in the water and follow these "smells" to find food.http://www.bluecrab.info/faq.htm
The antennae on crabs are called chemoreceptors. They allow the crab to taste and smell, to find food and mates. Crabs smell things they eat underwater by detecting chemicals from food with the tufts of hairs on the tips of their antennas OR … They smell BAD after a day or two in the sun "Terrible if left in the sun for two days!!!" ha ha ha They can also smell good depending on how they are cooked or really bad if they are dead and rotting, and they have a few other odors to be aware of!! Delicious when steamed in beer and vinegar and covered with “Old Bay†Oh, live crabs have numerous chemoreceptor all over their body to pick up scents in the water. Crabs smell depending on:1. how long they have been dead2. what the ambient temp is that they have been dead at.3. if dead long enough they no longer longer smell. Answerers in order of Receipt:Paul Gacek -- Footnote Man -- paulgacek.comVTF in GSOBuster Thompson -- Retired and doing a lot of diving -- Blounts CreekJanice Mastriano -- Hightstown, NJFrank Edwards -- Harkers Island, NCMike Kreul – Sea Dive – Solomons MarylandRon Briggs -- BWC IT-Tech Support -- Centarl Ohio Divers -- and the seadogs Scout and Cooper -- Florida Museum of Natural History -- Columbus OhioDon Davis (CWO4 "Boatswain", Ret.) -- Morehead City, NCShawn Lee -- Rockford, ILAnnie Arena -- Absecon, NJ (our longest active answerer!!!!) Kevin Campbell -- TRIADStuart E May -- Director of Husbandry/Operations -- NC Aqu at Pine Knoll Shores – AKA- Key boyJerry Leonard -- Terry's Brother -- Morehead City, NCBrandon Berry -- Rocky Mount, NC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you think this is helpful/informative/interesting please forward it to a dive buddy friend. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( This week's question: Many movies on Christmas themes have been made for television and the cinema over the years, including dozens of versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which of the following films has NOT yet been made? Jetsons' Christmas Carol, Popeye's Christmas Carol, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol Note: To avoid duplications and any resulting misunderstandings as to the winner each week----trivia answers should only be sent to Debby at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ############################################################### Last week's questions: How do crabs smell? This is a recap as it has been a while! CRABS SMELL FEAR THROUGH ANTENNULES OR if you leave them in the trash for a week they small like hell!!!! Delicious! Crabs smell through nodes attached to their antennae. Crabs find their food in the dark (or in the light) by something called "chemoreception". This is kind of like our sense of smell. They have very sensitive chemoreceptors (or smell organs) on their antennae and in their mouthparts and distributed throughout their body. So, crabs can "smell" the chemicals that their prey put out in the water and follow these "smells" to find food.http://www.bluecrab.info/faq.htm
The antennae on crabs are called chemoreceptors. They allow the crab to taste and smell, to find food and mates. Crabs smell things they eat underwater by detecting chemicals from food with the tufts of hairs on the tips of their antennas OR … They smell BAD after a day or two in the sun "Terrible if left in the sun for two days!!!" ha ha ha They can also smell good depending on how they are cooked or really bad if they are dead and rotting, and they have a few other odors to be aware of!! Delicious when steamed in beer and vinegar and covered with “Old Bay†Oh, live crabs have numerous chemoreceptor all over their body to pick up scents in the water. Crabs smell depending on:1. how long they have been dead2. what the ambient temp is that they have been dead at.3. if dead long enough they no longer longer smell. Answerers in order of Receipt:Paul Gacek -- Footnote Man -- paulgacek.comVTF in GSOBuster Thompson -- Retired and doing a lot of diving -- Blounts CreekJanice Mastriano -- Hightstown, NJFrank Edwards -- Harkers Island, NCMike Kreul – Sea Dive – Solomons MarylandRon Briggs -- BWC IT-Tech Support -- Centarl Ohio Divers -- and the seadogs Scout and Cooper -- Florida Museum of Natural History -- Columbus OhioDon Davis (CWO4 "Boatswain", Ret.) -- Morehead City, NCShawn Lee -- Rockford, ILAnnie Arena -- Absecon, NJ (our longest active answerer!!!!) Kevin Campbell -- TRIADStuart E May -- Director of Husbandry/Operations -- NC Aqu at Pine Knoll Shores – AKA- Key boyJerry Leonard -- Terry's Brother -- Morehead City, NCBrandon Berry -- Rocky Mount, NC
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