Underwater Museum In Egypt

According to National Geographic, there has been plans to built an underwater museum near the new Library Of Alexandria. In September the UNESCO told that they would send a specialised team that would check if an underwater museum could be built, if it's possible then the UNESCO will help fund the construction.

Under the Mediterranean sea there are thousands of artifacts including parts that are believed to be of the ancient Pharos Of Alexandria. You can also see remnants of the Palace of Cleopatra that was formerly situated on an island in one of the largest human-made bays, but this was destroyed during an earthquake in the fourth century A.D.

Jacques Rougerie will be the lead architect and has already designed a building

Rougerie has designed a building with four tall structures shaped like the sails of fellucas, the sailboats that have journeyed the Nile since ancient times. These glass sails represent the four points of a compass and are illuminated with blue light in Rougerie's illustrations.

Will this damage The Artifacts?

The museum will be built for educational reason and was a result of the 2001 UNESCO convention for the preservation of underwater heritage.

Reports says that building just above the artifacts could damage them, this of course will make the construction more difficult, but this still has to be examined. If the UNESCO report is positive, engineers think the museum could be built in three years. Nobody knows how much the project will cost.

The Egyptian authorities hope that this project will help to boost the tourism industry and the city's current landscape.

Hurricane Ike Costs $22 Billion

The devastating Hurricane Ike has finally stopped his path of destruction and will be remembered as one of the most destructive hurricanes after hurricane Katrina (2005) and hurricane Andrew (1992). It will not only be one of the most destructive, but also one of the most costliest says Jeff Masters, director of Weather Underground, a private commercial forecasting service according Masters the cost could reach a whopping $22 billion.



Hurricane Ike first reached land at Galveston at about 3 a.m. and was a category 3 hurricane with winds going as fast as 110 miles ph (177 km). The storm had the size of Texas and hit Louisiana and Texas.



After hurricane Ike went across Cuba with 145 miles, it weakened and spread out a bit. Forecasts said that the hurricane could have recovered and even reach a Category 4, but luckily it didn't. If hurricane Ike would have reached Category 4 the damage would be even greater.
Hurricane Ike killed 34 people and rescue workers are still trying to reach some coastal residents.

Masters said:

Although the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season still has more than two months remaining, the rampage of Hurricane Ike and earlier storms that formed in the same area this summer may prevent future storms in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida from becoming as powerful as they might otherwise have been.

Hurricane Ike damage

Hurricane Ike Bringing Certain Death

The giant hurricane Ike reached the coast of Texas, the hurricane is moving from 10 -15 mph with winds surpassing the130 mph. Texas City, Seabrook and LaPorte have a huge risk of being flooded by the 9-20 foot water levels. Reports say that Galveston Island and Port Arthur are already being flooded and the water is still rising. The authorities have issued a 'Certain Death' warning

"Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single-family, one- or two-story homes may face certain death. … Widespread and devastating personal property damage is likely elsewhere."

Hurricane Ike like many others feed on the heat released when hot air rises, which then results in condensation. Depending on their location and strength hurricanes are also called Typhoons, Tropical Storms, Cyclones, Tropical Depressions, ...

The structure of a hurricane

Some people say that more hurricanes are being created, because of our sudden climate change, when the oceans get warmer the hurricanes get bigger. The rise of hurricanes that are being formed will result in millions of dollars of damage and in human life which is totally unacceptable.

Antarctic Salamander-Like Predator Fossil Found

A giant fossil of a salamander like predator who lived 240 million years ago has been found in Antarctica. Back then Antarctica wasn't that cold, like it's now. This made it possible for the salamander like creature to survive.

The Kryostega Collinsoni as it's called was one of the largest animals walking on Antarctica and lived during the middle Triassic Period (251 to 199 million years ago). The Kryostega is related to the salamander and the frog, it resembled a modern crocodile, despite it being an amphibious creature and not a reptile. Kryostega's side teeth were about 1.2 inches (3 centimeters) tall and about the size of an adult humans pinky finger (you can clearly see the teeth on the picture above). Some of its palate teeth were nearly twice as thick and grew up to 1.6 inches (4 centimeters) in height.

These amphibions are part of lineage of amphibious creatures called temnospondyls which had tiny teeth attached to their palates. The Kryostega mainly stayed close to the water and fed on fish and other amphibions.



As said before Antarctica wasn't the place we know now, all of the continents were still attached together and formed one super continent called Pangaea, which had a relative warm climate. In that period the dinosaurs didn't exist yet, but their ancestors the dinosauromorphs already roamed the Earth.

This fossil is a really great find and will help scientists to shed light on the little known history of Antarctica.

Fossil Forrests Disappeared By Global Warming

A huge tract of fossil rain forest has been discovered in underneath the US Midwest. They have discovered not only one forest, but 6 tracts of rain forest that are about two millions years old. They are the earliest forests ever to appear on earth.

Most of the forests are stacked up and date back to eras before and just after intense global warming. It was a time where the earth climate changed alot, from being covered with icecaps (it was even possible to walk from the US to Europe, because the North Pole was connected to the two continents) to a greenhouse state which had a tropical like climate.

The fossilized plants suggest sudden dramatic change occurred, with dense vegetation and trees up to 40 meters (130 feet) high being largely replaced by tree fern species says Falcon-Lang leader of the University of Bristol in the U.K.

Cute little Monkey

A cute little monkey ;D

The Monkey Disguised as the Devil XD

Hurricane Gustav coming

If you live in the area where hurrican gustave is coming , then I would close myself !

Vladimir Puttin Tranquilized Ussuri Tiger

Vladimir Putin Tranquilized a Ussuri Tiger, who took part at the nationnal program for preserving the Ussuri Tiger. It's a great step and it has certainly attracted the attention of the world.

Fangtooth Fish

The Fantooth Fish also called the ogrfish is a middle deep sea creature fish that is very muscular. These fishes have big teeths, but are harmless to humans. The Fantooth Fish has the largest teeths of the ocean and can reach a size of 16 cm in lenght. They can be kept for months in aquariums which have totally different conditions than on depths of 200-2000 meters where they can be found.

The Deep Sea Angler Fish

The Sea Angler Fish is a deep sea fish that throws his angle and captures his pray. You will see this in the video that i 'will show you at the end of this post. Angler fish live on the depths of abyss. This fish hasn't many treats on those depths, but the Lophius is one of those treats. These fishes are still mysterious just as the other fishes that live on the depths of abyss. The fish itself is a delicacy in japan and it costs around 100$ to 200$ for one fish. If you're wondering how this fish tastes, it tastes like lobster.

The next post is about The FangThooth Fish

Hagfishes

A Hagfishes is a snake looking fish that has a scull, but not vertebrals. They can reach lengths of 50 cm and produce a sticky slime. Sometimes even fisherman's catch them while they ate there fish. The Hagfish manly live at the bottom of the sea and feed on dead and living fish. I wouldn't touch them because they can turn a bucket of water into slime in few minutes. They can even switch from sex if this is needed to protect the specie.
Here is a video where you can see hagfishes that are eating a dead Whale.



The next post is about The Anglerfish

Rare Goblin Shark

The Goblin Shark or Also Called the Mitsukurina owstoni was first discovered in Japan, but shortly after that they have discovered other specimens in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. They have a long snout in front of there head and they aren't bigger then a normal sharks size. They mainly feed on deep sea creatures and squids. These sharks are extremely rare and some of them are even found on depths of 4000 feets. Watch the video and you will see a prehistoric shark called the Goblin Shark!

The next article is about Hagfishes

The Blobfish

It's a strange name for a strange fish. Another deep sea creature that lives in the waters of Australia. The flesh of this fish exists manly out of a gelatinous mass (blob). The blobfish hasn't almost any muscles. It's a real lazy fish that tries to spare his energy. These fishes are rare, but they can be caught by throwing nets into the deep sea.

The next article is about Goblin Sharks

The Big Megamouth Shark

The Megamouth shark is one of the rarest species of sharks! It's a deep sea shark that doesn't live from flesh, but from filtering the water and extracting the tiny animals out of it. Just like the whale shark. There are so many question about this shark. However we have some answers! The Megamouth shark can grow upto 5 meters and it has tiny teeth's. Only 41 specimen of the Megamouth Shark were found in the past 30 years. They appear actually everywhere, but the most Megamouth shark were spotted in Japan.



The next articles is about The BlobFish

The Deep Sea Viperfish

A Viperfish is a deep sea fish that can grow up to 60 cm in length. There are known 27 species of Viperfish and all of them have big teeth's that stick out there mouth. With these teeth's he is one of the most feared deep sea creatures. The Viperfish has a light giving organ that attracts his victims, just like a fishing lure. They are still a great mystery as all the other deep sea creatures.




The next article is about The Megamouth Shark

Pseudoscorpion False Scorpion

The Pseudoscorpion also called the false scorpion is a very tiny scorpion. It's totally harmless and in hasn't the long tail and poisonous sting of a real scorpion. Basically it's just a little insect that tries to imitate the real scorpion (pseudo). There exist over 2000 species of these tiny scorpions some live together and some keep dwelling around. Don't panic if you see one of these little creatures, just like I said they are completely harmless. They are so tiny (look at the picture).

Types Of Jellyfish

There are 5 types of jellyfishes know over the whole world.

The first type of jellyfish is the Lymnorea Triedra.


The second type of jellyfish is the Charybdaea Periphylla, smaller the the first type:


The tirth type is the Tima Flavilabris.



The fourth type is the Rhizostoma Cuvieri:


The last type of jellyfish is the Aequorea Cyanea:

Those where all the types of jellyfishes! So how do you feel yourself? Smarter?

Clown Fish In The Mediterranean

Clown Fish In The Mediterranean, there aren't any clownfishes in the Mediterranean sea. Maybe if somebody saw them they would probably have been mistaken with another fish. Clownfishes live in hot temperate waters and the Mediterranean isn't the right place for the clowfish. Maybe in the future, but not now. Clown fishes live in the Indian-Ocean, Red Sea and in the regions of South-East Asia. The clowfish is a very special fish because he can sleep in anemones. Normally this would kill any other fish. It's still is a mystery why the clownfish isn't paralyzed by the anemones.

Red Lionfish

The Red Lionfish is a very venomous fish that lives in the Indian and Western Pacific. ocean. In the mid 90 this fishes were even found in Florida! Probably someone released them over there. Now the Red Lionfish could be found almost everywhere in the Atlantic ocean. This fish hasn't killed anybody yet, but the persons who were stung by this fish said that it is a real killing pain. Watch this video to see the Red Lionfish swimming in the sea.

Queen Parrot Fish

The Queen Parrot Fish is one of the 80 species of parrot fishes it's a real colorful fish that lives in tempered waters of the coral reefs. It survives of algae that they find on the reef and therefore the Queen Parrot Fish is a herbivore. It even can bite of hard chucks of coral with there teeth's! The average size of a Queen Parrot Fish is around 40 cm.