Comments on: Punk Turtle http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/26/punk-turtle/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:23:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greek http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/26/punk-turtle/comment-page-1/#comment-1032397 Greek Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18977#comment-1032397 Incognita, you are quite right about the Murray river and the situation going on over there. it is sad. I'm a biologist, and one thing in your post was glaring at me: Algal blooms deplete the oxygen in the water because heterotrophic organisms consume the algae and use the oxygen in respiration. I'm sure you'll remember that plants (algae) produce sugar and oxygen through photosynthesis, so there is no way the algae can be using the oxygen themselves. sorry to be particular. Incognita, you are quite right about the Murray river and the situation going on over there. it is sad.

I'm a biologist, and one thing in your post was glaring at me: Algal blooms deplete the oxygen in the water because heterotrophic organisms consume the algae and use the oxygen in respiration. I'm sure you'll remember that plants (algae) produce sugar and oxygen through photosynthesis, so there is no way the algae can be using the oxygen themselves.

sorry to be particular.

]]> By: Incognita http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/26/punk-turtle/comment-page-1/#comment-1023923 Incognita Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:12:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18977#comment-1023923 Actually, I think you'll find that that'sa 'Murray River' turtle -- the Murray River was almost as big as the Mississippi River (over 4000 miles of navigatable waterways in the 19thC) -- but is dying from a combination of climate change (drought) and human idiocy. Farmers, insisting on growing water-guzzling crops are taking far too much water, so that nativer species can't breed, and their fertilizers, along with introduced aquatic species such as carp, are causing algal blooms such as is affecting this turtle. The algae uses up all the oxygen which further threatens native species (again carp are low-oxygen tolerant and take over). Funny pic.... but very sad reality Actually, I think you'll find that that'sa 'Murray River' turtle -- the Murray River was almost as big as the Mississippi River (over 4000 miles of navigatable waterways in the 19thC) -- but is dying from a combination of climate change (drought) and human idiocy. Farmers, insisting on growing water-guzzling crops are taking far too much water, so that nativer species can't breed, and their fertilizers, along with introduced aquatic species such as carp, are causing algal blooms such as is affecting this turtle. The algae uses up all the oxygen which further threatens native species (again carp are low-oxygen tolerant and take over). Funny pic.... but very sad reality

]]> By: Thomas http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/26/punk-turtle/comment-page-1/#comment-1020873 Thomas Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:40:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18977#comment-1020873 Watch out... he's got crazy eyes. I think he's on something. Watch out... he's got crazy eyes. I think he's on something.

]]> By: Kitty http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/26/punk-turtle/comment-page-1/#comment-1020845 Kitty Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:32:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18977#comment-1020845 He's totally awesome. What a great turtle. He's totally awesome. What a great turtle.

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