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[challenge entry] Sea FAQs.


EDIT: I'm not actually looking for the answer. It's just a pun.
If you really want to show off your half baked science facts, go tell a fucking whale.

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(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:39, archived)
# i bet its something to do with the sky
(guffbeak, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:40, archived)
# octopus ink!
everyone knows that! DUH!
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:46, archived)
# It is
it reflects the sky

And polar bear fur is transparent, it just reflects the snow
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:48, archived)
# the polar bear in Edinburgh zoo is white,
even though there is no snow.
I call BS.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:50, archived)
# But not for long
She'll be moving to the Highlands this year.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:56, archived)
# where she will be hunted by eagles
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:12, archived)
# gaelic speaking eagles
with sticks o fire!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:13, archived)
# Ah, the golden eagle
The polar bear's only natural predator.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:14, archived)
# especially when it's pissed up on buckfast and has a shotgun
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:16, archived)
# That's the Glasweagle
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:24, archived)
# then why aren't they blue in water
or green when roaming across fields

edit/ see above
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:52, archived)
# it turns out that i'm an idiot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_water
(guffbeak, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:53, archived)
# Hmmm. So it's not Rayleigh scattering, but 4th harmonic vibrations, eh?
edit :cooooooool

"Colorful niches of phototrophic microorganisms shaped by vibrations of the water molecule"

www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v1/n4/full/ismej200759a.html
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:57, archived)
# Apparently, the hollow 'guard hairs' are transparent, but they have underfur which is white, so...
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:54, archived)
# @ ALL
I';m just parrotting what Lord Fry said on QI

he knows everything
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:21, archived)
# BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF IN IT
(theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:40, archived)
# Water isn't transparent
it's a very pale blue. Something do with electrons in oxygen I think.
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:42, archived)
# RAYLEIGH SCATTERING
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:45, archived)
# YES.
OH SHITTING CHRIST, YES.
(I helped save b3ta! Jamie_W If your life had a face I would punch it., Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:49, archived)
# water is blue because of discarded bicycles?
cool.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:15, archived)
# I was wrong, it's the sky that has the miniature bicycles.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:26, archived)
# or Raman
www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200902/physicshistory.cfm
(haberman is singing in the changes, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 13:57, archived)
# it reflects the dust in the sky
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:44, archived)
# HEYYY!!!

(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:44, archived)
# O HAI!
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:48, archived)
# Oh HAIS THERE
Reminds me of the toothy shark.
(cenaris Is dividing 3 by waffle, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:24, archived)
# The average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it ejaculates
and you wonder why the ocean is so salty. :D
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:45, archived)
# *spits*
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:46, archived)
# I don't wonder anything of the sort.
Stop putting ponders in my brain.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:46, archived)
# Hah. DAMN YOU WHALEY!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:00, archived)
# Blue dye
Added for the benefit of sailors so they don't get vertigo.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:48, archived)
# How awsome would it be if water was totally transparent
and you could see all the way to the bottom of the ocean?
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:50, archived)
# It would be 65% awesome.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:04, archived)
# Terrifying.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:08, archived)
# Like looking into the depths of the mind of Our Lord?
Perhaps He shields us from that dizzying gap, just as He protects us from His intentions through mysteriousness.

Praise Be
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:14, archived)
# Because that's the way our Lord God wanted it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:50, archived)
# ^this^
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:51, archived)
# Er, yes. Praise be.
*looks around for inquisition*
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:01, archived)
# it's because it's blue
:)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 10:12, archived)