Post by free4rms on Oct 31, 2007 17:47:12 GMT -5
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water....
Here is a little Halloween horror for all my friends at RTH, just in time for the season.
Very few people really understand the risk of swimming in the ocean, especially at night, but here is a short poem I wrote to warn everyone. I have included a photo at the end of the poem to emphasize the danger, too. I am not much of a poet and I was running a little short on time so it may be a bit disjointed, but maybe you will enjoy it. I have left it untitled (someone can suggest one if they like):
Rumors run deep of a hideous creep
who sleeps in Davy Jone’s locker,
and if you should dare to peek in there,
be prepared for a terrible shocker.
For a vampire shark lies still in the dark,
waiting for the daylight to dim
far below deck in his sunken shipwreck,
til the moon and the tides will awake him.
Sinewy and sinister, and quick to administer
a bite to the neck, yes it’s true.
This transatlantic Transylvanian
once in a vein, will just drain you.
Oh Neptune, Poseidon! With sharp pointed tridents
Help keep this beast at bay.
For sharpened sticks, the traditional fix
in oceans are scarce, they say.
Shiver me timbers, shivers down your spine!
Heed the hagfish, the lampreys and eels.
With the vampire shark they’re familiar
And will feed on what’s left of his meals.
So dine from the sea, but just listen to me
Let doubt not be part of your reasoning.
When feasting on fish, do as you wish,
just use garlic as part of the seasoning!
*Still* think I am making this up? Look at the photo of two real vampire shark teeth, one adult and one juvenile. How can you doubt me after this photographic proof??
I'll bet there are no doubting Thomases' now, huh??
Okay, okay....you have seen through my spoof! This is really a photo of two deformed (pathologic) fossil shark teeth I used to have in my fossil collection. But they *do* look like vampire teeth, don't they?
Here is a photo of a regular Otodus shark tooth so you can see just how deformed the other teeth are.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
Vance
Here is a little Halloween horror for all my friends at RTH, just in time for the season.
Very few people really understand the risk of swimming in the ocean, especially at night, but here is a short poem I wrote to warn everyone. I have included a photo at the end of the poem to emphasize the danger, too. I am not much of a poet and I was running a little short on time so it may be a bit disjointed, but maybe you will enjoy it. I have left it untitled (someone can suggest one if they like):
Rumors run deep of a hideous creep
who sleeps in Davy Jone’s locker,
and if you should dare to peek in there,
be prepared for a terrible shocker.
For a vampire shark lies still in the dark,
waiting for the daylight to dim
far below deck in his sunken shipwreck,
til the moon and the tides will awake him.
Sinewy and sinister, and quick to administer
a bite to the neck, yes it’s true.
This transatlantic Transylvanian
once in a vein, will just drain you.
Oh Neptune, Poseidon! With sharp pointed tridents
Help keep this beast at bay.
For sharpened sticks, the traditional fix
in oceans are scarce, they say.
Shiver me timbers, shivers down your spine!
Heed the hagfish, the lampreys and eels.
With the vampire shark they’re familiar
And will feed on what’s left of his meals.
So dine from the sea, but just listen to me
Let doubt not be part of your reasoning.
When feasting on fish, do as you wish,
just use garlic as part of the seasoning!
*Still* think I am making this up? Look at the photo of two real vampire shark teeth, one adult and one juvenile. How can you doubt me after this photographic proof??
I'll bet there are no doubting Thomases' now, huh??
Okay, okay....you have seen through my spoof! This is really a photo of two deformed (pathologic) fossil shark teeth I used to have in my fossil collection. But they *do* look like vampire teeth, don't they?
Here is a photo of a regular Otodus shark tooth so you can see just how deformed the other teeth are.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
Vance
