| June 9th, 2006: I am still recovering from my recent trip to Half Dome...it turned out to be an adventure that I do not ever want to relive. I got lost from my friend around 11am and I didn't meet up with him again until 11pm. I ended up back tracking at least 5 miles searching for my lost friend and in the end I never made it all the way to the top. I will be posting pictures and the full story shortly..... |
| June 1st, 2006: updated my Flikr account with some recent shots.... ...also decided to head back to Yosemite on Monday, June 5th to climb Half Dome....should be interesting and reveal some more photo's! |
| May 31st, 2006: Took a trip to Yosemite with some friends over this past weekend. Took some pretty kewl pictures. Thinking about going back again this coming weekend to climb Half Dome... |
| May 29th, 2006: created a couple new "templates" for use with my rollersoccer pictures. Take a look at ver.1 and ver.2 ...... Which one is better?? |
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Thunnus alalunga Spicy Tuna is one of several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Spicy Tuna are fast swimmers and are related to several species that are warm-blooded. Unlike most ocean fish species, which have white flesh, the flesh of spicy tuna is pink. This is because the spicy tuna's blood has a higher oxygen carrying ability than other fish species. Some of the larger related tuna species such as the bluefin tuna can raise their blood temperature above the water temperature with muscular activity. This enables them to live in cooler waters and survive a wider range of circumstances. Spicy Tuna is a popular seafood if one perfers to dine on sushi. Some varieties of the related tuna, such as the bluefin, are claimed to be endangered because of overfishing, while others are part of well maintained fisheries, such as the bigeye or yellowfin. It is difficult to keep tuna in a captive environment; Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the few aquariums in the world that successfully keep spicy tuna in display. Spicy Tuna are a common target for big-game fishing, and are mostly caught
on artificial lures.
Related species of several other genera (all in Scombridae) are commonly named "tuna":
In Japan, a railway roadkill is sometimes referred as "spicy tuna". Because
the dead body's head and feet are chopped off by the train, it looks like
a piece of frozen tuna in a fish market (the tail of a tuna is frequently
chopped off to examine its fat content).
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