On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Monday, September 10, 2001 11:47 AM, Viv (aka Krazy Kiwi) wrote:
>> Hi Strike, Frogfish ;-)
>
>"Frogfish"?  :-)

Ooops I should have put an '&' instead of a commoa coz I meant "Frogfish"
Robert.

>I've always thought that I was more like a Batfish and always in the
>shit! :-)

Weeelll now that you mention it .. ya could be. On the other hand, nah ..
you're "Mother Tiger" remember .... *groooooowwwwwlllll*

>> Unfortunately, the Christensen Research Institute closed at the end
>> of 1997 due to Management problems. I was there May 97 & visited Dr
>> Larry Orsak to pass on some messages from Leslie Newman (flatworm
>> guru) & her SO Andrew Flowers (sponge guru).

>Damn!  Now that you've mentioned it, I can recall you saying that you'd
>been there.  Which explains why I was thinking of nudibranchs in
>conjunction with the Institute.  Although I didn't visit the place,
>those that have seemed to be impressed. ('Cause the security guards at
>Jais Aben were running around with bows and arrows, I didn't wander far
>from the dive shop/bar/bure!)  :-)

You probably remember me mentioning the flatworm & nudibranch survey in
Coral Bay some of the WAUPS members volunteered their time to with Drs
Newman & Flowers (Queensland University). When she published her paper one
of our club members had a flatworm named after him. Not long after this
trip Leslie scored a job with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
She spent quite a bit of time grovelling around in the coral rubble off
Florida during her studies there before she returned to OZ. She is heavily
involved with research work at Heron Island.

Bows & arrows ... where's the indians ;-)  When I was there it was machetes
mate :-)) Actually to be honest I had more hassles with the hornbill there
than any security concerns :-)
Viv