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The Moon brings a wild but precarious fish orgy to California's beaches
- stevetron 2y agoThere's an old movie called "The day The Fish Came Out".
- blackle 2y agoI love grunions. Such funny little creatures. I'd recommend finding a video of them in action where they bury themselves in the sand, only to wiggle around and "pop" out of the sand again.
- zoky 2y agoAs a teenager I once stumbled upon a grunion run, before I had any what they were or that it was even a thing. It was… pretty incredible. I still consider myself lucky that I got to see it.
- Xeyz0r 2y agoActually, you are
- hotsauceror 2y agoApropos of nothing, but would there ever be a "non-wild" orgy? Perhaps an orderly progression of couplings, with a timekeeper and protocols, and tea being served?
- rvbissell 2y ago> In addition, they only spawn during full or new moons – because they need a high tide. Seems like tides should be dependent solely on moon position, not moon phase.
- sjburt 2y agoMoon phase is caused by moon position.
- rvbissell 2y agoMoon phase is caused by moon position, relative to the sun-moon-earth system. My point was that the moon can be directly above or below, regardless of phase. .... but thinking about it a little more, the tide probably gets an additional boost when the sun is contributing (i.e., the 3 bodies are lined up)
- js2 2y agoIt's commonly known as a spring tide: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/springtide.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/springtide.html It's readily apparent along most coasts. Aside, grew up in Florida and was always a little surprised whenever I met someone who'd not seen the ocean until they were an adult, but eventually realized maybe that wasn't so odd considering I didn't see snow for the first time till I was an adult. To me, skiing is something you do on the water, so when I say "snow skiing" people often look at me oddly, as if there's any other kind. Well, there is. :-)
- wbl 2y agoI have been told by a friend of a student from Louisiana who was an avid water skier. Her friends at UC Berkeley discussed going to the lake to ski. She joined and was quite confused by the snow on the ground.
- ISL 2y agoTides depend on both the moon and sun. So does the phase of the moon. Tides are largest at full moon and new moon, when their gravity gradients combine to enhance each other's tides. A week later, their gravity gradients interfere, decreasing the amplitudes of the tides.
- RIMR 2y agoHell yeah
- dhosek 2y agoOnly one solution: WE MUST DESTROY THE MOON.