Colour In Nature: Leafy & Weedy Seadragons


	Colour In Nature: Leafy & Weedy Seadragons
JohnWaterman
4-29-2009 1:39 PM
540 views
1 Comment |
Add a Comment
4-29-2009 2:00 PM
Antara
beautiful ...and the video is sooooo relaxing
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from April 29, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/96f4be3b-bfa0-4591-97ed-b897df2b2e22/5F39A1D3-54FD-4162-A5AE-F6FFC966B10B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/" href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.colourlovers.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.colourlovers.com/img/3FCF689E-63F2-48CD-A11B-F71CDC5C0466" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/">There are two types of sea dragons, which are related to the <A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/02/18/color-in-nature-seahorse">seahorse</A>: <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafy_sea_dragon">leafy</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedy_sea_dragon">weedy</A>. These creatures are found around southern and western Australia. Leafies are generally brown to yellow in body color with spectacular olive-tinted appendages. Weedies have less flamboyant projections and are usually reddish in color with yellow spots.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3003007592_4f2a1d94d4.jpg"><IMG height="391" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3003007592_4f2a1d94d4.jpg" title="3003007592_4f2a1d94d4" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6643" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pcoin/3003007592/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to cotinis' photostream">cotinis</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P>The leafy sea dragon propels itself by means of a pectoral fin on the ridge of its neck and a dorsal fin on its back closer to the tail end. These small fins are almost completely transparent and difficult to see as they undulate minutely to move the creature sedately through the water, completing the illusion of floating seaweed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2452309036_3b7dba5b4d.jpg"><IMG height="326" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2452309036_3b7dba5b4d.jpg" title="2452309036_3b7dba5b4d" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6658" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tymmbee/2452309036/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to tymmbee's photostream">tymmbee</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/500365278_a54503b4b7.jpg"><IMG height="350" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/500365278_a54503b4b7.jpg" title="500365278_a54503b4b7" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6657" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/agross96/500365278/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to agross96's photostream">agross96</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/416332995_202da655d8-1.jpg"><IMG height="368" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/416332995_202da655d8-1.jpg" title="416332995_202da655d8-1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6645" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/douga/416332995/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to doug.deep's photostream">doug.deep</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2110392700_80163af544.jpg"><IMG height="368" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2110392700_80163af544.jpg" title="2110392700_80163af544" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6656" /></A>Photo by r<A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rling/2110392700/">ichard ling</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3027301266_15a88aa74b.jpg"><IMG height="360" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3027301266_15a88aa74b.jpg" title="3027301266_15a88aa74b" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6655" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthur_chapman/3027301266/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to Arthur Chapman's photostream">Arthur Chapman</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/sea-dragon-1.jpg"><IMG height="327" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/sea-dragon-1.jpg" title="sea-dragon-1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6654" /></A>Photos by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.divegallery.com/Leafy_Sea_Dragon_3.htm">divegallery</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/280714719_3b5c8d7ba2.jpg"><IMG height="326" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/280714719_3b5c8d7ba2.jpg" title="280714719_3b5c8d7ba2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6653" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenlarson/280714719/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to Darren Larson's photostream">Darren Larson</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2821355302_2010860ba1.jpg"><IMG height="292" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2821355302_2010860ba1.jpg" title="2821355302_2010860ba1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6652" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreab/2821355302/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to Andrea Baldassarri's photostream">Andrea Baldassarri</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2791830612_4b53692b72.jpg"><IMG height="368" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/2791830612_4b53692b72.jpg" title="2791830612_4b53692b72" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6651" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/landfeldt/2791830612/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to Landfeldt's photostream">Landfeldt</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/294291636_c9a6d864fe.jpg"><IMG height="368" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/294291636_c9a6d864fe.jpg" title="294291636_c9a6d864fe" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6650" /></A>Photo by<STRONG><STRONG> </STRONG></STRONG><A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meantux/294291636/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to meantux's photostream">meantux</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/251364605_24fbd888b5.jpg"><IMG height="315" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/251364605_24fbd888b5.jpg" title="251364605_24fbd888b5" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6649" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/251364605/">Feuillu</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3479565616_abb1b9d07e.jpg"><IMG height="279" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/3479565616_abb1b9d07e.jpg" title="3479565616_abb1b9d07e" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6648" /></A>Photo by i<A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elea/3479565616/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to itselea's photostream">tselea</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/290117243_3cc609472f.jpg"><IMG height="326" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/290117243_3cc609472f.jpg" title="290117243_3cc609472f" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6647" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecates/290117243/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to droїd's photostream">droїd</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><P><A href="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/1448428288_3a8f24649c.jpg"><IMG height="326" width="490" alt="" src="http://www.colourlovers.com/uploads/2009/04/1448428288_3a8f24649c.jpg" title="1448428288_3a8f24649c" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6644" /></A>Photo by <A target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterphotogallery/1448428288/" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" title="Link to Lester A. Arcega's photostream">Lester A. Arcega</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/04/29/color-in-nature-leafy-weedy-seadragons/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4211962&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5F39A1D3-54FD-4162-A5AE-F6FFC966B10B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
