Another reason I would prefer to stay out of the ocean

All I can say is AHHHHHH! Look at that freakin' thing. It makes the facehuggers off of Alien look like a big wuss and it's 100 percent REAL.

With its enormous legs and lethal claws, this monster of the deep is already the biggest crab ever seen in Britain.

But astonishingly, the arthropod - which measures a staggering 10ft from claw to claw - is still growing, and could live until it is 100.

Nicknamed 'Crabzilla' after the fictional giant monster, the Japanese Spider Crab has a body the size of a basketball and its legs can straddle a car. They will eventually measure a massive 15ft.

Okay so it lives like 2,500 feet under water but still, I'm not really thrilled with all the things that swim around in the ocean. I mean you don't see gigantic killer squirrels on land or something like that. We've got shut-ins like Bears and Cougars, but they prefer to just hang out near their caves. These crabs probably cruise around the ocean floor like they own the place... because they do.

What's a group called?

Everyone knows that a bunch of birds is called a "flock."

And everyone knows that a bunch of fish is called a "school."

But what are some other groups of items called?

Well thank you University of California for allowing me to check this list on your Web site.

Here are some of the best:

• A fluther of jellyfish - the reason Brandon avoids the ocean at all costs.
  
• A neverthriving of jugglers - so a circus?
• A mob of kangaroos - better yet, boxing kangaroos!
• A bevy of ladies - the reason Brandon and I go to the ocean.
• A number of mathematicians - a.k.a nerds.
• A company of moles - they wear suits.
• A tribe of monkeys - I like monkeys.
• A barren of mules - a.k.a. frat guys.
• A superfluity of nuns - nuns do seem to travel in groups...err...I mean in superfluities.
• A parliament of owls - owls are smart.
• A huddle of penguins - they huddle to stay warm.
• A gaze of raccoons - I like raccoons and monkeys.
• An unkindness of ravens - they are like the emo kids of the bird family.
• A clutter of spiders - RAID.
• An ambush of tigers - yes, I'm sure tigers are trying to ambush me. Now walk away slowly.
• A bale of turtles - It's actually a rectangle block of turtles. Like a bale of hay.
• A blessing of unicorns - I've never seen ONE unicorn, let alone a BLESSING of them.
• An ugly of walruses - walruses are ugly, oh, and also the reason Brandon avoids the ocean.
• A descent of woodpeckers - Woody Woodpecker.
• A crash of rhinoceroses - because they crash through everything.
• A dray of squirrels - I like squirrels, raccoons and monkeys!
  

Solving the green glow of the sea

Sailors have long wondered why the sea glowed green. And I'm proud to say it isn't because I puked in it from sea-sickness. Scientists believe worms actually provide the sea with its luminescent glow.

Marine fireworms use bioluminescence to attract suitors in an undersea mating ritual. Research conducted by Scripps marine biologists Dimitri Deheyn and Michael Latz reveals that the worms also may use the light as a defensive measure. The report, published as the cover story of the current issue of the journal Invertebrate Biology, provides insights into the function of fireworm bioluminescence and moves scientists closer to identifying the molecular basis of the light.

"This is another step toward understanding the biology of the bioluminescence in fireworms, and it also brings us closer to isolating the protein that produces the light," said Deheyn, a scientist in the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps. "If we understand how it is possible to keep light so stable for such a long time, it would provide opportunities to use that protein or reaction in biomedical, bioengineering and other fields-the same way other proteins have been used."

Now if they could only find out why Pirates have peg-legs.