Seahorse Keeping - You've Been Plundered

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Recognize this? It's your beloved seahorse.


That's right.
We've got it and we're keeping it, unless you....

Do as Instructed. We Mean Business. 

You don't want to wake up with a seahorse head in your bed, do you?

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Get five angels to bless this lens

2. Get five angels to bless Laura Fincannon 's lenses

3. No cops. We are serious. We'll be watching.

4. Pick up a loaf of bread on the way home

P.S. Laura is just an innocent bystander. She doesn't know anything about this. Really. ~Zelda

Avast!

THIS LENS WAS PLUNDERED BY
PIRATES NEXT DOOR

~Zelda Shagnasty
Pirate Wench

Confused? Did You Click the Seahorse Keeping Link on the Answer Deck? 

Read on....


Sorry.

I really know nothing about seahorses except that you shouldn't try to eat them. They are bony and get stuck in your teeth.

What you have here is a kidnapping or, in this case, a squidnapping or quite possibly a seahorse napping - aren't they sweet when they are asleep? Sadly, I think you just endured a pirate rapping.

Here's the deal:

While reading through the SquidU pages trying to learn a thing or ten about how to make really super, awesome lenses, I came upon the lens shown in the screen shot seen above. Naturally, I clicked the link on seahorse keeping; doesn't everyone?

That's the one marked with the red arrow on the picture above. The link went to an available lens. No one was looking, so I took it. Pirates are known to do such things. And, here we are.

Now, it's up to you. Do you really want me to turn to a life of crime? Wouldn't it be better if you just visited my lenses, favorited and five starred them? You could even buy stuff through my lens.

Certainly, it would be better for me AND you could rest at night knowing that you've done your part to keep a pirate wench on the straight and narrow path of Squidom.


~Zelda


P.S. If you really, really want to know about keeping seahorses, read on. It's on this page somewhere. First, you'll have to scroll through some blatant attempts to get you to follow on Twitter, visit other lenses and join the crew.

"Aye, we Twitter.
But, there ain't no flitterin' or glitterin'!
It ain't piratey."

Visit these nifty lenses that have nothing to do with seahorses 

Angels. You know what to do.

Bless 'em Danno

P.S. This is what we call shameless self-promotion.. Isn't learning fun?

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CDT wrote...

Brilliant :D

The advantage of being a scurvy-ridden landlubber is that I've got access to the shops, so I'll pick up the loaf of bread OK...

:P

ReplyPosted April 30, 2009

LauraFincannon wrote...

in reply to Treasures-By-Brenda If it was just me, I'd be thrilled with an angel blessing, but those pesky pirates are hard to please.

ReplyPosted April 28, 2009

Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...

Okay, so how about one Angel blessing more than one lens? Any credit there? Or am I going to wind up with a Seahorse in my bed?

Blessed By Brenda

ReplyPosted April 26, 2009

JenOfChicago wrote...

Very funny!

ReplyPosted April 20, 2009

grannysage wrote...

Ahahahahaha, grannysage is cracking up. Oh this is great. I wish I had thought of it....hmmm, wonder what I can steal, (looks around stealthily).No one will suspect a little old crone!

ReplyPosted April 15, 2009

 
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Wow. Are You Really Still Reading?

Since you have come this far, you must really want to learn something about seahorse keeping. Alrighty. Just for you, I bring you the Wonderful World of Seahorses. Giddy up. Hi ho Squider! Away!

Let's Start with Pretty Seahorse Pictures 

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Did You Know?

#1 Seahorses have no teeth and no stomach. Food passes through their digestive systems so quickly, they must eat almost constantly to stay alive.

#2 Seahorses are carnivores.

#3 A group of seahorses is called a herd.

The Seahorse According to Wikipedia 

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Seahorses are any species belonging to the genus Hippocampus, which, in turn, belongs to the family Syngnathidae, which also includes pipefish and leafy sea dragons. There are over 47 species of seahorse, mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world. They prefer to live in sheltered areas such as sea grass beds, coral reefs, or mangroves. Colonies have been found in European waters such as the Thames Estuary.BBC News - Rare seahorses breeding in Thames From North America down to South America there are approximately four species, ranging from very small in size (dwarf seahorses are only about 2.5 cm / 1" long) to those much larger, found off the Pacific Coast of Central America (the foot-long Hippocampus ingens). Hippocampus erectus are larger seahorses found anywhere from Nova Scotia down to around Uruguay. Three different species of seahorse live in the Mediterranean Sea: Hippocampus hippocampus (long snout), Hippocampus brevirostris (short snout) and Hippocampus fuscus (immigrated from the Red Sea)http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seepferdchen. These fish form territories, with males staying in about one square meter of their habitat while females range about one hundred times that area. They bob around in sea grass meadows, mangrove stands, and coral reefs where they are camouflaged by murky brown and grey patterns that blend into the sea grass backgrounds. During social moments or in unusual surroundings, seahorses turn bright colors.

The Seahorse Channel 

All Seahorses - All of the Time

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Seahorse Merchandise 

I bet you can't wait to buy this stuff

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