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Once upon a time .. Scrambling in Yoho National Park



Yoho National Park has been a hotbed for mountaineers since the early days of the railroad as European settlers ventured westward. The village of Field is nestled between three popular Rocky Mountain scrambles: Mount Stephen, Mount Burgess, and Mount Field.

Mount Stephen – 3199m


Mount Stephen towers over the mountain village of Field
http://www.field.ca/activities/scrambling/

new little animals



were found .. the smaller looking up was saying then ..

Hey, Pop, it's boring rooted here.

Shsshh, son! .. don't tell 'em we are aliens .. we're rooted now and will disappear, but DON'T WORRY, son!
.. one day will be resurrection day .. one day we will come back in a more active filter feeder fashion ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqEQjGaDVk

Dad? Yes, son? That resurrection stuff of yours doesn't fit with Darwin!

Son! Shaddup, now you're playing prophet, too???!!!!

(Just think if the conversation took place some 500 million years ago.)

Dad? Could i go from rooted , and nothing other to look forward to than
growing up to be like you .. to dying and returning as one of these ....



can i .. can i? .. can i, please? .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo

Filter feeders (a sub-group of suspension feeders) are animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure. Some animals that use this method of feeding are clams, krill, sponges, baleen whales, and many fishes (including some sharks). Some birds, such as flamingos, are also filter feeders. Filter feeders can play an important role in clarifying water.


Krill feeding under high phytoplankton concentration
(slowed down by a factor of 12)

Son. Yes? .. Remember our alien oyster mates martyred themselves when they sucked the
humans in to over-fishing them at Chesapeake Bay? Don't worry, son .. time is on our side ..

Gee, Dad .. you know so much of the future .. i wanna grow up to be just like you ..

LOL .. the hidden story of the Siphusauctum gregarium, son .. :)