The seahorse: small but ferocious fighter
Tony's blog reminded me that Brendan, Derek and I were discussing the truth about seahorses a little while back. None of us knew a whole lot, but I decided to look up some info in the World Book my family never ever uses. There's not much for quantity, but the quality of the information is beyond compare. In this particular case, I think the best (i.e. least time-consuming for me) way to present these fascinating facts is just by posting the log of my AIM chat with Brendan. The following excerpt has not been modified in any way.

funkEquilibrium: all right Tony blogged and guess what that reminds me of
hommeikun1: uh seahorses i'd imagine
hommeikun1: but seriously they don't do shit
hommeikun1: i think they are just a big ugly kelp thing
funkEquilibrium: holy crap there is barely any info in here
funkEquilibrium: much less than I expected
funkEquilibrium: like half a page
funkEquilibrium: so it should be easy
hommeikun1: haha
hommeikun1: what do they eat?
funkEquilibrium: a small fish... most less than 6 inches long... body made of bony plates... feeds by sucking small animals into cylindrical mouth
funkEquilibrium: use their tails to cling to rooted plants or floating sea vegetation
funkEquilibrium: which makes me picture the seahorse as a kite
funkEquilibrium: flipping and zipping this way and that
hommeikun1: haha
funkEquilibrium: against its will
funkEquilibrium: powerless to do anything but hold onto something
hommeikun1: haha
funkEquilibrium: like Twister
hommeikun1: i'm typing in i'm laughing but i'm really laughing
hommeikun1: seahorses are the pussies of the ocean
hommeikun1: haha
funkEquilibrium: hehehe
funkEquilibrium: and the soccer league
hommeikun1: help me i can't swim
hommeikun1: quick GRAAAAAB
funkEquilibrium: this photo reminds us
hommeikun1: i wonder if they have ever gotten stuck to a whale by tryign to suck him in
hommeikun1: cuz they're so fucking idiotic
funkEquilibrium: seahorses look WEIRD
funkEquilibrium: hehe
funkEquilibrium: perhaps
funkEquilibrium: ooh this one is good
funkEquilibrium: Baby seahorses often form small groups by holding onto each other with their tails.
funkEquilibrium: HAHAHAH
hommeikun1: hahah
funkEquilibrium: this one is better
funkEquilibrium: "A seahorse swims weakly."
hommeikun1: hahaha
funkEquilibrium: that's a freakin quote
funkEquilibrium: from the encyclopedia
hommeikun1: i'm so lol right now
hommeikun1: haha
funkEquilibrium: that's messed up of them to say
hommeikun1: hahah
funkEquilibrium: and show its picture
funkEquilibrium: I wouldn't want my picture shown if I looked like this shiet
funkEquilibrium: we're down in the sea for a reason, ass
hommeikun1: hahah
hommeikun1: man i'm laughing this is good
hommeikun1: i needed this after that sbc fiasco
funkEquilibrium: haha
funkEquilibrium: weird... the female lays eggs in a pouch on the male
funkEquilibrium: the male carries them around and later releases the young
funkEquilibrium: and that's about all the World Book decide was fit to print
funkEquilibrium: "just make sure everyone knows they swim weakly"
hommeikun1: haha
funkEquilibrium: "that about sums up this poor freak bastard fish"
hommeikun1: seahorses are no where near the ferocious creatures i had tony believe
hommeikun1: hahah
funkEquilibrium: it doesn't even say what they eat
hommeikun1: whatever float into their mouth...
hommeikun1: can u picture it
hommeikun1: a seahorse hanging on for dear life
hommeikun1: it can't move where it wants...
hommeikun1: so a big peice of tuna shit is coming towards it mouth
hommeikun1: and it can't do anything about it but eat it
hommeikun1: HAHA
funkEquilibrium: heheh nasty
funkEquilibrium: and sad for the little weak swimmer
hommeikun1: tony's on the worst soccer team ever
funkEquilibrium: hahaha
funkEquilibrium: he can shine all he wants
funkEquilibrium: but he's still a seahorse
hommeikun1: oh man tha'ts classic
hommeikun1: u need to blog that shit
funkEquilibrium: hahah
hommeikun1: ton'ys gonna be pissed
funkEquilibrium: I think I will
funkEquilibrium: good idea
hommeikun1: poor tony