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--Boundary_(ID_Ux536LwzTL5wzYJh+AP7Xg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Mike Dadswell is a fish biologist at Acadia University Biology in =20 Wolfville. Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Mike Dadswell <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca> > Date: February 19, 2010 9:21:40 AM AST > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: Guillemot vs Sculpin Species? > > Jim > You can tell Hans the guillemot was eating a shorthorn =20 > sculpin. Their spines are not long and not toxic. We have no =20 > toxic sculpins around Nova Scotia. Shorthorns are really common =20 > in shallow water in winter. Sometimes you can pick them up at low =20 > tide and it is no problem Scuba Diving. By February they act =20 > stunned. I guess it=92s the cold water. > Mike > > From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:11 PM > To: Mike Dadswell; John Gilhen > Subject: Guillemot vs Sculpin Species? > > Note that photo no. 2 from the link at bottom show a sculpin? in =20 > the beak of the guillemot. Jim > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> > Date: February 18, 2010 12:57:09 PM AST > To: "Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Black Guillemot vs Sculpin Species? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I was watching a Black Guillemot fishing by the wharf at Sambro =20 > Harbour and it came up with what looked like a sculpin species. =20 > There are apparently about 756 species of sculpin and the numbers =20 > keep growing. Some or all have toxic spines so to see the =20 > guillemot swallow it whole and head first is interesting. The bird =20 > did not appear to kill the fish before swallowing. So if this is =20 > really a sculpin how does the guillemot protect itself from the =20 > toxic spines. > > Hans > > http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0125.html > _________________________________ > Hans Toom > Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada > Website: http://hanstoom.com > _________________________________ > --Boundary_(ID_Ux536LwzTL5wzYJh+AP7Xg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Mike Dadswell is a fish biologist at Acadia University Biology in = Wolfville. Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mike Dadswell <<a = href=3D"mailto:mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca">mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca</a>><= /font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 19, 2010 9:21:40 AM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: Guillemot vs Sculpin = Species?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class=3D"Section1"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Jim<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> You can = tell Hans the guillemot was eating a shorthorn sculpin. Their = spines are not long and not toxic. We have no toxic sculpins = around Nova Scotia. Shorthorns are really common in shallow = water in winter. Sometimes you can pick them up at low tide and it = is no problem Scuba Diving. By February they act stunned. I = guess it=92s the cold water.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style=3D"border-right-style: = none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: = initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; = border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; = padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: = 0in; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>James W. Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<= span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, February 18, 2010 = 6:11 PM<br><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mike Dadswell; John = Gilhen<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Guillemot vs Sculpin = Species?<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: = 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Note that photo no. 2 from the = link at bottom show a sculpin? in the beak of the guillemot. = Jim<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Begin forwarded = message:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; = margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: = black; ">From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Hans Toom = <<a href=3D"mailto:Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</a>></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">Date:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">February = 18, 2010 12:57:09 PM AST</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">"<a = href=3D"mailto:Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; ">Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca</a>" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; ">Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; = ">[NatureNS] Black Guillemot vs Sculpin = Species?</span></b><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: = black; ">Reply-To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; = ">I was watching a<span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span = style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Black = Guillemot</span></strong><span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span>fishing by the wharf at = Sambro Harbour and it came up with what looked like a sculpin = species. There are apparently about 756 species of sculpin and the = numbers keep growing. Some or all have toxic spines so to see the = guillemot swallow it whole and head first is interesting. The bird = did not appear to kill the fish before swallowing. So if this is = really a sculpin how does the guillemot protect itself from the toxic = spines.</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; = "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; = ">Hans</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; = "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; = "><a href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0125.html" = style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0125.html</a></span><spa= n style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: = black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; = ">_________________________________<br>Hans Toom<br>Portuguese Cove, = Nova Scotia, Canada<br>Website:<span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://hanstoom.com" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: = underline; ">http://hanstoom.com</a><span = class=3D"apple-converted-space"> </span><br>_________________________= ________</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, = sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html= >= --Boundary_(ID_Ux536LwzTL5wzYJh+AP7Xg)--
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