# Hey Tiburon, Yoo Hoo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018 "2003-05-09T01:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/1 "2003-05-09T01:25:54Z")
They’ve given a really cool and totally unique [**red jellyfish**](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/07/MN182575.DTL&type=science) your name. It’s armed and dangerous (to smaller prey) and here’s some details: "In the cold, dark waters north of the Farallon Islands, nearly a mile beneath the surface, scientists have discovered a new species of huge jellyfish with a striking red bell that grows more than a yard wide and has a cluster of wrinkled, fleshy arms instead of streaming tentacles … … In a formal scientific report on the new tribe of jellies, marine biologists led by George Matsumoto of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing have announced that so far 23 members of the curious species have been found in the Sea of Cortez, in Monterey Bay itself, off the coast north of the Farallones and off Hawaii and Japan. It appears to live at depths of 2,000 to 4,800 feet, they say … … From their samples, the scientists found that Big Red differs so much from all other species in a much larger family of jellies known as the Ulmaridae that they can call Big Red a unique member of a subfamily that the researchers now call **Tiburoniinae**." [sub]EMPHASIS ADDED[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/2 "2003-05-09T02:13:01Z")
It has no tentacles, it must be a castrato jellyfish. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/3 "2003-05-09T02:25:56Z")
So, basically, what you are saying **Shirley** , is that this jellyfish is stinging in a higher octave ? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/4 "2003-05-09T02:39:14Z")
I think there’s already a fish with his name Zenster :). Doesn’t Tiburon mean ‘Shark’? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/5 "2003-05-09T02:53:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\*So, basically, what you are saying **Shirley** , is that this jellyfish is stinging in a higher octave ? \*\* I \*squid \* you not. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/6 "2003-05-09T02:55:06Z")
**Shirley** Don’t you have something better to \*octopi \* your time with than these drive bys? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/7 "2003-05-09T03:00:52Z")
Hmmm…another pun thread. I find this fishy. There’s no need for this carp here. I don’t want to make anemone, but please no moray! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/8 "2003-05-09T03:07:48Z")
“At first, Matsumoto said, they named their specimen Gumdrop after the seamount, but they decided later to name the unique genus Tiburonia after the name of the Monterey Bay Aquarium research vessel Tiburon, whose crew controls the ROV [Remotely Operated Vehicle], and named the species granrojo, meaning Big Red.” Now, shall we discuss the, “wartlike clusters of stinging cells?” No? Carry on then. Sheesh, with fronds like this, who needs anemones? ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/9 "2003-05-09T04:00:00Z")
**SWEET!** **Tiburoniinae** - I like it! Yup, Tiburon means shark. Kick ass article, **Zenster** , thank you! I’ve never had a thread with my name in the title. heh. (This is not a plea for a pit thread.) Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/10 "2003-05-09T04:42:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > \*\* (This is not a plea for a pit thread.) > > \*\* And here I was, all ready to pit ya 'n stuff… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/11 "2003-05-09T04:54:55Z")
Back at 'cha **Tibs**! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/12 "2003-05-09T05:26:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*Now, shall we discuss the, “wartlike clusters of stinging cells?” > \*\* I believe that **Tiburon** was planning to explain those to me in person one day. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/13 "2003-05-09T05:28:40Z")
**Hama** , I’ve been using that cream you loaned me but nothing seems to be working. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/14 "2003-05-09T05:30:51Z")
That thing looks like a big mushroom with legs. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/15 "2003-05-09T06:35:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > That thing looks like a big mushroom with legs. You say that like it’s a bad thing!!! Haven’t we all seen something like that towards the end of a favorite and prolonged binge? I mean, aren’t you the one who assembles pigeon-winged rats and stuffed lizards? Not that I’m opposed to that, mind you. After all, pigeons are merely rats with wings to begin with. I just can’t help but think of how you could have lots 'o fun grafting some disembodied frog legs onto a Portabello mushroom and making it into a weird sort of posable dining table centerpiece for your next dinner party. With Love, Zenster ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/16 "2003-05-09T13:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*I mean, aren’t you the one who assembles pigeon-winged rats and stuffed lizards? Not that I’m opposed to that, mind you. After all, pigeons are merely rats with wings to begin with. > \*\* :eek: You have no idea just how afraid I am about who you have me confused with. Ha! You crack me up, Zenster. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/17 "2003-05-09T14:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Hmmm…another pun thread. I find this fishy. There’s no need for this carp here. I don’t want to make anemone, but please no moray! \*\* I’ll bet they did it on _porpoise_! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/18 "2003-05-10T01:00:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tiburon \* > :eek: > > You have no idea just how afraid I am about who you have me confused with. Ha! You crack me up, Zenster. Apologies. However, I’m proud to say, there is a poster here who does reconfigure (via taxidermy) all sorts of critters. Didn’t mean to implicate you in such weirdness if you’re opposed to it. How’s the cream working? Has the stinging stopped? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tiburon-yoo-hoo/174018/19 "2003-05-10T01:01:57Z")
And you, **Hamadryad** , was your white elephant giftie just plain astonishingly useless?