List Sea Monsters- The Aspidochelone

The Aspidochelone is a giant sea turtle or whale thats relative size is that of an Island. Its compound word splits as the greek word Aspis (asp) and chelone (turtle). It can be found in the text of the Phsiologus ( Greek text that was written by an unknown author.) The creature gets its monster undertone for it entices sailors onto its shell, where even trees and bushes grow. After the sailors draw their first campfire the Aspidochelone sinks back into the ocean drowning all.

A Source Quote:
"In the moralistic allegory of the Physiologus and bestiary tradition, the aspidochelone represents Satan, who deceives those whom he seeks to devour." (Source)

Other Names:
Fastitocalon- This creature is seen as a whale.


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Related Links:
http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Aspidochelone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidochelone

Link to understand more about The Physiolgus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiologus

Link to understand more about a Bestiary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiary

List Sea Monsters

A beginning of a new adventure where I get to delve inside the belly of sea creatures. To make sure each gets the same amount of context I am splitting each up into their own category. I will come back to this post to put links on each creature.

• The Aspidochelone, Article is up
  
• Capricorn,
  
• Cirein-cròin
• Coinchenn
  
• Curruid,
  
• Hydra
  
• Iku-Turso
• Kraken
• Leviathan
• Loch Ness Monster
• Proteus
• The Rainbow Fish
• Tiamat
• Yacumama,

If all are not up please come back to check when another monster will be up.

Underwater Creatures Emiting Laughing Gas

Scientists have found that certain underwater creatures release nitrous oxide (Laughing Gas) when nitrate is present in water. Some known creatures include: Mussels, Snails, and some underwater worms and bugs. The big problem with this comes back to us, humans. The nitrate that is present in the water comes from pollution that we put in there. To further the problem this cause is that nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that blankets our atmosphere. The only good thing so far is that we don't know how much of this "Laughing Gas" is actually getting to the atmosphere.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/environment/2009/03/04/198687/Underwater-creatures.htm

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/03/sea-creatures-gas.html