🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Diving In The Philippines & S.E. Asia/World Dive Gear Post #019- Akuana Dive Gear "It's a good day to dive". 🤿

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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Marine Life in The Philippines & S.E. Asia. and the World. Post #157: Steller's sea cow. In 1741 explorers sailing with naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller reached the cold waters of the Komandorski Islands and encountered a marine giant unlike anything they had seen before. Steller’s sea cow a peaceful herbivorous relative of modern manatees stretched nearly 30 feet long and weighed up to ten tons. It floated slowly through icy Arctic shallows grazing on kelp with its thick leathery hide and immense paddle like tail guiding its lumbering body. Its meat was rich its fat long lasting and its gentle behavior made it heartbreakingly easy to kill. What followed remains one of the shortest and most devastating extinction timelines in recorded history. Within just twenty seven years of its discovery traders sailors and whaling crews hunted Steller’s sea cow relentlessly. They harvested it for food, oil, and hides using its predictable movements to corner entire family groups. By 1768 the last confirmed sea cow was gone. A species that had survived Ice Ages storms and shifting oceans vanished the moment it came into sustained contact with Europeans. Its disappearance shocked naturalists of the time. Scientists struggled to understand how a creature so large and so newly described could simply cease to exist. The loss of the sea cow became one of the earliest widely accepted proofs that human actions could permanently erase a species. It sparked new scientific thinking about extinction long before Darwin and long before conservation had a name. The tragedy of Steller’s sea cow is also a reminder of how fragile isolated ecosystems can be. For thousands of years the species thrived in its narrow Arctic range protected by remoteness and a lack of predators. But once exploited by global trade networks it had no defense. Interesting fact to end with early sailors called the sea cow the Arctic butcher shop. #evolution "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️ #islands #scuba #marinelife

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE This week in 1964, the Kinks single “All Day And All Of The Night” peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #2 (December 2) The follow-up single to their smash hit “You Really Got Me” has a similarly catchy power chord riff, courtesy of songwriter Ray Davies, played by his brother, guitarist Dave Davies, who claimed that the song was where he "found his voice": “I liked the guitar sound on "All Day And All of the Night", the second single we had. When they tried to develop amplifiers that had pre-gain and all, I thought it wasn't quite right, and I struggled with the sound for a while. I never liked Marshalls, because they sounded like everybody else. Then in the mid '70s I started using Peavey, and people said, "Nobody uses Peavey – country and western bands use them" [laughs]. I used to blow them up every night. I used two Peavey Maces together, and it was brilliant!” There are also striking similarities between the song and the Doors' 1968 song, "Hello, I Love You", which ended up in legal hands. Ray Davies said “I think they cut a deal somewhere, but I don't know the details." According to the Doors biography “No One Here Gets Out Alive”, courts in the UK determined in favour of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him. “All Day And All Of The Night” went to #2 in the UK, #5 in New Zealand, #7 in the US, #9 in the Netherlands, #10 in Sweden, #12 in France and Canada, and #14 in Australia. #thekinks, #kinks, #RayDavies, #alldayandallofthenight, #60smusic, #60srock, #rockmusic, #thisdayinrock, #classicrock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday, #davedavies "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- GM 🌞 Proof of walk this morning with Amigo Cypher to Whitesand Beach and Bulabog Beach. Pura Vida 🏝️ "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE On this day in 1976, the Smokie single “Living Next Door to Alice” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #84, and the UK Singles Chart at #38 (December 4) The song co-written by the songwriting hit factory of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, was originally released by Australian pop band New World in 1972, peaking at #35 on the Australian charts. The legendary Casey Kasem of American Top 40 fame reported that Chapman stated that his source of inspiration for "Living Next Door to Alice" was "Sylvia's Mother" by Dr. Hook. Sounds legit… The Smokie version of the track from their album “Midnight Café” was a worldwide hit, going all the way to #1 in Austria, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, and #2 hit in Australia staying in the charts for 23 weeks. It also went to #2 in South Africa, #3 in Sweden, #5 in the UK, and #7 in New Zealand. Sauced-up punters in pubs and clubs enjoyed the enthusiastically bellowed crowd response “Alice! Who the f*** is Alice?" during renditions of the song in later years, adding to its appeal and longevity… #smokie, #chrisnorman, #livingnextdoortoalice, #70smusic, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE On this day in 1993, Counting Crows released the single “Mr. Jones” (December 4) Singer and songwriter Adam Duritz said the song was about himself and bass player Marty Jones of The Himalayans, when they were struggling musicians. Duritz recalled, "It's really a song about my friend Marty and I. We went out one night to watch his dad play, his dad was a Flamenco guitar player who lived in Spain (David Serva), and he was in San Francisco in the mission playing with his old Flamenco troupe. And after the gig we all went to this bar called the New Amsterdam in San Francisco on Columbus”. By this time Duritz and Jones were drunk the bar when they saw Kenney Dale Johnson, longtime drummer for the musician Chris Isaak, sitting with three women. “It just seemed like, you know, we couldn't even manage to talk to girls, ... we were just thinking if we were rock stars, it'd be easier. I went home and wrote the song," Duritz said. It was to be their breakthrough hit, peaking at #1 in Canada, #5 in the US, #7 in France, and #13 in Australia. #countingcrows, #mrjones, #90smusic, #mrjonesandme, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- The Daily Stoic. Read aloud daily for you. 04 December 2025. 926,351 blocks in the blockchain. 926,351 blocks in the blockchain. 1,069 value of 1 USD measured in satoshis. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Some traditional clothes of the ASEAN islands🩷ASEAN Culture. 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇱 #Indonesia #Malaysia #Philippines #Singapore #TimorLeste #ASEAN "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- The claim that the British Museum holds a significant number of items originating from other countries is true. The museum houses around 8 million objects, most of which did not originate in the UK. The museum has one of the world's largest collections of historical objects, with major sources being Italy, Iraq, and Egypt, each contributing well over 100,000 artifacts. A large percentage of these items were acquired during the colonial era or through archaeological missions led by European powers, and are a subject of ongoing debate and calls for repatriation. For example, the collection of ancient Egyptian and Sudanese artifacts alone numbers over 100,000 objects, making it the largest outside of Egypt itself. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Jilong Castle 🏰 Jilong Castle is a fairy-tale four-star resort built in 2011, the Jilong Castle Country Club. It was reportedly built by a local hydroelectric power magnate and it has its own hydroelectric plant which produces the electricity used on the premises. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️