This is definitely one of the strangest natural phenomenon I’ve ever read about.

Just imagine dumping enough dish-washing liquid into the ocean to turn all the waves into light and fluffy soap bubbles that are soft enough to blow out of your hand into the air…

Well, that’s basically what happened off the coast of Yamba in New South Wales!

Here we see kids frolicking and playing in the wonderful ocean foam, oblivious to the fact that it is comprised of dead plants, decomposed fish, and seaweed excretions!
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I was so amazed at what I’m about to share here that I struggled for some time to come up with the right title. Other titles I considered:

• Florida Man Saves the World
• Man Cures Cancer and Solves Energy Crisis With One Invention
• Accidental Discovery Eliminates Need for Oil
• Saltwater Combustion – The Incredible Energy Solution

In the end, no title seems worthy of this discovery. And I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it changed the world.
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I’m not sure who took this photo, it was randomly on Flickr, but it is cool enough that I though I’d share it.

Incidentally, since I don’t normally post just plain old photos like this, it would be useful to get some comments to know if you’d like me to share more of these in the future (ie, really interesting / unusual photos).

The majority of octopuses have almost entirely soft bodies with no internal skeleton. A beak, similar in shape to a parrot’s beak, is their only hard part. This enables them to squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from morays or other predatory fish.

Octopuses often break out of their aquariums and sometimes into others in search of food. They have even boarded fishing boats and opened holds to eat crabs.
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