#1
-The glass is half full if it was being filled and the
filling stopped at halfway.
-The glass is half empty if it was being emptied and
the emptying stopped at halfway.
These two states of the glass happen quite a bit if
you are visiting the beach bars on Jost Van Dyke. Don't
worry, they don't remain at the half-way mark for very long in either
direction. Cheers!
#2
Three.
Average is 413 licks.
#3
Big Blue - V.I. Powerboat Excursions will not be operating on:
The
21st
of
December 2012.
The 22nd it's business as usual. (we hope)
#4
An individual coral, known as a polyp, is a very tiny animal (a few
millimeters in diameter) looking something like a sea-anemone. As it
grows, it secretes a limestone skeleton cup around itself and lives
inside for protection. When a polyp dies, its skeleton or "house"
remains intact.
The name "hard coral" comes from skeleton around the
polyp.
Coral polyps live side by side in colonies.
#5
When you look at a coral formation you are looking at a colony of
corals or lots of polyp "houses". Many identical coral individuals next
to each other, forming a texture or pattern. The pattern's
characteristics are determined by the coral's species.
The colony shape is also influenced by its environment (sunlight,
temperature and water movement). Generally, branching coral is found in
calmer waters and smooth coral is found in more turbulent waters.
#6
No one seems to have the exact number. The current guess is in the
thousands. Corals are divided into two general categories, soft corals
and hard corals. Soft Corals are treelike and flexible. Hard corals are
the reef builders.
For
a deeper
look at coral: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral
