Rock Snot

**Turtle** · 06-20-2009, 06:42 AM

It's Gooey. It's Gross. It Kills. Beware . . .

Rock snot arrives in New England

**layoutshooter** · 06-20-2009, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Turtle

It's Gooey. It's Gross. It Kills. Beware . . .

Rock snot arrives in New England

Great, just what we need, ANOTHER problem with our streams and rivers. I sure hope they can get a handle on this quick. I cannot even imagine what would happen if that got into the Great Lakes.

**Moot** · 06-21-2009, 08:33 AM

I visited treehugger.com to learn more about rock snot. I found the following forum post. The content, construction and overall theme of this post has a certain simplistic familiarity to it. I just can't seem to place it.

Definitely the cause is global warming. The warmer the planet, then conditions are better for algae, fungus et al to grow. If we only ratified the Kyoto Protocol, this could have been avoided. Next year, vote Bush out of office! Save the planet!

August 28, 2007 10:52 AM | flag a problem
strasser says:

**layoutshooter** · 06-21-2009, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Moot

I visited treehugger.com to learn more about rock snot. I found the following forum post. The content, construction and overall theme of this post has a certain simplistic familiarity to it. I just can't seem to place it.

Definitely the cause is global warming. The warmer the planet, then conditions are better for algae, fungus et al to grow. If we only ratified the Kyoto Protocol, this could have been avoided. Next year, vote Bush out of office! Save the planet!

August 28, 2007 10:52 AM | flag a problem
strasser says:

Yeah, I have heard that same silly story over and over and over and............, I will ask a biologist friend what he knows about it. I can get straight answers from him.

**layoutshooter** · 06-21-2009, 10:28 AM

Here is a link

Invasive Species: Aquatic Species - Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)

**Turtle** · 06-21-2009, 12:28 PM

Global Warming is the easy answer (even though the globe stopped warming in 1990 and has been cooling ever since, and that's why they call it Climate Change now, 'cause they got caught in a "whoops" moment, but I digress). The thing is, Rock Snot is a circumpolar species that lives in crystal clear water, nearly pure with no nutrients, and used to be found only at high altitudes and high latitudes in mountain lakes and mountain headwaters of streams and rivers. Global Warming would decrease the Snot habitat, not widen it. Now it's thriving even in dark, tea-colored warm water full of nutrients.

It's weird.

**layoutshooter** · 06-21-2009, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Turtle

Global Warming is the easy answer (even though the globe stopped warming in 1990 and has been cooling ever since, and that's why they call it Climate Change now, 'cause they got caught in a "whoops" moment, but I digress). The thing is, Rock Snot is a circumpolar species that lives in crystal clear water, nearly pure with no nutrients, and used to be found only at high altitudes and high latitudes in mountain lakes and mountain headwaters of streams and rivers. Global Warming would decrease the Snot habitat, not widen it. Now it's thriving even in dark, tea-colored warm water full of nutrients.

It's weird.

It is really easy to understand. There is only ONE thing in nature and life itself that NEVER changes. That is the fact that EVERYTHING changes!!! We might not yet understand the mechinisum that is cause this creature to change but one thing is certian, it is and that is what nature does.

**Moot** · 06-24-2009, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Moot

Definitely the cause is global warming. The warmer the planet, then conditions are better for algae, fungus et al to grow. If we only ratified the Kyoto Protocol, this could have been avoided. Next year, vote Bush out of office! Save the planet!

August 28, 2007 10:52 AM | flag a problem
strasser says:

Reading this reminded me of someone who posts frequently on the Soap Box Forum. Gotta love the "Next year, vote Bush out of office" line! Especially as it was posted in August, 2007. Seems to be some confusion with Bush and FDR! As it turned out Bush never got that third term so maybe the poster is right about global warming. What do I know?

**mrgoodtude** · 06-25-2009, 12:26 AM

Hey honey got my Viagra and a bottle of Boones Farm, lets go skinny dippen

**layoutshooter** · 06-26-2009, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Moot

Reading this reminded me of someone who posts frequently on the Soap Box Forum. Gotta love the "Next year, vote Bush out of office" line! Especially as it was posted in August, 2007. Seems to be some confusion with Bush and FDR! As it turned out Bush never got that third term so maybe the poster is right about global warming. What do I know?

This particular algae used to only grow in COLD, CLEAR nutriante poor waters. This is a deveation from what it did prior. Warming is the OPPOSITE of it's normal behavior. Either we are cooling faster then we thought we were or there has been something else change here.

**Moot** · 06-26-2009, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by layoutshooter

Either we are cooling faster then we thought we were or there has been something else change here.

Ah, change! The country voted for change last November. I never suspected that rock snot would be part of the program.

**layoutshooter** · 06-26-2009, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Moot

Ah, change! The country voted for change last November. I never suspected that rock snot would be part of the program.

THAT"S IT!!! Moot got it figured out!! Obama's words polute the streams and turn into Rock Snot!!! NOW it makes sense!!

**wellarmed** · 06-30-2009, 02:40 PM

Could Rock Snot be a good thing? Could it be some type of naturally occurring defense? I know it looks bad,but could it be misunderstood? A rock coated in rock snot would not be able to radiate heat into the water. Is there another side to the story?This is one of those times when I could appreciate turtle anal-izeing the subject, of course there is no one to discredit so he will probably let me down.

**layoutshooter** · 06-30-2009, 02:46 PM

I don't know. Every DNR site I read on this subject is fighting it tooth and nail. It appears it interferes with stream bottom insect production. I could not find any biologist that thought there was any good in this stuffs change in habits and invasions.

**wellarmed** · 06-30-2009, 02:53 PM

I know cooler water is better for trout and as I said before this would keep rocks from radiating heat but on the other hand as you said it kills the food. I wonder how deep this stuff can grow?