yego.me
💡 Stop wasting time. Read Youtube instead of watch. Download Chrome Extension

A Fish Called Obama | Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures


2m read
·Nov 11, 2024

We were up at Cure, which is at the, uh, farthest island out in the chain. We were down at 300 feet in an area where we've documented every single fish. On this reef is a species known only from the Hawaiian Islands. It's truly the most unique set of fish on Earth.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash. It was a little pink fish, and there are lots of little pink fish down there, so that didn't get my attention. What got my attention was, on the dorsal fin of this fish, there's a spot—a big red spot with a blue ring around it. I thought no fish I know of has this color.

Very quickly, we determined it was a brand new species. The most distinctive feature about this fish was that spot on its dorsal fin—a big red spot with a blue ring around it—which reminded me of a certain logo of a presidential candidate.

"Hope spot."

"That's exactly right. This fish is special because it's the only fish we know of that lives only in the monument. So, a monumental fish."

"It's a monumental fish. It's a monumental discovery."

We have decided that we're going to name this fish in honor of President Obama.

"Toid Obama."

"That's exactly right. I have a favor to ask, Sylvia. Tomorrow, you're going to be meeting the President of the United States here at Midway. I need to ask for his essentially permission for us to name it in his honor. I'm sure he'll accept, but I just, before we do that, I want to make sure he's a willing participant in this."

"It will be my honor to, uh, be an ambassador for you and for Tosanoides Obama. I hope that is the way it works out."

More Articles

View All
Calculating simple & compound interest | Grade 8 (TX) | Khan Academy
So let’s do some examples calculating simple and compound interest. Let’s say we are starting with principal, and I’ll use P for principal of $4,000. $4,000. And let’s say that we are going to invest it over a time period of four years. And let’s say th…
The Living River | Plastic on the Ganges
[Music] [Music] It is the mother. When we go in, we offer our prayers and respect. [Music] Our lifestyle is on the Ganges. Our food comes from it. We bathe in it, and we drink the water from the river. [Music] During the day, I do the work of a fisherman.…
PEOPLE FALL in LOVE with YOU ONLY for 2 REASONS | Carl Jung
Why do people fall in love with you? Have you ever wondered why certain people are drawn to you so deeply, almost irresistibly? Is it really about your personality, your looks, or your charm? Or could there be something much deeper happening beneath the s…
Summarizing stories | Reading | Khan Academy
Hello readers! Today I’ll make a video about summaries. A summary retells the main ideas of a passage, but in a much shorter version. Cool, great, done! You can learn anything. David out. Sorry, I made a goof. See, I summarized what was going to happen …
First Fish of the Morning | Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks
I was dozing off. I was so comfortable last night. Oh yeah, the life foam down there, mother’s arm. Oh, it is. I know it is. When we stayed out here last night looking for a bite, now if we could get a bluefin tuna, we’d be closer to doing what we came do…
American Empire
The United States is, shockingly, a bunch of states that are united. It was just 13 to start with, but as time marched on, the border marked west, bringing us to today and the 48 contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii. They’re usually drawn in these lit…