I have an avatar in Second Life called Calamari Ricardo. He wandered into the lair of Grendel’s Children the other day and came across a new undersea option for avatars (see below).
Randy Olson cheekily suggested that the next Science Blogging Conference be conducted in Second Life. If so, maybe we could hold it on the newly expanded NOAA sim and all the ocean bloggers could go dressed up as Vent Nymphs.
Vent Nymphs
MiniHUD controls the black smoker effect & sound, and includes a unique skin and sculpted tubeworm growths! Both genders included. Created by Flea Bussy.
See also:
- NOAA in Secondlife via Hack’s Haven
- The Abyss of Secondlife

Chemosynthetic chicks are rather curvacous - I suppose it must be to increase surface area for nutrient uptake.
So, I just went to check out The Abyss Museum. It was pretty cool. Then I ran into a huge group on a Darwin Day tour. SL is a strange place…