TROPICAL SYNAPSES
Reflections on topics including clinical neurology, recent publications in neuroscience,
philosophy of biology, "neuro-doubt" about modern media hype of new neuro-scientific procedures and methods, local oceanography, tropical horticulture, the Hawai'i health scene, and whatever else dat's da kine...
We drove to Puako Village yesterday to dive, but the surf was up, so instead we went to Mahukona, our "stormy weather" dive spot here on the Big island. Visibility was about 50 feet in the shallows. We saw an undulated moray that I am sure was over 6 feet long along an old chain from what's left of the freighter wreck there.
Undulated morays are seldom over a meter long, so this was a big, "tiger" one.
The hala tree in Hawaii, species name Pandanus tectorius , is an evergreen tree with very long, narrow leaves and a pale, branching trunk...
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