The above is a crashing wave, the colour caused by a bloom of bioluminescent dinoflagellates in California. True, they make the water super toxic, but so beautiful.
And yes, this is part of my studying ... I needed to find out about the dinoflagellate life cycle:
Dinoflagellates have a peculiar form of nucleus, called a dinokaryon, in which the chromosomes are attached to the nuclear membrane. These lack histones and remained condensed throughout interphase rather than just during mitosis, which is closed and involves a unique external spindle. This sort of nucleus was once considered to be an intermediate between the nucleoid region of prokaryotes and the true nuclei of eukaryotes, and so were termed mesokaryotic, but now are considered advanced rather than primitive traits.
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How toxic is super toxic? Could one swim it it? because it looks kinda like fun
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