Stuff To Blow Your Mind STBYM Listener Mail: Amy Good Gorilla
Aug 14, 2025
Dive into a Q&A session brimming with humor and thought as listeners share their vibrant marine adventures, like swimming with manta rays. Explore the fascinating intersection of mythical creatures and real-life marine biology, all while connecting pop culture to bizarre aquatic themes. Enjoy lively chatter about roller skating through artistic and scientific lenses, and discover nostalgic cinematic treasures and food stories, including kombucha brewing. Personal anecdotes merge with listener feedback, making for an entertaining mix of the strange and delightful.
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Kona Night Manta Encounter
- Jeff describes a night snorkel in Kona where mantas performed slow, graceful backflips inches from swimmers under lights.
- He notes guides discouraged touching mantas to protect their protective coating from parasites and disease.
Stingray And Mobula Encounters
- Jeff recounts kayaking in the Cayman Islands where stingrays followed boats expecting food and unnerved him by charging from the seabed.
- He also saw mobula rays in the Sea of Cortez repeatedly leaping out of the water in synchronized schools.
Food Battery Explains Melted Foil
- Galvanic corrosion can form when salty food contacts two different metals, causing aluminum foil to be eaten away like a battery anode.
- Joe and guests framed this as the unexpected "food battery" phenomenon that explains melted foil.
