When his material threatens to become blandly observational, as with one spiel about dipping biscuits in tea, he rescues it by ratcheting up the dismay and making increasingly absurd comic connections ("Hobnobs," he insists, "are like marines").
1. Conquer quest-based challenges in subjects like marine biology, coral reef ecology and cartography.
He argued that designs today were dominated by forms adopted from nature, like marine animals, leaves, flowers, flames and faces.
But those species that have been studied are animals like marine iguanas, for whom knowing the tides is important.
The colorful hotel also features local touches like marine-themed artwork and furniture made of native woods.
Cusk eel, any of about 30 species of slim, eel-like marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae, found worldwide in warm and temperate waters.
Digging out sediment cores is a bit like marine archaeology, and cores like this tell us about the climate of the past.
It's anchors aweigh for this quayside festival which celebrates Britain's seafaring past while flagging up current issues like marine sustainability.
As we drift along the muddy waters, beside the low-rising, tangled foliage, we spot Ganges dolphins (like marine dolphins but with longer noses).
