Phylum Molluska, Subphylum Nautiloidea

“Son of Aristotle” symbolizing a student of nature, since Aristotle is considered a Father of Western naturalistic thinking. In this case, he student refers to the curator of Polychaetes.

Recall the palolo worm festival in south pacific Samoa during the new moon. Islanders consume the reproductive tails of the worms produced en masse. The “priest” here refers to the scientist’s ethic, does no permit him to “attach” himself to his work.
Swellin fire means a burning sensation resulting from being pricked.
Natural history museum polychaete collection
representing blocking out of rogue smells, using the traditonal “bring date to my house” scene by which the father does let the date inside.
large fishing nets
It is a long-standing tradition in some villages in Japan to kill dolphins for competing with fishermen. 
No laws prohibiting the import of shark fin soup
Those same congressmen making laws eat shark fin soup
Phylum Cnidaria, Class Anthozoa


They weren’t really waving, but the currents made them seem so.
Fathers of naturalism
Cynics derives from the Greek for “dog”
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Holothuroidea
Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Mammalia, Order Primates
Making allusion to the Queen Mary the ship, now uninhabited, but located at a close proximity where the event took place. The separate compartments metaphorize the separate branchings of the chordate evolution tree.
His skin so wrinkled he could very well been that old
their shape resembling a horse hoof, ad their sensory equipment located on their ventral surface, well suited for this lifestyle. 
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea


Phylum Molluska, Class Gastropoda, Suclass Opitobranchia


Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea


Someone believed they saw an octopus, but it was mostly likely a common tide-dwelling fish


Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Crustacea, Class Maxilopoda


Phylum Molluska, Class Bivalvia

Phylum Bullshidia, Subphylum Pretendi, Class Theyare, Order Ing Family Politics


Invasive species
Lucy the australopithecine primate. This passage refers to a common idea among anthropologists that fear, i.e. fear inspired by lions or leopards crunching bones, had some authorship in human evolution.
Droughts referring to long periods of time without seeing loved ones. This often defeated the weak intent of fellow classmates to pursue any life studies. 
Extremists strongly believe in a sponge’s cure-all properties
Phylum Molluska, Class Gastropoda, Subclass Pulmonata