Image from Otago Daily Times Have you heard about Moko the dolphin? Moko is a three-year-old bottlenose dolphin from New Zealand that gained fame in March last year, when he rescued two pygmy sperm whales. Moko guided them though a narrow channel to safety. Now, Moko is a local resident at Mahia Beach in . . . → Read More: Bad Moko. Bad dolphin. Go home now.
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By Peter Etnoyer, on  July 27th, 2009  11 comments  Conservation & Environment, Megavertebrate  Dolphin, dolphin behavior, Moko, New Zealand Was messing around with my web host server and lost the last 3 days of comments! I was able to rebuild the posts and sidebar (and have duly backed up my database today). I apologize to all the commenters on the last few posts! But unfortunately I had to go back to older database backup . . . → Read More: Oops! I Did It Again…
There will always be grumpy ole men out there. www.marriedtothesea.com Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}There will always be grumpy ole men out there. www.marriedtothesea.com Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on July 25th, 2009 One comment Carnivals & Link Love, Uncategorized beer, Circus, Circus of the Spineless, Hydrothermal Vent, Porter, Southern Fried Science My colleague and officemate, the Southern Fried Scientist, posted way back in March about his homebrew South Su Porter. South Su is a hydrothermal vent field in the western Pacific. According to SFS: “South Su Porter, designed to recreate the feeling of seeing a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It’s a cold, smooth, dark porter, an extra . . . → Read More: TGIF-Deep Sea Beer and Southern Fried Science
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 25th, 2009 5 comments Uncategorized active gas seepage, Best of Zelnio, Carbon, Coral, Ecology, energy source, food chains, Gulf of Mexico, Lophelia, methane, Methane Seep, Nitrogen, Provanna, seep, Stable Isotope, sulfur, trophic level This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling efforts and multiple lines of evidence. You see, dear readers, once upon a time existed an observation. Hovland (1989) noticed along the Norwegian coastline that carbonate reefs occurred in . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 24th, 2009 Leave a comment Biodiversity, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Attack of the Giant Leeches, Leech, movie Apparently you can watch the whole original (1950 era) movie at Youtube. Its teh awesum. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Apparently you can watch the whole original (1950 era) movie at Youtube. Its teh awesum. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet At least we hope you think so! I took advantage of the downtime and server transfer to redesign our site a little. I love the news theme, but it was a little cluttered. I think this new design is simple, more fresh, and easier to read. Let me know what think in the comments! Add . . . → Read More: DSN Back and Better!
I am in the process of moving our servers right now. We had an epic fail in dealing with Godaddy (do not recommend) and have moved to a new hosting service, Bluehost. So far they have been good! Please be patient as I am rebuilding the website! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}I am in the process of moving our servers right now. We had an epic fail in dealing with Godaddy (do not recommend) and have moved to a new hosting… By Kevin Zelnio, on July 21st, 2009 One comment Bringin' It, Giant Isopod Bathynomus, fail, Giant Isopod This is a giant isopod. This, on the other hand, is not. An example of a creature which is not a giant isopod. To reiterate, this is a giant isopod, a species in the genus Bathynomus, and more specifically Bathynomus giganteus (latin for gigantic). The following illustration is taken from Lloyd 1908 “The internal anatomy . . . → Read More: Giant Isopod Fail
By Peter Etnoyer, on July 21st, 2009 2 comments Biodiversity, Gadgets & Gear, Megavertebrate, New Research California, Edie Widder, Eye In The Sea, Monterey, Monterey Canyon, whalefall The Eye-in-the-Sea camera will be freshly baited with a frozen sea lion carcass in a camera deployment set for August 14th, in the deep Monterey Canyon. Mark your calendars and tune in to the Ocean Research Conservation Organization (ORCA) website for updates on the event. The ever fascinating Dr. Edie Widder, the ORCA President, . . . → Read More: Eye in the Sea camera to feature CarcassVision
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