Slip into a smoking jacket, pour yourself a glass of bourbon, light a cigar, and enjoy this post on 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love. One of the rarest engines you can find in an early 70’s Dodge Charger is the 426 cubic inch Hemi V8. The 426’s asking price in 1970 was over . . . → Read More: 10 Ocean Species Every Man Should Love: Part 1
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By Dr. M, on  February 21st, 2012  11 comments  Biodiversity, Critters  Blanket Octopus, bourbon, Charger, cigars, Clint Eastwood, Dodge, Hemi, Josey Wales, Lemmy, manly, masculine, Men Men Men, Motorhead, narwhal, Pistols, Portugese Man-O-Ware, Shrimp, smoking, zooids By Dr. M, on February 12th, 2012 Leave a comment Education, Evolution Darwin Day Road Show, evolution, outreach, Science Outreach [View the story "Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4" on Storify] [View the story "Darwin Day Road Show: Day 4" on Storify] By Dr. M, on February 12th, 2012 One comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Giant Isopod Alicella gigantea, Amphipod, body size, deep sea, Edouard Chevreux, French, Gigantism, supergiant, Trench In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean. Over 100 hundred years later, scientists have collected less than two dozen specimens of this enigmatic shellfish, shocking given that is largest species of amphipod ever known. Within Crustacean . . . → Read More: The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
By Dr. M, on February 8th, 2012 Leave a comment Education, Scientist! Darwin Day, Darwin Day Road Show, Education, outreach, Science Outreach [View the story "Darwin Day Road Show: Day 3" on Storify] [View the story "Darwin Day Road Show: Day 3" on Storify] By Dr. M, on February 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Education, Scientist! Darwin Day, Darwin Day Road Show, outreach, Science Outreach [<a href="http://storify.com/DrCraigMc/darwin-day-roadshow-2012" target="_blank">View the story "Darwin Day Roadshow 2012" on Storify</a>] [<a href="http://storify.com/DrCraigMc/darwin-day-roadshow-2012" target="_blank">View the story "Darwin Day Roadshow 2012" on Storify</a>] Kevin’s I Am Science is quite frankly one of the most beautiful and best posts ever posted at Deep-Sea News. If you haven’t read it, do it now and prepared to be moved. His call to the community on Twitter received a ground swell of response from across science about the unusual, humorous, and sometimes tragic paths that have . . . → Read More: I Am Science
By Dr. M, on January 23rd, 2012 15 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Critters lies, Lion Mane's Jellyfish, photoshopped, size extreme The above photo is making the rounds (see here and follow the link trail). In it the a scuba diver is next to Lion’s Mane Jellyfish. But I’m calling bullshit on this photo. Lion’s Maine Jellyfish are indeed big. The world record had a bell diameter of 7 and half feet (2.29m) and 120 ft . . . → Read More: Super Jellyfish?!
By Dr. M, on January 22nd, 2012 Leave a comment Life At Sea, Ramblings, Scientist!, Uncategorized badges, merit badges, scouts I had forgotten about the Order of the Science Scouts of the Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique. Stickers in our swag bags at Science Online quickly brought this back to my attention. Below is a list of my current badges and the activities I have participated in to achieve them. Members are: not opposed to . . . → Read More: Dr. M’s Merit Badges for the Order Of The Science Scouts
By Dr. M, on January 17th, 2012 Leave a comment Archaeology, History, and Art, Vessels and Equipment Photography, ship wreck, underwater photography 7. Russian Wreck, South Egyptian Red Sea Known simply as the “Russian Wreck”, this sunken ship is thought by some to have been the Khanka, a Russian spy ship that sank sometime before 1982. Whether or not it is the carcass of the Khanka, most seem to agree that it was a communications and . . . → Read More: 10 Most Incredible Sunken Ships on Earth
By Dr. M, on January 9th, 2012 8 comments Biodiversity, Invertebrate Wars Arthropoda, Brachyuran, claw, Crab, crushing, fight, fight club, largest crab Grab the children and run for the hills! Coconut crab on a stick. Photo from Wikimedia Commons So a good friend of mine asked this weekend on Facebook what kind of crabs are the fightiest. Great question! First, for the sake of argument let us assume we’re not talking about the kind of crabs . . . → Read More: What Crabs Are The Fightiest?
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