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	<title>Deep Sea News &#187; Adaptations</title>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Flatworm Fu&#8230; er&#8230; Mating.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mating & Reproduction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.&#8221; Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog. ]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; In Short, Nudibranchs Are AWESOME!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We agree! Love this video and artwork from a nudi fan! ]]></description>
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		<title>A Pelican&#8217;s Eye View of Leaping Devil Rays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Devil Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EarthFlight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is some of the awesomest footage I&#8217;ve seen in a while. Wait for the backflip near the end of the clip! This is in the Sea of Cortez and narrated by David Tennant. This clip is from the BBC YouTube channel. A new program that looks spectacular called EarthFlight, which start December 29th on <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/a-pelicans-eye-view-of-leaping-devil-rays/">A Pelican&#8217;s Eye View of Leaping Devil Rays<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='A Pelican&#8217;s Eye View of Leaping Devil Rays avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; All About Sea Squirts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bocas Research Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Squirts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urochordata]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 5 minutes of tunicate facts courtesy of the Bocas Research Station in Panama! ]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beta diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,   But the food not so delightful,  But since we&#8217;ve got no place to go,  Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/">Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Underwater Fluorescent Disco</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/16033/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From BBC Earth Youtube page: Phillipe Coustaeau and the team dive in the Red Sea, one of the warmest seas in the world. Despite the warm temperatures, coral reefs flourish with their flourescent pigmentation putting on an amazing show of technicolour. Fantastic clip taken from the BBC Oceans series. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/16033/">TGIF &#8211; Underwater Fluorescent Disco<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; Underwater Fluorescent Disco avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; In Your FACE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blennies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending its territory against competitors.  There&#8217;s not a lot of sarcasm used though; it&#8217;s pretty much straight-up aggression.  When one male fringehead starts flapping his trap, I mean, giving him lip, <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/tgif-in-your-face/">TGIF &#8211; In Your FACE!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; In Your FACE! avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; the blanket octopus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cephalopods!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tremoctopus or blanket octopus is a pelagic octopus that inhabits open water, often at great depths.  &#160; The fluttery pennants of tissue that trail behind them are a defence mechanism. When attacked, they shed like a lizards tail, tangling in the face of their attacker like a newspaper on the windshield. Its an amazing adaptation <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/tgif-the-blanket-octopus/">TGIF &#8211; the blanket octopus<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; the blanket octopus avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Fish Versus &#8220;Sargassum&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/tgif-fish-versus-sargassum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream. ]]></description>
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		<title>What 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 Minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydrothermal Vents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Our friends at Neptune Canada have posted this time-lapse video on their Youtube Page. Note the zillions of sea spiders (Pycnogonids), this is a feature of the Northwest Pacific vent province, we rarely see so many pycnogonids at other vents around the world. Sea spiders, tubeworms, scaleworms, limpets and snails crawl about in a <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/what-1-hour-of-deep-sea-vent-life-looks-like-in-2-minutes/">What 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 Minutes<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='What 1 hour of Deep-Sea Vent Life Looks Like in 2 Minutes avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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