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		<title>What Crabs Are The Fightiest?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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&#8217;re not talking about the kind of crabs <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/what-crabs-are-the-fightiest/">What Crabs Are The Fightiest?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='What Crabs Are The Fightiest? 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>Octopi Wall Street!</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/octopi-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This lovely piece of art, by graduate students Laurel Hiebert and Kira Treibergs with artwork by Marley Jarvis, made the rounds last week. We are thrilled to have been given permission to post it on Deep Sea News! This design is now available as t-shirts and totebags, with proceeds to benefit the Oregon Institute <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/octopi-wall-street/">Octopi Wall Street!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Octopi Wall Street! avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71c182e635e772d1960c8084eb82f7d9?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>We are the 99%</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/we-are-the-99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<title>On common names</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/on-common-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jellyfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea jellies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Stars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the pointlessness of trying to mandate common names]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness, I might add). “I beg your pardon?” I replied. “Sea jelly. They’re sea jellies now.” “Oh, are they?” “Yes, like sea stars.” “I’m sorry?” “Sea stars.” “Jellyfish are like sea <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/on-common-names/">On common names<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='On common names 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>New England Aquarium Subjects Fish to the Jelly Chamber of Torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flower Hat Jelly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq&#8217;s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! ]]></description>
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		<title>A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/08/a-great-day-for-a-little-traumatic-insemination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nematodes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traumatic insemination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think that those of us studying ‘minor phyla’ do so in order to prevent from developing some secret (potentially peverse) obsessions. Example: I recently attended the Society of Nematology’s 50th Anniversary meeting, where the plenary topic was….traumatic insemination. This was the subsequent topic of conversation for the next four days. “Write a blog <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/08/a-great-day-for-a-little-traumatic-insemination/">A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?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>The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/06/the-circle-of-life-and-how-jellyfish-screw-it-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mufasa was right.  We&#8217;re all intertwined.  Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions.  (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I&#8217;m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes &#8216;living&#8217;). Run, Harry! You don&#39;t want to catch Irukandji syndrome!!! <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/06/the-circle-of-life-and-how-jellyfish-screw-it-up/">The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up) avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?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>Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/03/deep-sea-additions-to-the-nematode-tree-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[molecular phylogeny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I am stunned by the vastness of the internet, as well as the brief 15-nanoseconds of fame that go along with most of its content. The other day I discovered the ‘Charlie the Unicorn’ videos on YouTube, after (ironically?) having a conversation with a real three-dimensional human. I was excited by this hilarity and <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/03/deep-sea-additions-to-the-nematode-tree-of-life/">Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Deep-sea additions to the Nematode Tree of Life avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?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>Loggerhead turtles preying on snails</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/12/loggerhead-turtles-preying-on-snails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the love of God, not the mollusks! Not the mollusks!  Wait a minute they are invasives. Go ahead. Game on. Here we report the first observations of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta preying on a conspicuous molluscan invader, the rapa whelk Rapana venosa. An average number of 136 opercula were found in stomach contents of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/12/loggerhead-turtles-preying-on-snails/">Loggerhead turtles preying on snails<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Loggerhead turtles preying on snails 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>The Twelve Days of Snails</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are a time for lists: shopping list, grocery list for the holiday meal, things I must accomplish before the year ends, and Santa&#8217;s naughty or nice list.  In case your wondering, all of us at DSN were naughty, except for me.  I&#8217;ve been more nasty nice. To these lists, I will add the <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/12/the-twelve-days-of-snails/">The Twelve Days of Snails<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Twelve Days of Snails 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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