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		<title>Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life At Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientist!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acoustic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexis Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Alexis Rudd, who is a doctoral student at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on the island of O&#8217;ahu. Her research uses sound to study the distribution and behavior of dolphins and whales in Hawaii, in partnership with Young Brothers interisland shipping company. It seems as though most people <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/guest-post-dolphins-and-tropical-sunsets-true-confessions-of-a-dolphin-loving-marine-biologist/">Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist 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>What&#8217;s in a name? Origins of the word &#8220;shark&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology, History, and Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is reposted from my old blog Deep Type Flow and was originally published 7/12/2010 To a recent roundup of whale shark news, I appended a sort of human interest one-liner about how “shark” is the only word in the English language that derives from a Yucatec (Mayan) Indian word – “Xoc” (pronounced like “shock”). <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/whats-in-a-name-origins-of-the-word-shark/">What&#8217;s in a name? Origins of the word &#8220;shark&#8221;<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='What&#8217;s in a name? Origins of the word &#8220;shark&#8221; 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>Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry & Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deepseanews.com/?p=16297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Arab Spring has been on of the most amazing social movements of this generation; the images of brave citizens fighting for democracy (and unfortunately sometimes losing their individual battles), are encouraging and inspiring.  While far-reaching in its regional and global social and political implications, the Arab Spring would seem pretty removed from issues of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/red-sea-sharks-at-risk-from-political-upheaval-but-to-what-degree/">Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Red sea sharks at risk from political upheaval, but to what degree? 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>The Science of Dolphins Whale-Sliding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uplifting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at AnimalWise they explain dolphin equivalent of planking. We at DSN fear this may be another step on dolphin world domination ]]></description>
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		<title>Napping Seal Pup of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visitor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Nothing cool like this ever happens to me After barging in uninvited, a baby fur seal decided to curl up on the couch of a woman in Tauranga, New Zealand, and take a nap. via Napping Seal Pup of the Day &#8211; The Daily What. ]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Baby Beluga</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGIF: Pictures & Movies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For all the parents of larval deeplings out there&#8230; ]]></description>
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		<title>Animals Vs. Equipment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cephalopods!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vessels and Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil rigs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled &#8220;There&#8217;s something wrong with the ROV&#8221;.  The startling shots show what appears to be an unfortunate mako shark that has become entangled in the mechanics of a large ROV [remotely operated vehicle] This led to a conversation with the other deeplings and some of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/animals-vs-equipment/">Animals Vs. Equipment<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Animals Vs. Equipment 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; Shameless fuzzy face</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/tgif-shameless-fuzzy-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGIF: Pictures & Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuzzy face]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habour seal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nauseatingly cute critters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pinniped]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at work today, but took some time out to take a few photos.  To wit, Floyd the harbour seal says &#8220;Happy Thanksgiving&#8221;, or rather &#8220;Please give me another tasty herring&#8221; This is why tube worms will never rule the airwaves I know how much my fellow deeplings just love shameless marine mammal adoration.  I <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/tgif-shameless-fuzzy-face/">TGIF &#8211; Shameless fuzzy face<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; Shameless fuzzy 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>To see the world in a grain of sand &#8211; movement from a turtle hatchling&#8217;s perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caretta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chelonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[georgia tech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a repost originally published at my old blog, DeepTypeFlow] A grain of sand represents many things to a baby turtle. While still within the egg, sand represents a roof over your head, protection from the desiccating sun and from predators, and a blanket to keep you warm and level until its your turn <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/to-see-the-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-movement-from-a-turtle-hatchlings-perspective/">To see the world in a grain of sand &#8211; movement from a turtle hatchling&#8217;s perspective<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='To see the world in a grain of sand &#8211; movement from a turtle hatchling&#8217;s perspective 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; a clarion call for manta rays</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megavertebrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TGIF: Pictures & Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angelfish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manta ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I just wanted to share some nice footage from Mexico showing a group of clarion agenlfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) cleaning a manta ray that comes within sight of their home reef.  It shows that Labroides isn&#8217;t the only important cleaner fish, especially when it comes to big pelagics.  Clarion angels are listed by IUCN as vulnerable, largely <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/tgif-a-clarion-call-for-manta-rays/">TGIF &#8211; a clarion call for manta rays<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='TGIF &#8211; a clarion call for manta rays 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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