Extinct life is like a box of chocolates
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By , on January 31st, 2012 4 comments   Biodiversity, Critters, Paleobiology, Ramblings   , , , ,  

I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather awesome gift.  It wasn’t elegantly wrapped; in fact, its contents were variously contained in a decidedly pedestrian mix of old bubble wrap, styrofoam noodles and plastic bags from Target AND . . . → Read More: Extinct life is like a box of chocolates

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Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!
Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest! avatar

By , on January 17th, 2012 One comment   Critters, Mating & Reproduction   , , ,  

This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy‘s & Scicurious‘ Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I’ve ever . . . → Read More: Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!

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TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.
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By , on January 13th, 2012 3 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , ,  

“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog. "There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly." Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
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By , on December 21st, 2011 16 comments   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Uncategorized   , , , , ,  

Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, 
 But the food not so delightful,
 But since we’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 . . . → Read More: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

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A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating
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By , on December 18th, 2011 Leave a comment   Mating & Reproduction   , , , , ,  

Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on. Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.

Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
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By , on December 11th, 2011 Leave a comment   Cephalopods!, Mating & Reproduction   , ,  

h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia. h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia.

Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination
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By , on November 7th, 2011 3 comments   Fishing, Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate, Weird   , , , , ,  

If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a surprising recent find by a Mexican fisherman of a very special little shark.  Enrique Lucero León was fishing in the Gulf of California and caught himself a pregnant dusky shark.  . . . → Read More: Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination

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San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
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By , on October 23rd, 2011 3 comments   Ecology, Microbes   , , , , , , ,  

GET IN MAH BELLY! These huge predatory dinoflagellates have consumed smaller bioluminescent dinoflagellates. The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala, the manager of the Pelagic Invertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She writes: This image was . . . → Read More: San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator

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Bizarre Love Triangle of the Giant Cuttlefish
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By , on October 20th, 2011 5 comments   Adaptations, Cephalopods!, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction   , ,  

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Becoming an Ocean Scientist
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By , on October 16th, 2011 Leave a comment   Ecology, Scientist!   , , ,  

Katleen Robert is a deep sea ecologist and graduate student at University of Victoria who was interviewed for NEPTUNE Canada. Listen to her reasons for becoming an ocean scientist! Katleen Robert is a deep sea ecologist and graduate student at University of Victoria who was interviewed for NEPTUNE Canada. Listen to her reasons for becoming an ocean scientist!

 
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