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		<title>Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster&#8217;s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I&#8217;m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy&#8216;s &#38; Scicurious&#8216; 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&#8217;ve ever <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/">Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest! 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>TGIF &#8211; Flatworm Fu&#8230; er&#8230; Mating.</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/tgif-flatworm-fu-er-mating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TGIF: Pictures & Movies]]></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>A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/a-little-sunday-sabbath-sexytime-portunid-crab-mating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mating & Reproduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mating behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portunid Crab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portunus pelagicus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproduction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Cephalopod &#8211; Mating Mimic Moctopus</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/sunday-cephalopod-mating-mimic-moctopus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cephalopods!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/why-cyclops-shark-grabs-at-our-imagination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven&#8217;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.  <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/why-cyclops-shark-grabs-at-our-imagination/">Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination 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>Bizarre Love Triangle of the Giant Cuttlefish</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/bizarre-love-triangle-of-the-giant-cuttlefish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<title>Shark Siblingicide</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/shark-siblingicide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deepseanews.com/?p=15327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Came across this in a youtube search for something unrelated (I swear distraction is built into the YT search algorithm), but it reminded me of a blog post from back in the day by one of favorite bloggers, Kelsey at From Mauka to Makai, who wrote more generally about sibling rivalry but illustrated this <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/shark-siblingicide/">Shark Siblingicide<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Shark Siblingicide 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>Your Friday Cuttlefish</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/your-friday-cuttlefish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cephalopods!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coral]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gettin' It On]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A friend of CORAL, Dr Steve Cohen, passed along this great footage he captured of some randy cuttlefish on the reefs at the Wakatobi Dive Resort in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. No lascivious copulation, sneaker males, or sperm displacement observed, but cool nonetheless. Thanks Steve! <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/your-friday-cuttlefish/">Your Friday Cuttlefish<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Your Friday Cuttlefish avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?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>Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/baby-nautilus-is-there-anything-cuter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues Dr. Bruce Carlson &#8211; recently retired &#8211; and Marj Awai were the first folks to successfully collect chambered nautilus for display in public aquariums and then breed them.  Bruce has now put together a short video documenting that project over its nearly 20 year history.  As I watched it, I couldnt help but <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/09/baby-nautilus-is-there-anything-cuter/">Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Baby Nautilus, is there anything cuter? 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>There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/08/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-impregnate-a-squid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called ostracods, sperm length can range from several hundred micrometers to several millimeters. And here is some trivia for your next cocktail party, sperm in ostracods can even be longer than <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/08/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-impregnate-a-squid/">There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid 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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