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		<title>I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE prussian blue glassware), but I severely dislike those particular gray-blue shades reminiscent of country Americana. I can&#8217;t explain it&#8211;the mere sight of plates like these makes me angry. I would <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/i-hate-plants-but-seagrasses-are-awesome/">I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome 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>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></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>Another New Yeti Crab!!??</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydrothermal Vent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiwa hirsuta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scaly-foot snail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeti crab clambers over a scaly-foot snail You heard here first people, another new species of Yeti crab may be out there!  Jon Copley just sent this message along. Well hey, a couple of weeks ago we found yet more yeti crabs out here at vents on the SW Indian Ridge, different in morphology to <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/another-new-yeti-crab/">Another New Yeti Crab!!??<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Another New Yeti Crab!!?? 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>Yeti Crab Roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here).  The scientists christened this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws indeed. Thus <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/">Yeti Crab Roundup<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Yeti Crab Roundup 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>Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/our-badass-454-sequencing-reveals-awesome-deep-sea-insights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make no mistake about it &#8212; I am shamelessly pimping out our lab&#8217;s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this blog post was actually an alternate name for the manuscript (although I&#8217;d love to see the reviewer comments on that title). Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days. My iPhone is <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/our-badass-454-sequencing-reveals-awesome-deep-sea-insights/">Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights 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>To see the world in a grain of sand &#8211; movement from a turtle hatchling&#8217;s perspective</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/to-see-the-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-movement-from-a-turtle-hatchlings-perspective/</link>
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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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		<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>The real cookie monster</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/the-real-cookie-monster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weird]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Field Museum scientist Josh Drew recently brought to my attention a new and unusual paper describing a world first.  The manuscript by Randy Honebrink and co-authors in Pacific Science describes the first documented attack on a living human by a cookiecutter shark, Isistius sp., and it&#8217;s quite an eye-opener.  Cookiecutters are relatively tiny sharks <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/the-real-cookie-monster/">The real cookie monster<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The real cookie monster 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>How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Drifter Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Hafner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikolai Maximenko]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six months ago, University of Hawaii scientists Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner mapped the likely route of debris dumped into the ocean by the March 11 Japanese tsunami. Just last week, a Russian sail training vessel used their maps to find the debris field. Since the North Pacific is really, really big &#8211; over <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/how-scientists-found-debris-from-japanese-tsunami-found-700-miles-off-midway/">How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='How scientists found debris from the Japanese tsunami 700 miles off Midway 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>Does This Belong To You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expeditions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A big yellow section from a floatation platform was found off Miami yesterday. Ryan Haines from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami is trying to locate the owners. Email us here at DSN (deepseanews@gmail.com) if this is your lost gear.  Also in the DSN lost and found box are 4 empty bottles of beer, a red <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/does-this-belong-to-you/">Does This Belong To You?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Does This Belong To You? 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>An Open Letter To Brian Switek</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bringin' It]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cephalopods!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Switek]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Brian Switek, We&#8217;ve known each other for several years now and you know that I love and respect you and your terrific blog, Laelaps on Wired Science. But I am concerned about your scathing review of &#8220;dubious&#8221; research that hasn&#8217;t even been published yet. You see, Brian, our readers (and our writers) are fascinated <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/an-open-letter-to-brian-switek/">An Open Letter To Brian Switek<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='An Open Letter To Brian Switek 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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