Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons
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By , on March 7th, 2010 3 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Fish, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

From NOAA/MBARI on Wikimedia Commons: Ghostly grenadier or rattail (Coryphaenoides leptolepis) on the Davidson Seamount at 3158 meters depth. Originally, Popeye the Sailor gained strength from rubbing the head of a rare chicken. Not until 1932 and thereafter did Popeye gain superhuman strength and invincibility from downing a can of spinach. Besides being easier to . . . → Read More: Spinach, Popeye, and Fishy Pigeons

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Sharks and Reef Fish Trash Baited Camera
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By , on February 7th, 2010 2 comments   Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , , , ,  

Via Climate Shifts this morning I discovered this video which enamored me for two and a half minutes. You have to go there to get the skinny on the video though (you should be reading them anyways!), but the punchline is “The range of fish, sharks, rays, sea snakes and other animals sighted on BRUVS . . . → Read More: Sharks and Reef Fish Trash Baited Camera

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Deepest Fish On Film
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By , on November 15th, 2009 5 comments   Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , , , , , ,  

In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above, Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found only in the Northwest Pacific between 6.1km to 7.5km deep. Now this same group filmed swarms of the snailfish Notoliparis kermadecensis nibbling at bait 7560 meters, the . . . → Read More: Deepest Fish On Film

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Big Gulpers In The Deep
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By , on February 23rd, 2009 8 comments   Conferences, Fish, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

I got the dreaded pop-up of doom as my macbook told me it could not install the latest update because I out of space. So I decided to poke around, see where I could save space and delete files. Sitting on my desktop for a couple years was an aptly titled folder, “Photos to Sort”, . . . → Read More: Big Gulpers In The Deep

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