Coelacanth Swag and Cephalopod Mimicry, Sex, and Walking
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By , on August 2nd, 2011 One comment   Adaptations, Cephalopods, Fish, Organisms   , , , , , , ,  

  One of my greatest friends ever sent my a unexpected but welcome gift in today’s mail. Yes, my love can be bought. I know the new proud owner of a Diced Coelacanth can label from Etsy seller FishFuud. But the new pride of marine swag collection is the coelacanth handkerchief I got made by . . . → Read More: Coelacanth Swag and Cephalopod Mimicry, Sex, and Walking

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Hide and Seek in the Deep Sea
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By , on August 12th, 2010 One comment   Adaptations, Organisms   , ,  

Great informative video from MBARI: “This video shows some adaptations animals have for camouflaging themselves in the deep sea. Many of the animals in the deep-sea use red pigments to hide themselves because red light is one of the first wavelengths of visible light to be absorbed by the ocean (at approximately 100 meters), . . . → Read More: Hide and Seek in the Deep Sea

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A World Inside a Coconut
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By , on August 10th, 2010 4 comments   Adaptations, Expeditions, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

This is rewritten from one of my favorite contributions from The Other 95%. ————————— In November 2003, while an undergrad at University of California at Davis I was asked by my two of my Geology professors if I wanted to help them out on an expedition to hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific Rise. They . . . → Read More: A World Inside a Coconut

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