Guide To Things That Might Gnaw On Your Brains In Southern Ocean
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The Cephalopod beak guide for the Southern Ocean. What everyone needs for the coffee table ..we interrupt this post so that Dr. M can perform the rare dance of the geek and squeal in delight…by Jose Xavier and Yves Cherel and published by British Antarctic Survey was published recently as a product from the International . . . → Read More: Guide To Things That Might Gnaw On Your Brains In Southern Ocean

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The Compressible Octopus
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Hat tip to Cephalopod Tea Party!

A Blog About Cephalopod Sculpture and Jewerly…
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…and I am sure some other stuff too, if I can get past all the sweet necklaces. In Sheryl’s own words… I’m a sculptor and jewelry designer from Maine. I work primarily in polymer clay and mixed media. My work is inspired by fantasy, nature, and my beloved cephalopods. I just found Noadi’s Art Blog . . . → Read More: A Blog About Cephalopod Sculpture and Jewerly…

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TGIF: Robo Octopus Biomimetics
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Biomimetics is the field of study where animals provide the inspiration for engineering designs that can be exploited by us, quite literally “life mimicking”. It goes to show there is so much basic organismal biology that we don’t know and so much we can learn from observation and experimentation! Read the full article in New . . . → Read More: TGIF: Robo Octopus Biomimetics

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Friday Deep-sea Picture: Illustrator James Jean
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“Tame version” of an AIDS awareness poster by Fables cover artist James Jean Talented illustrator and Fables cover artist James Jean has a blog called ProcessRecess (awesome) where he’s showcasing different versions of an award winning series of posters he did for a European NGO dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS. The posters were conceived under the . . . → Read More: Friday Deep-sea Picture: Illustrator James Jean

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TGIF: Strange Blanket Octopus
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This video of a swimming Tremoctopus or “blanket octopus” was shot in the Gulf of Mexico in 180 feet of water at Eugene Island South Addition Block 330 in October, 2008. The location is 100 miles from the Flower Garden Banks, close to Sweet Bank, on the outer continental shelf west of Mississippi Canyon. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Strange Blanket Octopus

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Martin Wells
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A teacher, leader, champion, and scientist. 24 August 1928 — 1 January 2009 It is with great sadness that I post this from the Other 95%… I received the sad news today that Martin Wells, imminent biologist, one of the founders of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge and, a great friend of the . . . → Read More: Martin Wells

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The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates
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In no certain order… 10. Those barnacles just ain’t feeding! This is red hot barnacle copulation! Turn the lights down low, everything’s goin’ to be just right… 9. Humboldt Squid are vicious, blood thirsty demons ready to rip the flesh off any living creature. Of course I tend toward exaggeration 8. Beautiful? Definitely! Slow? Stunningly! . . . → Read More: The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates

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Marine Biology Videos at Wired Science
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Mo, the Neurophilosopher, brought to my attention via Twitter Wired Science’s “10 Fantastic Marine Biology Videos“. They are all great bits from the marine youtube-o-sphere. Most of them we have played here one time or another, but one was actually new to me. A TED talk by David Gallo. He’s an oceanographer at Wood’s Hole . . . → Read More: Marine Biology Videos at Wired Science

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Squid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner
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So was I thinking we could light a few candles, have some wine, and then… Yeah, squids are freaky…real freaky freaks. An article over at Practical Fish Keeping details the work of recent PhD Henk-Jan Hoving. His dissertation makes mine look like rainbows and unicorns. The thrust of his work was to study reproductive techniques . . . → Read More: Squid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner

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