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		<title>70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/70%e2%80%99s-porn-staches-and-the-female-fish-who-love-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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From Schlupp, I., Riesch, R., Tobler, M., Plath, M., Parzefall, J., &#38; Schartl, M. (2010) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Straight men let’s face it.  We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive.  No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it may be, we will do it.  The rise of mullets and Camaros <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/70%e2%80%99s-porn-staches-and-the-female-fish-who-love-them/">70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey Numbers</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/researchblogcast-4-decreasing-predator-size-increases-prey-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/researchblogcast-4-decreasing-predator-size-increases-prey-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[body size]]></category>
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Each week Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I discuss a recent paper from ResearchBlogging.org. This week was my turn to choose and we discussed the following recent paper:
Shackell,  N., Frank, K., Fisher, J., Petrie, B., &#38; Leggett, W. (2009).  Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic  structure in an <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/researchblogcast-4-decreasing-predator-size-increases-prey-numbers/">ResearchBlogCast #4: Decreasing Predator Size Increases Prey Numbers</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/family-gatherings-and-free-swimming-sperm-packets/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/family-gatherings-and-free-swimming-sperm-packets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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From Miya et al. 2010  Figure 1 - Representatives of the lophiiform suborders Lophioidei (A), Antennarioidei (B, C), Chaunacoidei (D), and Ogcocephaloidei (E)
My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to that person?” Unfortunately, my wife has never provided <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/02/family-gatherings-and-free-swimming-sperm-packets/">Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Deepest Fish On Film</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/deepest-fish-on-film/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/deepest-fish-on-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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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 deepest for a locality in <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/deepest-fish-on-film/">Deepest Fish On Film</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Fish Heads</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/crazy-fish-heads/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/crazy-fish-heads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fish head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jaw protrusion]]></category>
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Epibulus insidiator, the slingjaw wrass, &#8220;possesses the most extreme jaw protrusion ever measured in fishes.&#8221; Individuals can protrude their jaw up to half the body length to capture crabs, shrimps, and small fishes.   This occurs through multiple structural novelties, as the video above can attest to, involving fundamentally reorganizing the way the bones and ligaments <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/crazy-fish-heads/">Crazy Fish Heads</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>More Mercury Deeper</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/more-mercury-deeper/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/more-mercury-deeper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
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Figure 2 from Choy et al. 2009. Log-transformed mean THg concentrations (μg/kg) at the mean log(mass) of 4.24 or approximately 17.4 kg plotted as a function of median depth of occurrence for 9 species of pelagic fishes.

Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere.  In the marine realm, the <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/08/more-mercury-deeper/">More Mercury Deeper</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Lighted Whoopie In The Sea: Repost</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/lighted-whoopie-in-the-sea-repost/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/lighted-whoopie-in-the-sea-repost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mating & Reproduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Herring]]></category>
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In the deep dark sea, bioluminescence is the name of game.  Its central role is unequivocal for many organisms.   Do different sexes of species display dimorphism with respect to bioluminescence? Does it have a role in the dirty deeds that occur in the dark? The following is an illuminating dirty laundry list of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/lighted-whoopie-in-the-sea-repost/">Lighted Whoopie In The Sea: Repost</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Herring Aids</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/04/herring-aids/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/04/herring-aids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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Left and right ears of the blue antimora (Antimora rostrata), a deep-sea cod. In the pictures you can clearly see the three otolith organs as white objects and the three semicircular canals. Courtesy of Xiaohong Deng, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland. http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/research/deepsea.htm.
Obviously, fish do not possess the big fleshy ears. Talk about swimmer&#8217;s <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/04/herring-aids/">Herring Aids</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/04/tgim-see-through-shi-fish/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/04/tgim-see-through-shi-fish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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Big hat tip to Katie at DSN&#8217;s Barrel-eye fish post.



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		<title>Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn&#8217;t Vant to Suck Your Blood</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/dracula-fish-from-myanmar-doesnt-vant-to-suck-your-blood/</link>
		<comments>http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/dracula-fish-from-myanmar-doesnt-vant-to-suck-your-blood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum and National Geographic.
Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News.
&#8220;Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren&#8217;t used for feeding.
&#8220;We did not study stomach contents, but we know that its close relatives live on small crustaceans … and other small invertebrates,&#8221; Britz said in an email <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/dracula-fish-from-myanmar-doesnt-vant-to-suck-your-blood/">Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn&#8217;t Vant to Suck Your Blood</a></span>]]></description>
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