The EPR Chronicles XII
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By , on September 25th, 2011 Leave a comment   Expeditions, Life At Sea, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , ,  

For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Wednesday 11/19/03 3:30 am I love the warm winds of the tropical ocean. They caress me & run their invisible fingers me through my . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles XII

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A Blanket of Mucus
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By , on March 16th, 2011 3 comments   Adaptations, Fish   , , ,  

You are fish. The guy above is your enemy, a Gnathiid isopod, a vicious parasitic relative of a roly-poly. Your defense? You cough up enough loogies to coat yourself in a protective layer of joyous mucus. Of course you are not a fish and fish don’t need to cough 1,000′s of thick loogies. If you . . . → Read More: A Blanket of Mucus

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