Sperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between Teeth
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By , on October 28th, 2009 5 comments   Cephalopods!, Megavertebrate   , , ,  

Finally, the amazing underwater photographer Tony Wu caught a sperm whale with a piece of giant squid caught between its teeth. Must see pics! I’m not sure of the copyright status of the images so I will play it safe and just refer you to the exclusive story on the Daily Mail. One of the . . . → Read More: Sperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between Teeth

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Friday Picture: Have your coral and eat it, too?
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By , on July 17th, 2009 6 comments   Biodiversity, Coral, Critters, Life Science, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , ,  

People accept the idea of echinoderm predation on shallow reef building corals. The voracious Crown of Thorns seastar Acanthaster planci is a familiar coral antagonist on the Great Barrier Reef, part of a natural process that may or may not be amplified by anthropogenic disturbance. Asteroid predation on deep-sea corals is more difficult to . . . → Read More: Friday Picture: Have your coral and eat it, too?

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TGIF Bonus: Cuttlefish Eats Octopus
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By , on April 10th, 2009 6 comments   Biodiversity, Cephalopods!, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   , , , , ,  

It is hard to know what to cheer for here Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}It is hard to know what to cheer for here Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

TGIF: Pistol Shrimp
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By , on January 30th, 2009 4 comments   Adaptations, Critters, TGIF: Pictures & Movies   ,  

Wicked cool. Hat tip to the Crust-L. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Wicked cool. Hat tip to the Crust-L. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Things that eat coral
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By , on April 30th, 2008 Leave a comment   Coral   ,  

People eat sea anemones and jellyfish, but they would have to be seriously, deliriously, Castaway hungry to eat a coral. Or else corals would have been gone long ago. But, … this does NOT mean coral is without natural enemies. . . . → Read More: Things that eat coral

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On How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula
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By , on March 21st, 2008 One comment   Adaptations, Invertebrate Wars   , , , , , , ,  

In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore. The odontophore possess multiple rows of teeth called radula that chitonous and flexible. Among Mollusks the number of teeth can range from a few to over 100,000. The size, . . . → Read More: On How Mollusks are Cooler Than Echinoderms (or anything else) Pt. 3: The Radula

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