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		<title>There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called ostracods, sperm length can range from several hundred micrometers to several millimeters. And here is some trivia for your next cocktail party, sperm in ostracods can even be longer than <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/08/there-is-more-than-one-way-to-impregnate-a-squid/">There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/female-urochordates-have-few-if-any-inhibitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deep Sea Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of Zelnio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botryllus schlosseri]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Photo of Botryllus schlosseri from the Swalla Lab website Yep, that&#8217;s right. They get it on with any male gamete that passes their way. They just don&#8217;t give a [rhymes with duck]. Boom chaka-laka-boom. These loose lizzies are all about increasing genetic diversity if you know what I mean. OH, I know you know <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/female-urochordates-have-few-if-any-inhibitions/">Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark&#8217;s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/05/the-tide-pool-slow-colossal-squid-lantern-sharks-light-switch-longer-is-faster-in-sperm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colossal Squid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etmopterus spinax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heliocidaris erythrogramma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional series where I briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Oxygen consumption rates for various squids as a property of mass. How could not think of the colossal squid as a voracious hunter of the deep?? Contrary to popular opinion Rosa and Seibel argue that &#8220;&#8230; the <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/05/the-tide-pool-slow-colossal-squid-lantern-sharks-light-switch-longer-is-faster-in-sperm/">The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark&#8217;s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark&#8217;s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm) avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Same Girl</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/same-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greneledone boreopacifica....Are you my daddy? Image from wikimedia commons Yo Ush, What up Kels Wanna introduce you to this girl, think I really love this girl, Yeah? Man she so fine, Straight up dawg? She stand about 5’4” coke cola red bone, Damn She drives a black Durango license plate say “Angel” tattoo on her <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/11/same-girl/">Same Girl<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Same Girl avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>100 Million Year Old Giant Sperm</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[female]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Matzke-Karasz et al. 2009. A. Zenker Organ, a specialized organ modified from the vas deferen that serves asa pump for giant sperm. B&#38;C The heavily coiled giant sperm with anteriour (an) and posterior (po) ends shown. Barnacles may have big penises but ostracodes of the superfamily Cypridoidea have giant sperm. Ostracode range are mostly <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/100-million-year-old-giant-sperm/">100 Million Year Old Giant Sperm<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='100 Million Year Old Giant Sperm avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Penis Fencing</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/penis-fencing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 11:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To borrow from the great comedic folk duo, Flight of the Chonchords &#8220;Yeah, you sexy hermaphrodite lady-man-lady, with your sexy lady bits, and your sexy man bits too, even you must be into you-oo-oo.&#8221; Hermaphroditism is common in marine invertebrates and the, flatworms are no exception.  Certain species of flatworm engage in a behavior called <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/penis-fencing/">Penis Fencing<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Penis Fencing avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>On the study of crustaceous genitalia</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/on-the-study-of-crustaceous-genitalia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barnacle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical signals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Charnov]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two barnacles removed from a rock. The barnacle on top has been fertilized and the eggs are compressed into yellow pellets on either side of the body. The penis is sticking out from in between. The barnacle below has not been fertilized; the un-fertilized eggs are large yellow blobs. The testes are visible in both <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/on-the-study-of-crustaceous-genitalia/">On the study of crustaceous genitalia<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='On the study of crustaceous genitalia avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>I have a dirty secret: I am a mussel sex voyeur.</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/i-have-a-dirty-secret-i-am-a-mussel-sex-voyeur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Shawn M. Arellano. Dr. Shawn Arellano is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her PhD research at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology concerned the reproduction and recruitment dynamics of a methane-fueled seep mussel. B. childressi: Photo courtesy of Shawn M. Arellano I have a dirty secret: <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/i-have-a-dirty-secret-i-am-a-mussel-sex-voyeur/">I have a dirty secret: I am a mussel sex voyeur.<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='I have a dirty secret: I am a mussel sex voyeur. avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>“Sleezy” sponge sexuality</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/%e2%80%9csleezy%e2%80%9d-sponge-sexuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Amanda “not a sponge” Kahn. Amanda Kahn is currently a masters student at well-known Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, considered to be one of the west coast&#8217;s premier marine stations.  Despite still being in her masters, she is quickly becoming the &#8220;go-to&#8221; person for deep-sea sponges. Let’s start off “sex week” with the steamy <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/%e2%80%9csleezy%e2%80%9d-sponge-sexuality/">“Sleezy” sponge sexuality<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='“Sleezy” sponge sexuality avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to Sex Week</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/introduction-to-sex-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 11:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the official introduction to Sex Week at DSN.  We here at DSN never shy away from writing about sex. Through reproduction, fitness is realized as progeny populate the landscape.   Thus reproduction can be considered the backbone of evolution as traits are selected for and against, or perhaps not at all.  Reproductive methods, the <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2009/05/introduction-to-sex-week/">Introduction to Sex Week<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Introduction to Sex Week avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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