Dredged from the Depths…
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By , on November 1st, 2011 One comment   Carnivals & Link Love   ,  

From our good friends at Southern Fried Science: The Historical Origins of ‘Whales as People’. An important, and overlooked, point that shared traditions and cultural references are not universal. The 41st edition of the Carnival of Evolution is up at Mermaid’s Tale (an excellent evolution blog in and of itself you should explore)! From @DrChrisKellogg . . . → Read More: Dredged from the Depths…

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The Deep: Home of BIG TEETH
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By , on November 1st, 2011 Leave a comment   Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video.

100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria
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By , on March 23rd, 2009 2 comments   Adaptations, Biology, Geology, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Paleobiology   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Illustration of Hurdia victoria by Marianne Collins. This marine predator lived 500 million years ago and reveals clues to the origins of arthropods. © J B Caron Royal Ontario Museum Anomalocaris ruled the Cambrian seas but apparently so did a twenty centimenter cousin. Hurdia victoria, originally described in 1912, was known from just a jumble . . . → Read More: 100 Word Post: Hurdia victoria

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