Monsters of the Ancient Seas
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This looks pretty cool! More under the fold! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This looks pretty cool! More under the fold! Broadcast . . . → Read More: Monsters of the Ancient Seas

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6-Gill Shark Steals Food from Poor Giant Isopod
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Seriously, 6-Gill Shark. Why are you such a douche? That Giant Isopod was totally there first, minding its own business gnawing on some fresh bait and then you come along and nose-butt it out of the way and steal all the food for yourself. Such a jerk. You know, if you keep acting like an . . . → Read More: 6-Gill Shark Steals Food from Poor Giant Isopod

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Deepest Underwater Volcanic Eruption
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All captured in video by scientists exploring 1220m (4000ft) beneath the surface in Pacific Ocean near Samoa the previous summer.  The lava erupting from the West Mata volcano is predicted to be the hottest lava erupting one Earth. [googlemap lat="-15.284185114076433" lng="-172.08984375" width="500px" height="500px" zoom="2" type="G_SATELLITE_MAP"]Samoa[/googlemap] Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}All captured in video by scientists . . . → Read More: Deepest Underwater Volcanic Eruption

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TGIF: Ship Launch FAIL Edition
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Just to be fair to Sea Shepherd, ship launch FAIL’s can happen to anyone. Even megatonne cargo ships! Isn’t she just so chipper! Bonus mega ship launch FAIL compilation below the fold! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Just to be fair to Sea Shepherd, ship launch FAIL’s can happen to anyone. Even megatonne cargo ships! Isn’t she . . . → Read More: TGIF: Ship Launch FAIL Edition

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Rum and Kraken!
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Finally someone has brought to of my favorite things together…hard liquor and cephalopods. Unleashed on the world is Kraken Black Spiced Rum! Hat tip to Indie Squid Kid. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Finally someone has brought to of my favorite things together…hard liquor and cephalopods. Unleashed on the world is Kraken Black Spiced Rum! Hat tip . . . → Read More: Rum and Kraken!

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Donate Or We’ll Let Loose the Crabs from Hell!
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We need to reach $2000 by Sunday! If we reach this goal, HP will give us another $2000 to donate for Oceans in the Classroom! Can I make more clear? THIS IS HUGE!!1!!1!!!! $2000 will a looooooooooooooong way for ocean education and reach many students. But if we don’t reach $2000 on our own, we . . . → Read More: Donate Or We’ll Let Loose the Crabs from Hell!

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Blood Belly Comb Jelly
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Great video of a comb jelly with its silica plates that are reflecting light.  These plates are aligned in rows or combs and thus the name.  Comb jellies are not jellyfish.  The two are in different phyla, Ctenophora and Cnidaria.  The main difference is that Cnidarians have stinging cells and Ctenophores have the silica plates. . . . → Read More: Blood Belly Comb Jelly

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Coral, It’s Alive
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Coral gardening shown in a spectacular timelapse via videosift.com Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Coral gardening shown in a spectacular timelapse via videosift.com Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Video Feed Live From 30 Meters
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It has been a long year waiting to announce this.  Last year Dr. Adrian Glover, long time DSN fan from the Natural History Museum in London, showed me a live feed of camera mounted on a dead harbor porpoise from 30m in a fjord on the west coast of Sweden.  As we set there in . . . → Read More: Video Feed Live From 30 Meters

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How Do You Do Mr. Monkfish?
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Hat tip to one of my favorite blogs, Ugly Overload. Remember, when you eat monkfish this is the beautiful beastie your unleashing your taste buds upon! From the Youtube page for the video uploader, OceanContent: “Sitting on the keel of the HMS Ark Royal, this Monkfish let us take some close up shots about 80 . . . → Read More: How Do You Do Mr. Monkfish?

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