As close as you’ll get to legal Cetacean porn
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I must have been suffering from post conference delirium, because I decided to watch A Dolphin Tale on the plane ride home from ScienceOnline2012. Plot summary: a stranded dolphin (Winter) is rescued but her damaged tail must be amputated. A lonely boy (Sawyer) sees her being rescued, stalks her at the aquarium she is transported . . . → Read More: As close as you’ll get to legal Cetacean porn

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Animals Vs. Equipment
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The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”.  The startling shots show what appears to be an unfortunate mako shark that has become entangled in the mechanics of a large ROV [remotely operated vehicle] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; . . . → Read More: Animals Vs. Equipment

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Why Are There No Super Whales?
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The largest, Blue Whale and smallest, Hector Dolphin, cetaceans. From wikimedia commons The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger?  The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling.  To appreciate how massive a blue whale is, consider it would take 15 school buses, around 10 tons in weight . . . → Read More: Why Are There No Super Whales?

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Whaling protests bad for business
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Japanese Fisheries Agency blamed Mother Nature and her bastard stepchild the Sea Shepherd Society for missing this year’s quota of 60 fin whales and 935 minke whales. They caught only one fin whale, but took 679 “cockroaches of the sea” (Japanese fishery-speak for minke whales). From the BBC: Protesters had escalated their attacks on Japanese . . . → Read More: Whaling protests bad for business

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Let The Whales Die
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Hervey Bay Whales 3938 courtesy of Michael Dawes on Flikr and available by CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) No matter what meaning I intend with the title, it has more than likely made you uncomfortable.  It makes me uncomfortable to write it. I do this as a sort of social and individual level experiment for . . . → Read More: Let The Whales Die

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The Real Ocean
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J Nichols blog reminds us not to be fooled by digital imitations of the Earth, cool as they are. Stay in touch with the Real Ocean, where the sea turtles swim and the gray whales sing. J Nichols blog reminds us not to be fooled by digital imitations of the Earth, cool as they are. Stay in touch with the Real Ocean, where the sea turtles swim and the gray whales sing.

Link Roundup
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Here a bunch of bit from around the web I haven’t had time to get to… Best Job in the World? Blogging, living on reef in a luxury home, getting paid…qualifications needed: charismatic, not needed: advanced degree in marine biology.  I can’t believe I wasted all this time on a degree! No iron dumping off . . . → Read More: Link Roundup

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