Invertebrate Wannabe
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By , on August 16th, 2011 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Biodiversity, Coral, Evolution, Fish    

"La La La La….Nothing to see here!" CREDIT: Brooker, et al., Coral Reefs, Sept. 2011 After reading a recent paper in the journal Coral Reefs on the ability of Harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) to masquerade as branching stony coral (abstract only), two facts are inescapable: 1) Evolution freakin’ rocks! 2) Vertebrates are just invertebrate wannabe’s. . . . → Read More: Invertebrate Wannabe

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Maine Diver Fends Off Shark With Camera
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By , on October 28th, 2010 Leave a comment   Fish, Weird   , , , ,  

Image © Bangor Daily News, courtesy of MER Assessment Corp. What’s up with cartilagenous fish and cameras?  First a manta ray absconds with a $5000 dive camera.  Now a Porbeagle shark bares his pearly-whites on film off the cold, murky waters off Eastport, Maine. Watch the video over on The Bangor Daily News to get . . . → Read More: Maine Diver Fends Off Shark With Camera

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