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How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information
The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…
View More How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun informationHow may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?
Warning this may contain spoilers The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim. The movie has everything…
View More How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?Deep-Sea Mining: This Shit Just Got Real
Perhaps it is easier to think deep-sea mining is something that will happen in the future. Surely the cost and logistics of mining the ocean…
View More Deep-Sea Mining: This Shit Just Got RealThe masters of bling, carrier snails
Readers of DSN may think they know my favorite organism. Did you guess the giant isopod or did you guess the giant squid? Those beasties…
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The side effects NOT on the label
The intertidal can be a pretty rough place to call home. You have to deal with what seems like a whole web of trophic levels…
View More The side effects NOT on the labelHuman-sized mystery blob found off the coast of Cuba
On June 20th I received an email: a huge pink blob has been found off the coast of Cuba, and no one can figure out…
View More Human-sized mystery blob found off the coast of CubaEvolving to dive deep
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
View More Evolving to dive deepTGIF – Magical Quintana Roo
Every year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…
View More TGIF – Magical Quintana RooThe Origins of Hairy Crabs
Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led…
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