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Category: Biology

Mating & Reproduction

Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!

Miriam Goldstein January 17, 2012 apophallationbanana slugMolluscsex

This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate…

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Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Pictures and Movies

TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.

Kevin Zelnio January 13, 2012 flatwormsMatingpenis fencingReproduction

“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.

View More TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.
Evolution New Research

I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome

Holly Bik January 10, 2012 adaptationevolutionGenegenomicsnatural selectionplantsseagrasses

I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…

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Adaptations Climate Change Ecology Environmental Sciences New Research Organisms Uncategorized

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Dr. M December 21, 2011 beta diversityCarbondeep seadiversityfluxmarine snow

Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, 
 But the food not so delightful,
 But since we’ve got no place to go,
 Let It Marine…

View More Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Mating & Reproduction

A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating

Kevin Zelnio December 18, 2011 Matingmating behaviorPortunid CrabPortunus pelagicusReproductionswimming crab

Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.

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Cephalopods Mating & Reproduction

Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus

Kevin Zelnio December 11, 2011 indonesiamating behaviorMimic Octopus

h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia.

View More Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
Evolution New Research

To see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspective

Alistair Dove November 21, 2011 BioengineeringCarettaCheloniageorgia techlocomotionreptilessea turtles

[This is a repost originally published at my old blog, DeepTypeFlow] A grain of sand represents many things to a baby turtle. While still within…

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Fishing Mating & Reproduction Weird

Why cyclops shark grabs at our imagination

Alistair Dove November 7, 2011 albinocyclops sharkGulf of CalifornaMexicomutationsshark

If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a…

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Ecology Microbes

San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator

Miriam Goldstein October 23, 2011 bioluminescencedinoflagellatesLingulodinium polyedrumNoctilucaPeter FranksPredationred tideScripps

The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala,…

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Adaptations Cephalopods Ecology Mating & Reproduction

Bizarre Love Triangle of the Giant Cuttlefish

Kevin Zelnio October 20, 2011 BBCcuttlefishDavid Attenborough
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