Squids not only swim, they also fly*. In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…
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Category: Adaptations
3 Reasons Why You Should Invite a Greenland Shark to Thanksgiving Dinner
This is a guest post from Sizing Ocean Giants team member Leo Gaskins 1) Not the best cook? No worries, Greenland sharks won’t complain! Forgot…
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A whale and a whale shark walk into a bar…
A bar, somewhere in the ocean. A whale shark sits quietly sipping a Krillians. Whale shark (quietly): <sip> Ahh, that’s some good Euphausia right there.…
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Weed of the Week: The Rihanna Hypothesis Revisited
I love seaweed. Maybe it’s because I am from California and we are all plant loving hippies or maybe it’s because they’re the underappreciated overlords…
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Weed of the Week: Killer Costumes
I love seaweed. Maybe it’s because I am from California and we are all plant loving hippies or maybe it’s because they’re the underappreciated overlords…
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The following post is authored by Caroline Schanche as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. For those who…
View More 6 Reasons to SupersizeOctopus Sex at Hydrothermal Vents
In the video below, deep-sea octopus expert Janet Voight with the Field Museum, discusses sex in octopods focusing on Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis. This ghostly looking octopus is…
View More Octopus Sex at Hydrothermal VentsThis Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a Snork
In the shallow waters where sunlight penetrates, life is easy because food abounds. In the deep sea, life sucks because food is scarce. In landscape…
View More This Deep-Sea Predator is the Love Child of a Macaron and a SnorkThe Most Boring Squid on Earth?
Much speculation occurs among biologists about the uses for all those arms and tentacles in squids. Eight arms and two tentacles seem like appendage overkill. …
View More The Most Boring Squid on Earth?The superhero like swimming of Manta rays
Watch the video above and you will better understand the high I am still experiencing after a week of fieldwork. I traveled to Mexico to…
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