Kevin Zelnio is at the top of my list for musicians singing about invertebrates and the deep sea. The competition is small but Kevin is…
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Bones Taste Good
Not just whale bones but all bones. Osedax worms are those bone-eating snot flowers, purveyor of all rotten and whale-like, masters of polyandry, and more…
View More Bones Taste GoodAnimal Face Off
It’s a questions that has plagued the life sciences for years. In the ultimate cage match to the death who would be the winner, a…
View More Animal Face OffHow large was the black octopus?
How large was the black octopus That darkened the day’s peace? Were its branches made of iron And its eyes, of dead fire? And why…
View More How large was the black octopus?Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Benthoctopus
Image credit: Image: (c) 2002 MBARI / NOAA. Red octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) hunting on Davidson Seamount. Deep-water octopus often hunt snails, crabs, and other small…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: BenthoctopusA Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!
The ends of Permian and Triassic periods were a very bad time for marine invertebrates. Suffering, starvations, watching loved ones die…very hard times indeed. A…
View More A Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!Is A Octopus Cookie Cutter Worth $35
Yes, it is! A cephalopod cookie cutter and helping to protect the oceans for just $35…that’s a slice of fried gold.
View More Is A Octopus Cookie Cutter Worth $35What are my research interests?
This is what people pay me to do.
View More What are my research interests?Deep-Sea Fish Avoid The Dead
Coryphaenoides armatus arrive to feed on bait (mackerel) set by ROBIO. Photo from here A recent study by Barry and Drazen (open access)notes that some…
View More Deep-Sea Fish Avoid The DeadThe Largest Arthropod Ever!
Caption below under next figure: Image from “Giant claw reveals the largest ever arthropod” (2007), Biology Letters The arthropods we are familiar with today tend…
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