Thanks to Cara Santa Maria for bringing this to my attention Can’t stop laughing
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23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1
As I mentioned before, in 1857 Japetus Steenstrup, a Danish biologist scientifically named several squids and octopods in the shortly titled Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne Argonauta og…
View More 23 Species Giant Squid or Just 1The lack of the Irish!
I love St Paddy’s Day. I’m Scots-Irish-Australian, so I never drink (baddum-tish!), but I do like bangers and mash and all things gaelic. In pondering…
View More The lack of the Irish!Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also,…
View More Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?
Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions,…
View More So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?Butt munchers
Some animals vent their anuses. And, no, I’m not referring to the act of waving a hand around ones posterior to diffuse the gaseous remnants…
View More Butt munchersWhen 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before
A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will…
View More When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love beforeWhy the giant squid eye?
The largest measured giant squid eye is 27 centimeters (10.63 inches), roughly the size of a large dinner plate. Whereas all giant squids don’t have…
View More Why the giant squid eye?Even corals heart fluid dynamics
I find the intersection of fluid dynamics and biology fascinating. How animals manipulate their surroundings to bring nutrients to them. And coral cilia is just…
View More Even corals heart fluid dynamicsThis Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Why is it that we seem to have moved away from celebrating images like the one above left (a big game hunter posing over a…
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