The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”. The startling shots show what appears to be…
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TGIF – In Your FACE!
Aside from having one of the best common names around, the Sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi, a type of über-blenny) has an extraordinary way of defending…
View More TGIF – In Your FACE!TGIF – the blanket octopus
Tremoctopus or blanket octopus is a pelagic octopus that inhabits open water, often at great depths. The fluttery pennants of tissue that trail behind…
View More TGIF – the blanket octopusSharks Need Your Vote!
My ocean blogging colleague, David Shiffman – known as “Why Sharks Matter” on twitter and the blog Southern Fried Science – is in the lead…
View More Sharks Need Your Vote!TGIF – Octopus Sends Dead Crab as Warning to Humanity
Hat Tip to the Pharyngula.
View More TGIF – Octopus Sends Dead Crab as Warning to HumanityTGIF – All creatures great and small
Two diversity videos for this TGIF One of my favourite scenes from that wonderful bit of BBC crack-for-marine-biologists: “Blue Planet”. This sailfish scene plays out…
View More TGIF – All creatures great and smallTGIF – Shameless fuzzy face
I’m at work today, but took some time out to take a few photos. To wit, Floyd the harbour seal says “Happy Thanksgiving”, or rather…
View More TGIF – Shameless fuzzy faceTGIF – Fish Versus “Sargassum”
From the always epic National Geographic youtube stream.
View More TGIF – Fish Versus “Sargassum”TGIF – The Flamboyant Cuttlefish
This cuttlefish looks like how I feel, cos, like, it’s FRIDAY!
View More TGIF – The Flamboyant CuttlefishThe real cookie monster
Field Museum scientist Josh Drew recently brought to my attention a new and unusual paper describing a world first. The manuscript by Randy Honebrink and…
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