“Shields up! Phasers set to kill! Engage!” If the Pacific Torpedo Ray (Torpedo californica) had an inner dialogue whilst stalking delicious fishy snacks, I could imagine it…
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Category: Weird
These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine Fish
As scientific mariners, we spend an inordinate amount of shore time on sleezy docks and seedy piers around the world, from the gritty shipyards of…
View More These Are a Few of My Favorite Species: Spotted Porcupine FishShark vs. CTD. Shark 1, CTD 0.
There is a common saying amongst oceanographers, “if you put something in the water, there is no guarantee you will get it back.” I’ve been in…
View More Shark vs. CTD. Shark 1, CTD 0.The mysterious case of the missing manta bits
This spectacular picture has been doing the rounds of my Facebook network lately, of a Mr Bell at AMNH working on a manta ray specimen in…
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Diagnosing Death with Diatoms
“I know you drowned him in the ocean, these bones don’t lie…” Ever heard of forensic limnology? Neither had I, until I had a random…
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Outta-sight jelly babies discovered under black light
So, the flower hat jellyfish pretty much looks like someone painted it while tripping on acid. It doesn’t just have tentacles on the edges, no…
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Inked.
From ancient polynesians to seafaring sailors, tattoos in their various fashions have adorned the derma canvas for centuries. Used to represent tribal ranks, voyages to distant lands and conquests,…
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This sea slug is like a cross between a dinosaur, a jellyfish, and a watermelon
I am awkward, and for that reason I’ve decided the sea slug Melibe will be my new power animal. I’m clumsy, equally bad at all sports, and…
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Triton not. Dive, or dive not, there is no Triton.
One of the deeplings shared this SCUBA diving concept called the Triton, a sort of artificial gill that would extract oxygen from the water for…
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TGIF: Emoji Dick
This is either the awesomeest or stupidest thing ever: Emoji Dick is a crowd sourced and crowd funded translation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick into Japanese…
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