How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid By Wendy Williams Abrams Publishing, 224 pages Reviewed by David Manly for Deep Sea News:…
View More KRAKEN Day: Release the Kraken!KRAKEN Day: Tennyson’s Poem
THE KRAKEN Alfred Lord Tennyson Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep…
View More KRAKEN Day: Tennyson’s PoemKRAKEN Day: Humboldts, They’re Here to Stay and They’re NOT Giant Squid
From Dr. M in 2007: If you been keeping up here at DSN, you probably already know that Humboldt squid are invading further north up…
View More KRAKEN Day: Humboldts, They’re Here to Stay and They’re NOT Giant SquidKRAKEN Day: Big Dead Squid
Its hard to believe that way way back in 2007, Kevin Z was writing his epic song Big Dead Squid, which launched in blogmusic career.…
View More KRAKEN Day: Big Dead SquidKRAKEN Day: Architeuthis Is 3 Degrees Away from Kevin Bacon
How separated is Architeuthis and Kevin Bacon you ask? Dr. M previously analyzed this important pop culture metric: As you might remember although the Giant…
View More KRAKEN Day: Architeuthis Is 3 Degrees Away from Kevin BaconKRAKEN Day: Drinks of the Abyss
We all know that Kraken Black-Spiced Rum if the official alcoholic beverage of the deep sea. And with epic educational videos like these, its a…
View More KRAKEN Day: Drinks of the AbyssKRAKEN Day: Defenseless Kraken Hunted by Mean Ole Sperm Whales
Get the full length video on the Whales Tohora exhibition website. Dive with a sperm whale and join the hunt for the giant squid. This…
View More KRAKEN Day: Defenseless Kraken Hunted by Mean Ole Sperm WhalesKRAKEN Day: Attacks of the Kraken
This collection was brought to our attention by former DSN staffer Peter Etnoyer in 2008. ——————————- Today is Cephalopod Awareness Day. Jason at Cephalopodcast asks…
View More KRAKEN Day: Attacks of the KrakenKRAKEN Day: Got Yer Squid Paraphernalia?
Squid Coin? Kraken Stamps? Guide to taking down a Kraken? Print of epic Rick “The Nature Boy” Flair royal rumbling with the Giant Squid?
View More KRAKEN Day: Got Yer Squid Paraphernalia?KRAKEN Day: Giant Squid = Awesomesauce
To get you ready for the awesomesauce that is KRAKEN Day(!!), it is only appropriate to open with Dr. M’s Epic giant squid post from…
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