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Tag: Blue Whale

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An Oceanic Ode

Dr. M December 10, 2013 Blue WhaleEdgar Allen PoeHydrothermal VentNudibranchORCApoetryPycnopodiaRockfishsharksunflower sea starThe RavenVampire Squidwhale shark

This guest post is brought to you by Sheanna Steingass.  Shea is a graduate student at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute studying the behavioral…

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Abyss Adaptations Biology Ecology Evolution Organisms

How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?

Dr. M July 15, 2013 Blue Whalebody sizecaloriesenergyfeedingGodzillaHong KongKaijuKomodo DragonlizardsMetabolismPacific RimpredatorpreyrobotsRon PerlmanSea monster

Warning this may contain spoilers  The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim.  The movie has everything…

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Pictures and Movies

TGIF: The Biggest Poop On Earth (possibly)

Miriam Goldstein August 3, 2012 Aerial PhotoBlue WhaleEddie Kisfaludypoop

Behold! The biggest poop on earth! Well, we don’t actually know if it’s the actual biggest poop, but it is a poop that came out…

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Microbes

Blue whales in a red tide

Miriam Goldstein October 1, 2011 Blue WhaleEddie KisfaludyLa JollaLingulodinium polyedrumphytoplanktonred tideSan Diego

Check out these gorgeous photos of blue whales going through the red tide! Eddie Kisfaludy took them with his iPhone from a small plane off…

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Reviews

B-b-b-b-blue whale my b-b-blue whale

Miriam Goldstein January 18, 2011 Blue WhaleLady GagaMusic Videovideo

Blame Jarrett Byrnes. UBC.ZOOLOGY.GAGA.WHALE from Matt Siegle on Vimeo.

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Adaptations Biology Mating & Reproduction New Research

Why Are There No Super Whales?

Dr. M November 30, 2009 allometricBlue Whalebody sizeconstraintsevolutionfeedingisometriclunge feedingmassRB Editor's Selectionwhales

The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger?  The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling.  To appreciate…

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Conservation & Environment

Rope found in Blue Whale’s Stomach

Kevin Zelnio September 14, 2009 Blue WhaleDebrisNew Zealandpollutionropes

I recently came across an article by Andrew Baxter of the Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy of New Zealand’s Department of Conservation published in the Bycatch Communication Network…

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Whale Sub

Dr. M September 10, 2009 ArtBalaenopteraBlue WhaleillustrationJim Mooresteampunksubmarine

Jim Moore is a bay area concept artist working in the games industry. I became familiar with is artwork when Jim won the Scion Artist…

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Organisms Pictures and Movies

TGIF: The Blue Whale

Dr. M July 2, 2009 Blue WhalekrillSir David Attenborough
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5 Questions With Me

Dr. M June 15, 2009 Blue Whalebody sizecell membranesdeep seaDukeGiant IsopodGiant SquidislandsOrganisms

The Duke Research site this month features my answers to five questions about ocean biodiversity, body size variation, blue whales, municipal water supplies, giant squids,…

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