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Tag: Japan

New Research Organisms

The Deepest Crinoids

Dr. M July 14, 2009 CrinoiddeepdepthechinodermhadalJapanrecordTrench

Japanese researchers recently set a record with the deepest in-situ observation of a criniod. In the words of the authors, Previous records of stalked crinoids…

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Mating & Reproduction Organisms

The Sand Dollar Love Shack: A Special Echinoblog to DSN

Dr. M May 17, 2009 breeding sitebrittle starChris MahfertilizationJapanMatingOphiodaphneReproductionsandollarsSea of JapansexSex WeekspawnTsuruga Bay

Post from Chris Mah, purveyor of all echinoderm.  Dr. Christopher Mah is a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.  He…

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Cephalopods

Kraken rising in South Florida

Peter Etnoyer April 1, 2009 April 1stHiro TasakiJapanKrakenOsaka Deep-Sea Institute of Japan

Marco News reports a giant squid surfacing off South Florida. Dr. Hiro Tasaki, of the Osaka Deep-Sea Institute of Japan adds meaning with a rather…

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Squid Cuts Body of Sexual Partner

Dr. M February 9, 2009 CephalopodenzymesfreaksGiant SquidJapanMolluscasexspermsquidValentine's Day

Yeah, squids are freaky…real freaky freaks.  An article over at Practical Fish Keeping details the work of recent PhD Henk-Jan Hoving.  His dissertation makes mine…

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Fish

Why Do People Insist on Eating Food That Kills Them?

Kevin Zelnio January 27, 2009 BlowfishFuguJapanPoisonSushiThrill Seekers

Palm, meet face. The associated press reports: Blowfish, while extremely poisonous if not prepared properly, is considered a delicacy in Japan and is consumed by…

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Deep Sea Japanese Papercraft

Kevin Zelnio January 19, 2009 CirolinidaeCraftsGiant IsopodJapan

Reader Steve T. sent in some awesome papercraft from JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. You can print out a paper from…

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Calamari Wrestler

Dr. M December 29, 2006 Calamari WrestlerJapansquid

Urged by a reader and previous buzz, I finally managed to watch the Calamari Wrestler. The movie is an over-the-top satire of Rocky with a…

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Cephalopods

Kraken Video!

Dr. M December 22, 2006 CephalopodColossal SquidJapanMolluscasquid

PZ beat me to the punch (I really think he should be penalized for the time zone difference). Japanese researchers, the same group that caught…

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