The year is 1967. A paper is published that causes pandemonium in the scientific community. The discovery causes a fundamental shift in thinking divergent from…
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Tag: Predation
Top 10 GIFs of Ocean Animals Eating Other Animals
1. Cone snail eating whole fish 2. Orca taking a seal 3. California angel shark eating a California horn shark 4. Goblin shark eating a fish 5.…
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The real Alien vs. Predator is occurring right now in Antarctic waters
In the freezing and dark waters of the Antarctic, two marine species are pitted against each other in a battle of survival. Each of the…
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Squid Rocket Science
Squids not only swim, they also fly*. In fourteen different published accounts dating back to 1892, squids have been caught in the act of taking…
View More Squid Rocket ScienceCan’t Touch This
Another epic post from Alex Warneke, aka lil’ A Disposable nudibranch penises are all the rage this month thanks to a study published in the…
View More Can’t Touch ThisCloaking Klingon Cephalopods
The Klingon Bird of Preys were first introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Two classes existed, the B’rel-class and the K’Vort-class, roughly scout and light cruiser…
View More Cloaking Klingon CephalopodsWatch helplessly from a mussel’s shell as it is slowly & inexorably consumed
This may be the coolest sea star predation video of all time. Watch helplessly from the mussel’s shell as the sea star’s stomach extrudes and…
View More Watch helplessly from a mussel’s shell as it is slowly & inexorably consumedWith a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead
Like manna from heaven, food from above rains on the deep. Those productive shallow waters full of light, photosynthesis, and food are an extreme contrast…
View More With a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to deadCoordinated Hunting in Red Devils
With just reason Humboldt or Jumbo Squid are called Diablo Rojo. The skin of Dosidicus gigas is blood red but can change to bone white.…
View More Coordinated Hunting in Red DevilsWhat’s In Your Stomach?
With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker. Originally European in tradition, the riche…
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