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View More TGIF – Fish Versus “Sargassum”Tag: Predation
San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala,…
View More San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predatorAnemones Fight Back Against Their Opressors
You may not realize that those unassuming slugs of the oceans, nudibranchs, are voracious predators in hiding. Sponges, corals, hydroids, bryozoans, anemones, barnacles, the Portugese…
View More Anemones Fight Back Against Their OpressorsTGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War Feeding
Despite being stung by one of them on a Gulf beach as a kid, Portugese Man-O-War’s are still one of my favorite organisms. Hat tip…
View More TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War FeedingFrom The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce
In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing (inspiring awe…
View More From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=AwesomesauceAngels in Antarctica
“Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” – The Doctor The Weeping Angels are the monster…
View More Angels in AntarcticaCephalopod on Cephalopod Crime
New work in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society indicates that ammonites were likely preyed upon beaked squids. The Chamouth Mudstone Formation on the…
View More Cephalopod on Cephalopod CrimeIf Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?
Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods?…
View More If Molluscs Could Communicate What Would They Say?The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)
An occasional series where I briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- How could not think of the colossal…
View More The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)Sperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between Teeth
Finally, the amazing underwater photographer Tony Wu caught a sperm whale with a piece of giant squid caught between its teeth. Must see pics! I’m…
View More Sperm Whale Caught with Giant Squid Snack Between Teeth