Category: Ocean Critters
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Warming-induced killer crab invasion threatens Antarctic biodiversity
[Editor’s update: One of our observant readers and experts on deep-sea crabs, Dr Thomas Shirley of Texas A&M, points out that the photo above taken from the Mail article is of the tanner crab (Chionoecetes sp.), NOT the the giant king crab Neolithodes yaldwyni that is moving onto the Antarctic shelf. This is correct –…
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Fish head spill causes traffic jam
The AP is reporting that a huge pile of fish heads mysteriously spilled on an interstate north of Seattle is causing headaches for commuters: A Washington State Patrol trooper dispatched to check out a report of a lost load slowing traffic on northbound Interstate 5 in north Seattle found a pile of bloody fish heads…
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A fish out of water — and lookin’ for love
“Fish gotta swim”, as Julie put it in explaining why she can’t stop lovin’ dat man in the 1927 musical Show Boat. And we all know what she meant. But do they? Not this one. The Pacific Leaping Blenny (yes, that is its real name) wants to do anything but swim. It literally flees from…
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Sea turtle navigation research
A video about Dr. Ken Lohmann’s work to understand how sea turtles navigate. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4mTAaWb6k&[/youtube]
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Shrimp on a treadmill?!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY[/youtube]If you haven’t heard about it, read here or listen to this. I see Senator Coburn’s point about the Antarctic jello wrestling (surely another instance of Scientists Behaving Badly), but I must confess to having witnessed Dr. Emmett Duffy put very tiny eusocial shrimp on very tiny treadmills in communist Cuba. Surely on Uncle Sam’s dollar!!!…
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Bluefin land on the Red List: SeaMonster interviews the expert team
Every five or ten years since 1963 a growing number of wild animal and plant species have been assessed for their risk of extinction to provide hard data useful to conservation and management. The unlucky ones found to be slipping go on the “Red List” overseen by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature…
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Bali-wood turns to the ocean
[Sorry, I couldn’t resist.] May I say that this video is awesome! This is the sort of thing that reminds me why I got into the marine biology business in the first place. Plus, hard on the heels of shark week, it provides lots of great material for my planned grand opening of (wait for…
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Happy Galapagos Sea Lion
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Never tattoo a fish
I’m a huge fan of Demetri Martin. Here’s one of his puppet blogs with an aquatic theme… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLg6g12phSc[/youtube]
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Rethink the shark
Check out the Save Our Seas Foundation‘s take on shark attack stats. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k06shnNI8vY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]