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World Oceans Day
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Canada’s next top cephalopod
A reality shows finally gets interesting. From Canada’s next top model
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It’s a tough call, but I’d vote for the octopus.
Today’s Invertebrate
Shark vs Octopus
When the keepers at the Seattle Aquarium investigated the disappearance of several sharks, they found an unexpected culprit. via Grrlscientist
June 8th is Oceans Day
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Today’s Invertebrate
Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) at the Vancouver Aquarium, Saturday.
looking at you
the Vancouver Aquarium, August 13, 2005. Or see for your self: The Beluga Cam
barnacles
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A big jellyfish
"They are 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (200kg), with countless poisonous tentacles…"
Wow. I had no idea jellyfish could get so big. Makes the stings I got during swimming lessons back in Nova Scotia seem sort of trivial.
a pile of dead seahorses
For sale in Singapore's Chinatown yesterday. They're such lovely animals it makes me cringe to see them dead and dried like this. At Project Seahorse there is more information on the global health of seahorses and efforts to protect them.
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