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May 28, 2013

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6:40 PM | "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not..."
““The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is...
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6:12 PM | Readers Write In: What is this Snake I Came Across While California Biking?
      This week someone posted a link on Reddit to my giant dead rattlesnake post and a flood of about 4,000 people linked through. Fortunately, at least some stayed to take a look around. "Hey David, I stumbled across your site from reddit! About a week ago I was mountain biking with my father in Southern California specifically in the city of mission Viejo. Which is almost dead center between
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1:20 PM | ilovecephalopods: fynautili: #8603 Palau nautilus (パラウオウムガイ)...
ilovecephalopods: fynautili: #8603 Palau nautilus (パラウオウムガイ) & chambered nautilus (オウムガイ) by Nemo’s great uncle on Flickr. This is what they look like outside of their shells??? omg they’re so derpy Zoidberg
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10:40 AM | ooksaidlibrarian: nautilus Menschheit und Weltall, 1904
ooksaidlibrarian: nautilus Menschheit und Weltall, 1904
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8:23 AM | "It is better to know how to learn, than to know"
“It is better to know how to learn, than to know” - Dr Seuss
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8:20 AM | Hi! Apparently you've talked about places similar to Zoox in Australia. Could you please link me the post(s), I've searched but haven't found anything. I love your blog, by the way!
Apparently, indeed!  Because I don’t remember posting about this either. But if we have...
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8:17 AM | Hi I recently found your blog. I was wondering how did you know that marine biology was what you wanted to do. At my university I took a marine Bio class and I absolutely fell in love with but now I'm conflicted between marine Bio and veterinarian. Any helpful tips.
I was inspired as a child and nothing ever topped it. See...
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8:14 AM | Hi, I stumbled across your blog while looking things up about marine biology, and i really loved your blog and i followed so i can see just what i aspire to be. I was wondering if I could possibly ask you a few interview-y type questions for a project on our dream job for a class? I'd really appreciate, but it If not that's fine.
Sure! Ask away…
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8:14 AM | Great blog!!! Love it! So, i am interested in benthic organisms and conservation biology and i am on my final year studying biolody so i have to choose my graduation thesis i have some things in mind but i was wondering if you have some suggestions of any topic that would have a lot of potential from your experience. Thanks in advance and keep blogging!!!!
I would not, could not, will not pick a random topic for you for your graduation thesis!  You are...
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8:05 AM | It excites me every time one of your followers asks for your career advice. I can't actively participate in marine biology since my academic background is art/design, but I'm glad that many people like you and your followers are passionate about the field, and care to share your experiences with us! I'm hoping that one day I can easily cross the line between art and science. Meanwhile, I'll just sit here and enjoy your posts. Stay awesome!
Well thank you!  I don’t see why you can’t actively participate though! The line between art and...
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8:03 AM | I think i shouldn't be asking on anon but yeah. I need help with my career fair project. I'm only in 9th grade so i just need a few bits of info on How's it like for marine biologist, what's the average salary, is it fun to study and be a marine biologist. Stuff like that Help? Thanks :)
It’s awesome to study and work as a marine biologist, but hard work too!  Check out my FAQs...
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8:00 AM | trynottodrown: by WiLDCOAST
trynottodrown: by WiLDCOAST
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8:00 AM | I'm just about to graduate with a Zoology degree - have you got any tips on finding the right volunteer placements? I know sometimes places can be a bit dodgy and want to make sure wherever I go I will be making a difference!
Hi Anon, Thanks for your question! I’m sure you aren’t the only one with concerns like this. It can...
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5:27 AM | Mermaids: The New Evidence is a Fake Documentary
Last year, David and several other marine science bloggers debunked Animal Planet’s amazingly fraudulent mermaid foc-u-mentary (yes, I’m coining that term for fake documentaries that show absolute disdain for their audience. It’s not satire. It’s not parody. It’s a giant middle finger to the public). No need to retread old ground–read the original coverage: Mermaids [...]
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5:20 AM | gunnsphotog: first digital painting! Sid the Squid #digital...
gunnsphotog: first digital painting! Sid the Squid #digital #painting #nawden #squid #animal #drawing #instadaily
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2:40 AM | deepseafauna: It’s a good thing Bathykorus bouilloni is...
deepseafauna: It’s a good thing Bathykorus bouilloni is classified as a narcomedusae, because it appears to be on drugs. Photo by Kevin Raskoff, WoRDSS.
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12:00 AM | ichthyologist: Mushroom Coral Pipefish (Siokunichthys...
ichthyologist: Mushroom Coral Pipefish (Siokunichthys nigrolineatus) As its name suggests, the mushroom coral pipefish is associated with  mushroom corals (often Heliofungia actiniformes), although it can also be found with solitary corals. Silke Baron on Flickr

May 27, 2013

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9:20 PM | capturedphotos: Lightning & Coconut Trees I was just...
capturedphotos: Lightning & Coconut Trees I was just browsing through old pictures and I didn’t even know I captured lightning while taking photos of this random beach until now. This was taken somewhere in southern Luzon. Photographed by: Paolo Nacpil  
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6:40 PM | mudwerks: Hippocampus sp. internal structure I like this one...
mudwerks: Hippocampus sp. internal structure I like this one the best…
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6:24 PM | jtotheizzoe: via scientificillustration: Jellyfish lifecycle...
jtotheizzoe: via scientificillustration: Jellyfish lifecycle by ~LeenZuydgeest Cool look at the life cycle of a mysterious sea drifter. Imagine the untold millions that never make it to the final stage. Poor little polyps. But them’s the facts of evolution. Some organisms have to send out armies of their young in order to have enough adults survive to carry on the population. Want some even cooler jelly science? Check out the Turriptopsis jelly, the so-called “immortal jellyfish”. […]
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5:51 PM | Join us for Blue Pints Episode 9: Building a low cost open-source CTD and why dolphins make terrible midwives
Join us tonight at 8PM for the ninth installment of Blue Pints, a casual conversation about marine science and conservation. This week we’ll be talking about our recent progress building a low-cost open-source CTD and where we’re going from here. We’ll also be talking about dolphin-assisted birth and other terrible ideas for harassing wildlife. Join [...]
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1:30 AM | The Canadian Conservative Party’s War on Science
John Dupuis has a chronology of what he calls the current Conservative Canadian government’s "long campaign to undermine evidence-based scientific, environmental and technical decision-making" under the title The Canadian War on Science

May 26, 2013

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9:57 PM | Dolphin-Assisted Birth—Possibly The Worst Idea, Ever.
I consider myself to be a fairly grounded person, so I’m rarely shocked by anything I see on the internet. But then, this tweet by Emily Anthes appeared in my stream: O_o. The couple planning to do this are entirely serious—and they won’t be the first to travel to Hawaii for a dolphin-assisted birth. My [...]
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5:08 PM | Ant Exploration Comic
I haven’t written about our newest and biggest science education, conservation engagement project for students. If you follow me on twitter or facebook though you may have heard about it a […]

May 25, 2013

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9:54 PM | Droughtbuster: Flooding in San Antonio
San Antonio has gotten over ten inches of rain so far today. There is serious flooding with at least one fatality. Add San Antonio 2013 to the whipsaw file.
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1:30 PM | A Monkey with Human Eyes and Other Links from the Brink
A winning snail, an unusual monkey and abused manatees are among the endangered species in the news this week. Best News of the Week: The Magazine Mountain shagreen snail (Inflectarius magazinensis) has become the first invertebrate protected by the Endangered Species Act to fully recover. The snail has now been removed from the endangered species [...]
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5:33 AM | Maintaining The Earth in the 21st Century
A self-proclaimed "scientists' consensus" on "Maintaining Humanity's Life Support Systems in the 21st Century" has been released.
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4:57 AM | Jerry Brown Sells Out Too
California Governor Jerry Brown calls fracking for dirty heavy sour crude oil that is as carbon-intensive as the Canadian tarsands a "fabulous economic opportunity", while demanding that others get on the climate change bandwagon.
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4:47 AM | What’s Wrong with Science
Scientific publishers rely largely on volunteer labor to produce journals based on outdated communication models, for which they charge increasing prices to the institutions that provide that labor.

May 24, 2013

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11:41 PM | Blown away by spring
Seaside signs of spring ~ color on dunes, birds on nests ~ wind-ruffled ocean Spring along the edge of Monterey Bay is colorful, lusty and cold. Drab sand dunes gain dabs of color from flowering paintbrushes, lupines and seaside daisies. … Continue reading →
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